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I believe the days my late Mumsy dreaded the most was shopping for school supplies ~ extremely hard for a single mother of three girls living on a shoestring budget.  At the beginning of the school year, I often think back to the conversations I had with Mum as a...

I just finished reading For the Bees: A Handbook for Happy Beekeeping by Tara Dawn Chapman.  A refreshing read for this beekeeper, about 5 years invested and counting.  If we were in it for the honey harvest, we would be sorely disappointed!  Like Ms. Chapman, we are...

September seems to be "that month" of back to reality when the season changes and kickstarts everything...from school & work schedules, to getting quick meals organized, and just the ebb and flow of things shifting around the household.  I'm personally hoping for...

With the morning dew on everything and a slight chill in the morning air, it is surely a sign that fall is just around the corner...and my favourite season of the year.  Fall has people starting to think about what needs doing indoors and before family gatherings this...

It has taken me three quarters of the summer season to clear my garden beds that became completely overgrown.  I just finished clearing the last area where I discovered some beloved perennials were choking among high grass and weeds.  Some of these plants were given...

The lazy days of summer are upon us so it's all about quick and easy meal planning especially as the calendar fills up with friends and family arriving on the Sunshine Coast. Last summer I posted some helpful tips for Monday meal planning and given the cost of...

My wardrobe and closet are getting a summer reset ~ if I'm not wearing it, it's being plunged into a bag for either consignment or the local thrift store.  Summer is a great time to edit your wardrobe when you can pull everything out and reorganize by season as well...

Dust has a way of repeating its presence in the household especially after the Christmas decorations have been put away and here we are, midsummer, and the battle is ongoing.  If you don't have the time-saving magic wand of dusting, read on... It's the Swiffer duster...

My husband and I enjoyed a week long kayak fishing trip in the Garden Bay area summer 2015 and during that trip we started talking more seriously about where we wanted to live with him retiring soon.  In a blink, we returned to my Sunshine Coast roots the following...

We have two lovely nieces who are both expecting babies later this summer and early fall and we couldn't be more excited for them.  While browsing their Amazon registries for some useful baby shower gifts, the "practical" in me kept thinking about all that laundry...