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Sewing projects

June 11, 2008

I’ve finally finished sewing two little for Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. It was very simple sewing and each skirt only took around an hour to make. Me being me, I made one and then went on to do something else while the other one languished in it’s cut out state on the sewing table […]

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Everyone can learn to be organised

June 10, 2008

Do you think people are born organised or that everyone can learn to be organised? Last week in GTD Times there was a post discussing research showing that intelligence is not a fixed attribute (Expandable Intelligence: the Effort Effect and Learning How to be Organized | GTD Times). Rather it is something that can be […]

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Homemade Yoghurt

June 9, 2008

Today I am making homemade yoghurt. It’s something I started thinking about a few weeks ago to try to help reduce our grocery bill. I have been spending around $15/week on bought yoghurt and we would use more if we had it. I thought about an EasiYo system. But with the the price of the […]

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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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Smiley Saturday

June 7, 2008

It’s Smiley Saturday time again over at Lightening Online. Lightening gives some very sensible advice about looking after ourselves. It’s something that I think a lot of mums struggle with. It always seems that the kids, or husband, or community or friends need us, and of course we put them first. I’ve been reading The […]

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Side effects of saving

June 5, 2008

We have been watching our spending for a couple of months now. For the most part we have been doing a good job and sticking to our budget. In all, we’ve cut our spending by about $500 a month. We’ve managed to do that by stopping the impulsive purchases, becoming more efficient at grocery shopping, […]

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