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12 December 2023
Decluttering is good for the soul
Summer hasn't been too bad here so far this year. We missed the very high temperatures experienced down south so it gave me a chance to ...
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19 October 2022
Cutting down on food prep time
I think there are two main areas of concern for families and homemakers today - providing healthy food for the family and reducing the cost ...
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13 January 2020
Looking forward, looking back
We don't go away on holidays anymore but always make sure that the time between Christmas and mid-January is like a holiday. We both d...
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15 July 2019
Frances and her washable wipes
Over on my Instagram pages recently, I created a photo gallery for an online sewing bee. It never fails to amaze me how talented and creat...
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29 June 2019
Writing, cooking and teaching
It's been a very busy week here with no time for blogging. I'm sending out the notes for my writing and blogging workshops today an...
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12 June 2019
What are you making?
I want to get a better idea of what everyone is making for the Do Whatever You Want Bee. The bee started 4 June and will end on Tuesday 2 J...
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19 January 2019
Crafting away on the needles
I read this article about the downside of microfibre cloths a few months ago and started looking for a new set of dish cloths that I feel ...
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13 July 2017
Open weave cotton dish cloths
I used to be known as a bit of a dish cloth obsessive. If the real truth is known, I still am. 🙂 How can you not love something you can m...
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29 March 2017
Make the most of what you've got
Hardly any of us have the life we dreamed of back when we had time to dream of perfect lives. When you grow up a bit you realise almost not...
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5 February 2017
The warm embrace of self-reliance
I'm not one who takes frequent holidays. In the last ten years, I've had two holidays and both of them were working holidays (book ...
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18 October 2016
Looking after my mental health
We've had so many visitors lately my head is spinning. Add to that my adorable grandkids and a new puppy and I'm starting to feel a...
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7 September 2016
Household linens, cleaning cloths, dish cloths and rags
There are many things we can all do to save money in our homes. Some of them are so easy and commonplace we rarely think of them, or think...
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