I love to read. I’m one of those people that you always see carting books around and clutching onto this I-can’t-put-it-down-not-now book at lunchtime. I can disappear into a really good book for hours. I’ve always been an avid reader. But the more books I read, the more books I want to read. So […]
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier’…” Alfred Lord Tennyson The city is so peaceful during the holidays. A wonderful time to rest and to reflect. This is my favourite time of the year. I love making Christmas time special with pretty decorations, delicious home-cooked meals and […]
This is a topic I’ve been meaning to write about for a while now. As my family and friends know already, it is also probably the most useful advice I could give anyone when it comes to saving quite a few Rand each month when you’re out and about doing your month-end shopping. […]
I don’t know how you feel about this but I think food is becoming more and more expensive. Statistics show that food is the 3rd highest household expenditure, after housing and transport, in South Africa. As I do most of the grocery shopping in our household I pay attention to the prices and it […]
We have a lovely Lavender bush in our garden. We re-planted it a few years ago as it wasn’t doing very well in its original pot. It has since grown beautifully in the ground. It’s surprisingly low-maintenance and fast-growing, and endures the frosty winters in Gauteng quite well. It attracts butterflies and various other insects. […]
What Does it Mean to be Frugal? According to a Dictionary.com entry the word frugal is defined as economical, prudently saving and not wasteful; requiring few resources and fewer expenses. The word frugal comes from Latin frūgālis, from frūgī useful and temperate and from frux fruit or produce and first appears in […]
Have to try this! https://t.co/CqHqNtoH89
How to make a fruit fly trap in 2 mins flat: https://t.co/Jc7ZAGkACD https://t.co/OVCt9QC9vI
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