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9 December 2007
Saturday's work
After the big upheaval of replacing two cupboards under the kitchen sink, but having to rip out the entire kitchen and floor to do it, we...
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8 December 2007
Support
I love you people! I love the support you've given me and my blog, it truly astounds me that it's become so popular. A few weeks ag...
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Stockpiling groceries 101 - part 2
This is a continuation of the previous post. Before you rush off to stock your stockpile cupboard, do a bit of research and find out which i...
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Stockpiling groceries 101 - part 1
It seems the price of food and fuel is creeping up every week. Now that many are buying Christmas food and gifts as well, it's a good...
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7 December 2007
New blog on the block
I came across a new blog that you might be interested in. Belinda's Simple Life is fairly new but she has some good ideas and she is a ...
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Growing food in containers
Many vegetables can be grown successfully in pots or containers. I am currently growing a couple of heirloom tomatoes in large pots and I...
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6 December 2007
Improvements in the kitchen
The kitchen is slowly coming to life again and I'm really enjoying working there. I'm still getting used to baking in an electric o...
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5 December 2007
The summer garden
Every gardener needs an assistant, and I have Alice. She follows us around the garden and loves to eat fresh tomatoes and carrots, just p...
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4 December 2007
Organising the linen cupboard
When the seasons change from cool to warm, I take the doonas (quilts/duvets) from our beds and take time out to organise our linen cupboard....
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3 December 2007
The comforts of home
There was a time when I would have been extremely bored waking up in the morning and knowing every single thing that would happen to me that...
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2 December 2007
A simple day at home
They arrived just as promised - twelve beautiful bantam eggs. Helen sent them from Perth on Friday, they travelled overnight and arrived in ...
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APRON SWAP NEWS
Hello all. I just wanted to post a request for all the apron swappers. We hope all of you have had a lot of fun with this swap and we want t...
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1 December 2007
Christmas spending
I would like to give everyone a gentle reminder and, hopefully, a little strength to not go overboard with Christmas spending. I've rece...
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30 November 2007
Slowly returning to normal
I hope you didn't think I'd jumped ship. The house was a shambles when I woke up yesterday, then when I sat down to my computer to w...
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28 November 2007
Flying eggs
Last week Ann asked if I had two dogs as usually Rosie is in my photos. Here are Alice (left) and Rosie together last night for Ann, and to ...
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Apron swap and emails
I'm about to do two posts. This one is to remind my Australian and New Zealand friends that today is the deadline for the apron swap; th...
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27 November 2007
The kitchen
There is no kitchen here, no floor either. These vital parts of our home should have been installed last Monday and Tuesday but the kitchen ...
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26 November 2007
Recycling, reusing, reducing
Glass jars can be reused many times for your jams. New lids can be purchased when the seal goes. Choose your packaging carefully when you ar...
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