Homekeeping

Christmas in July

July 1, 2008

Image by leah1201l via Flick Christmas time in Australia is often hot. It’s not unusual to be celebrating in 35°C (that’s around 95°F). As a result all the yummy, hot Christmas food is mostly off the menu – unless you want to spend a sweltering day in the kitchen. But we don’t miss out! Many [...]

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10 Great Standby Recipes

June 24, 2008

Each week I like to try at least one new recipe, whether it be a meal or baking. As much as I like to try new things, sometimes (often) the kids don’t share my enthusiasm. So it’s great to have some old favourites on standby. Things you can whip up, almost without thinking about it, [...]

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A lazy Sunday

June 15, 2008

Today I am in the unusual position of being at home with just Little Mermaid. The Thinker has taken The Engineer and Cinderella off to the football for the afternoon. What to do? A lazy Sunday? Hmm, sounds inviting. However, as I folded washing yesterday I began to wonder how it came to be that [...]

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Make ironing fun

June 8, 2008

Make ironing fun. It’s one of my life ambitions. There must be something that can cheer up this mundane, repetitive, boring, tedious, necessary activity. I don’t watch TV when I’m ironing because the infomercials on morning TV (when I’m typically trying to get it done) drive me batty. Could they be any more fake and [...]

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Progress towards my goals – May

June 2, 2008

Wow! I can’t believe May has come and gone. With birthday parties, visiting family, learning how to work Journeyer’s Chronicles and putting some real focus on my goals, the month has just whizzed by. Here’s my first goals progress report. It feels a bit like parent-teacher interviews. I’ve been good. Honest. Current goals Post to [...]

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