Christmas is not far away. All the end of year functions and parties makes me conscious of food waste. How things change; nowadays all sorts of organisations such as my local Council, bank and utility companies email me with tips on how to reduce food waste this festive season. The electricity company also emailed advice … More Plenty and loss
At home I’ve found a perfect Kris Kringle gift to take to a Festive Season Party. My gift is wrapped in paper I printed myself as I’ve no Christmas wrapping paper on hand. Some time ago I did a print making course and have many leftover prints. My prints are very bright and the one … More Sustainable Christmas wrapping
Last Friday, at least where I live, was Black Friday. Did anyone miss that Black Friday was happening? Not me; I received emails from all sorts of places including Gumtree and Lasttix to let me know of the big discounts and deals available. I heard about Black Friday on the news, on radio and in … More Black Friday
Today an 80 year old friend helped me to attach my original screen door to my new back door. Well, in reality it was me who helped him. He did most of the work and I played the assistant. He showed me what to do then handed over the drill so I would learn. By … More Role models
The Christmas festive season which each year seems to start earlier is well and truely upon us. Apparently every year Australians receive around 10 million unwanted gifts. There is so much waste at Christmas with lots of these unwanted gifts ending up in our waste streams and going to landfill. A popular and convenient gift … More Give something good
The Book of Mormon stage show has been around for some time but finally it came to my city and I wanted to go. The tickets however were too expensive for me. A website I subscribe to looks at booking numbers and from time to time offers cheaper tickets. I watched and waited. Sure enough … More A $250 ticket
Waiting at the supermarket checkout I spotted a sign telling shoppers to remember to collect a free ticket in the supermarket raffle at the checkout. As I paid for my groceries I needed to ask the staff person for my ticket. To my astonishment, as I see myself as a person who doesn’t win anything, … More Sharing the winnings
Living well on a shoestring 