Cooler Days

I must admit the only time I miss my home state of New South Wales is during the autumn. I miss the dramatic changes in season. Queensland really doesn’t have the dramatic colours. But I have to admit I really enjoy not having to bundle up the whole day. It gets [...]

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Pottering

I am finding myself pottering a lot of the days now. Doing various things that need to get done but refusing to rush it all.

I have to admit this time last year would have seen the top go into the too hard basket for months if my daughter was lucky. Mostly I have [...]

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Eco Challenge

Crunchy chicken has thrown down a major challenge which got me thinking. yeah yeah I know that is really hard for me to do.
Anyway she has a list of things to give up ranging from plastic to electricity just for a week. I absolutely have to admit at first glance I thought no [...]

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Handmade soap

Picture of Shea Soap

I really enjoyed making this. It has been 2 weeks since I made it and the big block is now cut up. I will wait another few weeks before using it simply to let it get harder. I am tempted though, very tempted.
I didn’t follow a recipe as such [...]

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Are you Crazy?

This post here says a lot of what I’m doing. I haven’t even spoken to my DH about what I want to do. I really know he won’t get it. When he asks I say something but otherwise it’s not really discussed.
Last night he mentioned about my not spending and it came [...]

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Money

I received my electricity bill.  And I have to admit to being pretty happy with it.  At the same time last year I had used almost twice as much electricity.  So with careful thinking and applying what I know (and it is all baby steps here) I will be happy to see where I stand [...]

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Why didn’t I think of this?

I have some tops that Miss L is growing out of but only in length so using this fabulous tutorial here I am going to get more wear out of her tops.
There was another problem though, the t-shirt is terribly stained from several years of wear.  But then this came to the rescue.  So tomorrow [...]

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Gotta love Creativity

I managed to remember a little bear I made to sell

I think he’ll pass muster.
I also added this

A little charm bracelet. So I am pretty happy that I will not have to spend anything after all.

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Etsy and Recycling

I am now listing with Etsy.  Just want to try something different from the eBay thing.  I don’t know whether it will work but hey I’m happy to try.  Etsy is a lovely resource and I plan to use it more as time goes on.  I just have to be more organised.  I have a [...]

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Shopping, chickens and bears

I am looking at my shopping list wondering what on earth has happened to me.
Stuff has been scratched off.  Gravy for instance I have made the decision to make my own from scratch again.  It’s been a while but I’m sure I will live with it.  Other things have been added to it.  Lots of [...]

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