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Wordless Wednesday - Sunset



DH took this photo last night from our front yard.
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Everything up-ended



*If you’re looking for a high-spirited blog post, you may wish to pass reading here because I can’t offer that today*
After all the drama yesterday and then other personal problems as well, my world currently feels like it’s all falling down around me. Everything that used to be comfort and safe seems to be unrecognisable [...]

Oblivious!



Here I am trying to de-clutter our home and trying to organise it better so it’s more comfortable and works better for us and what does DH do? He’s looking at poker tables. Where in his right mind does he think he is going to put it? I so wish he would hurry up and [...]

Tidy kids’ wardrobes?



Is this possible? Are kids capable of keeping their wardrobes tidy? Maybe it’s just my lot that are feral…lol I don’t know how many times I’ve gone into the girls’ bedroom only to find shorts, t-shirts and other clothing exploding out of the wardrobes!
I don’t know how to organise it in a way that will [...]

Our homework box



The kids always seem to find some excuse to put off doing their homework. They either can’t find a ruler, or scrap paper, or a calculator. Or they have left their pencil case at school.
So I decided to create a “homework box”.

I’m reusing a plastic tote that I had sitting in the cupboard (I used [...]