Thrifty me...

  I love these reed diffusers, especially this scent of Blackberry & Vanilla - it's really tangy and make the house smell really fre...

Back on the mainland...

  (Port Melbourne with hot air balloons rising at sun rise) We got off the Spirit of Tasmania II yesterday morning at 7.15am.  We were going...

Comfort food...

I made Minestrone Soup on Saturday - nothing special, just used a packet of McKenzies Homestyle mix . I added celery, carrot, pumpkin and p...

Slow cooking...

This lovely book arrived in the mail yesterday - I'll be trying out some new recipes soon. We've had a real cold snap with some rai...

Food preparation...

I put on a big pot of pumpkin & vegetable soup - onion, celery and tops, carrot, potato, zucchini and pumpkin, salt & pepper & 1...

Bed revamp...

Our last quilt cover and set of pillows and cushions was over 2 and a bit years old and I have always found the cover to be very heavy, wh...

Dead fridge!

On Sunday, our 7.5 year old, expensive when purchased refrigerator died. We noticed the freezer was not working at full capacity and things...

Sunday at home...

All this enjoyed with a thin scotch fillet steak last night....(the potato bake was a healthy one) ~ Breakfast this morning - 2 poached eggs...

Saturday Chores...

I've got a bit of house work to do today - I will update as I get the jobs done! ~ ~ Clean top of the fridge - the tallest person in th...

Cleaning...

On Friday, I cleaned. I had 3 extra teenagers coming to stay Saturday night (why did I bother to clean, you ask?) then we had a 70th Birthd...