Simplifying and Birthdays

Part of simplifying my life is trying  not to spend money.  Well it seems to have ingrained well.  better then I realised.  Last week I grabbed a bargain on a corner computer des, I have been wanting one for a long time as it will allow me to rearrange my work space and make it [...]

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Organic gardening

Or is it?
I’m recycling using newspaper to make tubes to start my seedlings in but is it organic then?
I purchased some items to start Square Foot Gardening.  I love the idea as I am basically lazy.  The idea of not having of spend hours of weeding also works well for me.  Dh is a qualified [...]

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Easter, eBay and craft

Back to eBay again. I should have listed earlier and Whiskas needs to be sold so I have relisted her.
At present the kitty looks down on me from the piano and attracts everybody who sees her. She really does remind me of my old cat Crystal but I am not one [...]

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Emails

I had way too many emails. And not spam. Spam I will ignore because although annoying it seems to be part of life, like flies.
So I started culling and daily digesting. Notifications from forums went as well. I go to the forums and check things out I will cope not having [...]

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Simplify simplify.

Simplifying your life can be quite complicated when you first start out. No really. You don’t know where to start. Have no idea where to look for things or what you should be looking for.
You feel a little overwhelmed by it all. Well I say start off easy. Decide to [...]

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Baking

and back again. Twice in one day. That is scary for me. Especially when I can go days without even thinking about blogging.
I think something must be rubbing off on K. I have been baking quite a bit but the last 2 days nothing nahdah. Nothing happening just was going [...]

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Vegetable Garden.

It is funny. My darling partner is a horticulturalist. very talented when it comes to plants. Me I used to make magic with them. I would care for the sick plants and they would come alive again. I found it satisfying but I was never inclined to gardening. I found it [...]

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100 mile diet

Or 160kms if you wish.
Well it looks like I am going to gear up to join in this one.
I have purchased the seeds for most of the veges, making ure they are suited to our diet and season. So now my next stumbling block is to source the markets and check for local produce.
It’s [...]

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