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How to get organised: Step 1
As Oprah said, your home should “rise up to meet you”. Do you feel like it does that when you arrive home? Or is it the opposite? Having a disorganised home wastes a lot of time, creates stress and frustration, makes it difficult to spend time with the people you love and may be unhygienic in…
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6 Tips to help you stay organised
Here are a few tips to help you on your way to getting organised. Some of them are easier than others but all of them are manageable and can make a huge difference in your day-to-day life. 1. Observe where things accumulate in your home and work around that rather than trying to get your family…
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A Healthy Home
Living a healthy lifestyle is more than just eating healthy foods and exercise, it is important that the environment in which you live is healthy, both physically and emotionally. Here are some ideas on how to maintain a healthy home environment: Kick your shoes off when you get home, by doing this you will eliminate…
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A Tiny Home Office
Do you have a home office? Does the rest of the house spill into it? Do you even spend any time in your home office anymore? Sometimes, especially if your home office is just a zone in your house and not a room, this is what happens. Children’s toys, sewing projects, art supplies and everything…
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What should you have in your Home First-Aid Kit?
A well-stocked first-aid kit is a necessity in every home. Having everything gathered ahead of time will help you handle an emergency quickly and will keep you calm. You should keep a first-aid kit in your home and in your car. Remember to also take a first-aid kit on family vacations. Store your kits in easy to…
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Creating your own Vegetable Garden
With the kids back at school and moms & dads back at work, your life may be starting to show signs of routine and getting back to “normal”. The holiday chapter has been closed recorded only in photographs, memories and journals. Perhaps, you have made some new year’s resolutions for 2013. To be thinner, happier, healthier,…
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Home Made Himalayan Bath Crystals
A great gift for that special occassion or just to say “I am thinking of you”, these bath crystals are the perfect thing to add to your bath while you relax and let the stress of the day disappear… What you will need: To Make:
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20 Tips to make life Easier!
We have compiled 20 Tips to make your life a little easier. If you have your own great tips, please share them with us below. We would love to hear more! When you are cooking on the stove and spill something. Sprinkle salt on the spilled liquid. Wait for your stove top to cool then…
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Are you creating Complicated Systems?
I recently read an article on the Zen Habits Blog that really struck me. I guess if I was Oprah, it would have been an “aha” moment. At times we avoid or don’t have time to put systems in place for whatever we need to do daily/weekly/monthly as we think we do not have the time…
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Decluttering
I am currently reading a book by Peter Walsh. You may have heard about him or seen him on Oprah. He really is good at what he does. He is good because he sees past the clutter and disorganisation. He sees the truth behind the mess. I believe we all have a little “hoarder” inside…
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Faithful to Nature
Faithful to Nature is an Online Shop founded in 2007 to provide South Africans with the option to buy genuinely organic and green products online. They carefully check the ingredients of every product before they sell it and disclose full ingredient lists for every product sold. Their green products of a very high quality and their…
Hello, I’m Denise
Our blog is all about the joys we share as a family, including all those experiences we have with friends who are like family. The ups and the downs, getting creative and feeding our souls, travelling and exploring, dancing in the rain and taking time to remember what matters most. Please join me on my journey as I gather some family treasures and share them with you!
