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4 October 2007
Hello and welcome
I am always surprised and delighted by the visitors who call into my blog from all over the world. Today we've had visits from Australi...
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Becoming independent
Apart from a mortgage, rent, child care or car repayments, food is usually the biggest ongoing expense we all have to contend with. We eat f...
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Napkin swap -- calling Jen!
All the napkins should have been posted by now. If there is anyone who hasn't yet posted, can you please let me know. Thanks. : ) Additi...
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3 October 2007
How to get started with stitchery
Lisa J, one of the lovely ladies who comments here, asked if I would give some instructions for doing stitcheries. I'm happy to do that ...
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2 October 2007
Menu planning
One smart way to cut down on food waste is to plan your menus. This will help you with your shopping, it will save time because you don’t ha...
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30 September 2007
50 simple things
For most people, myself included, the transition to simple living is quite a long period of time. The idea is formed that it might be a poss...
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Vegetable gardening
We find the most difficult thing to manage in our garden is the continuity of supply. We go alright for a while, then it all falls apart. Cu...
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29 September 2007
Simple sounds
I never tire of the simple sounds of my home and garden. I suppose noise is that sound most people don't want to hear, but I welcome mo...
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A Spring afternoon
I took you all with me yesterday. I went to my friend Bernadette's home to pick up some cuttings and then down the road a bit to a meeti...
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28 September 2007
A special day
I met Hanno on my 28th birthday, he was 37. He was recovering from a divorce and the death of his daughter. Two years later we were married ...
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27 September 2007
Napkins and sauerkraut
The swapped napkins are starting to be received all over the world so I'll take this opportunity to remind everyone that the deadline fo...
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Grocery shopping
Shopping! {shudder} I did my grocery shopping yesterday from the comfort of my own backyard. Let me explain - I wrote a shopping list, Hanno...
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26 September 2007
Goodbye friend
We lost a guiding light yesterday. After much thought, Jewels has decided to make her wonderful journal, Eyes of Wonder , private again. No ...
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Herbs
These are photos of some of my herbs, taken this morning. This is yarrow, borage, parsley, oregano, with daisies, to attract bees, in the ba...
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25 September 2007
The organic house
Most of us see the sense of not spraying pesticides and herbicides in the garden, nor using chemical cleaners in our homes. There are many r...
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24 September 2007
Electricity usage
How are you all going with your electricity and water meter readings? I hope you have mastered the meters and are now doing weekly readings....
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23 September 2007
Sewing and mending
I moved into my new sewing room yesterday. I haven't got everything exactly as I want it yet, I'm using pieces of furniture I'd ...
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22 September 2007
Convincing your partner
One of the things I struggled with when I first decided I wanted to change the way we lived, was my husband's reaction to the change. He...
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