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9 February 2015
Family, hard work and sharing
Having a blog like this is like having a top notch psychologist on standby, 24/7. When I blow a gasket about something and mention it on th...
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6 February 2015
Weekend reading
Homegrown hot chillies and garlic. To the person who emailed, telling me in no uncertain terms, to categorise my links, I hope you are...
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4 February 2015
Our twenty-third move
We've lived here for 18 years, longer than we've lived in any other home. Before we arrived here, we'd moved 22 times. We'r...
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3 February 2015
Repairing - no job is too small
I used to wear my hair longer when I was younger. I think I was in my late fifties when I had it cut short. Through all my young years I bo...
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2 February 2015
House work
… it has become too easy in our time to assume that childrearing, housekeeping, and caregiving, along with all the varieties of manual work...
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30 January 2015
Weekend reading
This is one of our local lizards, climbing out of the chicken coop after looking for eggs. This old boy is about 6 feet long from nose to...
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29 January 2015
Buying meat in bulk
If you have a large freezer, a fairly easy way of saving money when buying meat for the family is to buy your meat in bulk from a family bu...
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28 January 2015
Financial recovery after the holidays
We didn't go over budget during the holidays but there have been many years when we did. If this has happened to you and you're now...
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26 January 2015
The best fast tomato relish recipe
Although I was busy on the weekend with this, that and the other, I wanted to make tomato relish to go with the corned beef I'd just co...
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23 January 2015
Weekend reading
Thank you all for the sweet and thoughtful comments left this week. They make me feel like I'm in the middle of something enriching...
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22 January 2015
A pictorial walk through the week
I thought I'd do a pictorial post today with few words. I think I talk too much sometimes. :- ) I hope you enjoy this look at photos th...
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