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We just love our lemon tree. It’s producing more and more lemons each year, thriving and growing in leaps and bounds. It’s an absolute joy having fresh lemons when you need them, and we’re so fortunate that the tree yields such large and fleshy lemons. Not only does this mean we don’t have to buy […]
If you’ve been following my blog for a little while now, you’ll know that I normally stay away from ready-made meals (unless they’re on reduced), or ready-to cook or bake premixes as we prefer to cook all our meals from scratch. But the other day as I was doing my month-end shopping at Spar, this […]
Each year after Easter Sunday, we always have quite a few hard-boiled eggs left over. After all, there’s only so much we can consume on the day. But nothing goes to waste in our household, if I can help it, and so we continue to enjoy our colourful Easter eggs throughout the week as an […]
We love dyeing Easter eggs each year! This is such fun and oh-so-easy, even for the youngest members of your family! It doesn’t cost much but the results can be amazing. I just love having a bowl of colourful Easter eggs on our table over the Easter weekend. To start, I bought a variety of […]
As a cheaper and much healthier alternative to chocolate Easter eggs, have you tried Easter egg decoupage? Easter eggs decoupage is such an easy project, that doesn’t cost a whole lot and can provide several hours of fun for the whole family over the Easter weekend. We enjoy decorating quite a few Easter eggs […]
One of the easiest and most popular herbs to grow in your garden has to be Basil. It’s great in salads, pasta dishes, as a pizza topping and of course, as the main ingredient in basil pesto. I just love having fresh basil in the garden during summer. Basil is super easy to grow, […]
If you are looking for a pet lodge for your furkids for the upcoming holidays, Best Friends Pet Lodge may very well be the ideal holiday resort for your dog(s) that you’ve been looking for. They are based 20 minutes from Midrand, in the beautiful mountains between Hennops River and Hartbeespoort dam – a lovely […]
Everyone loves items on reduced! Especially grocery items. Checkers usually has quite a few items on 50% less, and sometimes even more, on most days. I’m sure you’ve seen them at Checkers and may have even bought some items (if not, have a look at my blog post Reduced to Clear Items at Checkers to […]
Grapes are still in season at this time of year. They are plentiful and extremely affordable when buying in bulk! You can buy a whole box of grapes (1.5kg) for just over R20.00! This is the time when we make quite a few jars of delicious grape konfyt, and we enjoy it throughout the year. […]
As one of Ecoegg South Africa’s brand ambassadors, I’m very excited to share with you my review of the Ecoegg Instant Stain Remover. I just love trying new household products, especially eco-friendly products. So I’m sure you can imagine my excitement when I received, not only my very own Ecoegg Laundry Egg by Ecoegg South […]
Holidawgs, Take Me Wuff was created by Christine & Jacques, a couple that are passionate about their dogs, and animal welfare in general. Holidawgs, Take Me Wuff Pet-Safe(TM) Getaways is a website designed especially for those of us who, like Christine & Jacques, want to take our pets along on weekend breaks or holidays. On […]
This might be a bit of a long story, as we’ve certainly learnt a few lessons along the way, financial and otherwise. You might, or might not, remember my post back in 2016 When Murphy comes knocking on your door where I wrote, among other things, about our washing machine, which wasn’t even 2 years […]
As we welcome the New Year, I thought it would be a good time reflect on my posts that have been viewed, liked, shared and commented on the most in 2018! Thank you to everyone who has visited my blog, subscribed to my Weekly Newsletter, liked my page on Facebook and followed me on Twitter […]
I am super excited to have been chosen as one of Ecoegg South Africa’s brand ambassadors! I love trying new household products, as you know, especially eco-friendly products, and those that are good for the budget too. So when I heard about the Ecoegg Laundry Egg, I knew I just had to try it! […]
If you’ve read my blog post Is homemade bread healthier and cheaper, you’ll know that we mostly bake our own bread at home. However, we do occasionally buy a loaf or two from the shops, especially the SASKO low-GI loaves, which we quite like. Most store bought loaves of bread are sold pre-packaged in […]
I have been meaning for us to take a drive to Walkerville Farmer’s Market for such a long time now, and today we finally got to go! It was, surprisingly, a shorter drive than I expected, and a very pleasant one. Today was, in fact, just the perfect day for us to be out and […]