I live in the coldest capital city in Australia. Not a great spot for someone who is cold-blooded like me. I’ve survived 5 winters so far (heading into #6 in 8 days!). Each year I manage to find some little thing to make my winters that much more comfortable. Flannelette sheets for the bed or…
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The anti-serial killer post
For April’s A-Z Challenge I posted about serial killers. After a month of rather grim reading I thought I should post on something a little more uplifting… A number of years ago I stumbled across a website “Sunny Skyz“. Sunny Skyz was created as a place for positive, upbeat good news stories from around the…
Wheat free recipes
Last week we learnt that our youngest Barbarian, Jeckle, has a wheat allergy. This means everything with wheat is now off the menu – and it’s amazing how many things contain wheat. Luckily he’s not coeliac, so if he does accidentally eat wheat the consequences aren’t as dire. Even so, it’s been many years of…
No time for illness on A-Z
I thought I was ready for the A-Z challenge – blogs written and scheduled ahead of time. I knew there would be a few days where I wouldn’t be able to check comments, but they were only occasional and I could make it up the next day. Really, the month was pretty good time wise.…
Love your house
The original colour of our house was yellow – which I never particularly liked. But that was how it came and at the time the paint was in good shape so we lived with it for five years. Last year we noticed some parts were starting to look worn, and the retaining walls were well…