Friday, February 3, 2012
Starting a New Face book cooking blog
Monday, January 2, 2012
deCluttering A constaint Working progress
- On my search on the internet i have come across a web site with great ideas here are what they say .
- Declutter for 15 minutes every day. It’s amazing how much you can get through if you just do it in small increments like this.
- Don’t allow things into the house in the first place. Whether you’ve begun decluttering the living space, or you’ve just completed it, stop bringing in new stuff NOW. Even if that’s ALL you do and don’t start decluttering immediately, if you can only establish one habit at a time, establish the no-more-stuff habit first. This way, when you do get to decluttering the existing stuff, you’ve already stopped making it worse. Think of bailing out a boat with a hole in it. You can bail and bail, but it won’t do anything for the leak.
- Donate stuff you’re decluttering, so you don’t feel bad about wasting it.
- Create a Joe’s Goals chart with decluttering on it — either daily, or 3 times a week. Check off the days when you declutter, and you’ll feel a great sense of accomplishment.
- Start at the corner by the door and move your way around the room, doing the superficial stuff first – surfaces, empy the bin etc. Repeat, but do more the 2nd time around – ie. open the cupboards.
- Whenever you’re boiling the kettle for tea, tidy up the kitchen. If the kitchen is tidy, tidy up the next room – it’s only 3 minutes but it keeps you on top of everything (helps if you have an Englishman’s obsession with Tea as well!)
- Use the “one in, two out” rule. The rule: whenever you bring in an item, you have to throw away two other items. First you cheat, by throwing out two pieces of paper, but soon you will have to move to big stuff.
- Make your storage space smaller and more minimal. If you have lots of storage, you’ll fill it with stuff.
- Clothing rule: If you haven’t worn an item in 6 months, sell or donate it.
- The One-Year Box. Take all your items that you unsure about getting rid of (e.g. “I might need this someday…”), put them in a box, seal it and date it for 1 year in the future. When the date comes, and you still didn’t need to open it to get anything, donate the box WITHOUT OPENING IT. You probably won’t even remember what there was in the box.
- Declutter one room (including any closets, desks, cabinets, etc.) before starting on the next one. Spending time in that room will feel *so* good, and it will be so easy to keep clean, that it will motivate you to do more!
- Keep a list in your planner labeled “Don’t Need It – Don’t Want It.” When you’re out shopping and run across some kind of gadget or other item you crave, note it down on the list. This will slow you down long enough to reconsider. Also, seeing the other things on the list that you nearly bought on impulse really helps.
- Internalize that your value is not in your “stuff”. It is just “stuff”. And realize that your value grows when you share your “stuff”. Hoarding is a selfish act.
- Have someone else (who you trust!) help you go through things. They don’t have the (sometime’s irrational) emotional attachment that you might have, but can still recognize if something should be kept.
- Gift everything. Books you’ve read immediately get recycled among friends, family or local libraries. If you buy a new gaming system, donate your old one – and all the games.
- This came from http://zenhabits.net/15-great-decluttering-tips/
- I PLAN TO TRY TO START THIS If the kids let me have 1 Day to do so i need to get a new tub to pack winter jackets into and then a box and a bag 1 for throw away ,one for give away and one for garage sale :) i will let you know how i go xxxx
No Pocket MONEY instead TIME on Ipods or computerd Instead
WASH dry &put away dishes = 30 minutes
Set the table for dinner = 10 minutes
Feed the dogs /check dogs water = 15 minutes
Changing and cleaning bird food & water = 15 minutes
Clearing dishes from the table = 10 minutes
Wiping the table after dinner = 5 minutes
Vacuuming the kitchen = 15 minutes
Vacuuming under the table = 15 minutes
Vacuuming the lounge room = 30 minutes
Vacuuming the hallway = 10 minutes
Vacuuming the bedroom = 15 minutes per bedroom
Keeping room Tidy for a week= 30 minutes
Tidying up toys = 5 minutes
Tidying books = 5 minutes
Listening And doing as u Are told = 10 minutes
Folding a basket of washing = 30 minutes
Emptying Lunch bags and having bags re packed = 30 minutes
It starts TONIGHT :)
got the idea from www.simple savings.com.au
MY 2012 Goals
This years Goals
MORE Natural FOODS less packet FOODS
BUY OUR first HOUSE
sell LOTS OF STUFF
More family Quality TIME
Start dancing Again
Join zumba :)
Family walks or bike rides 1xweek
Start Scrap-booking again :)
Individual Time with each child on own
DATES with HUBBY
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Well the last few months have been insane and Long and we still have a long road ahead BURt We are looking forward to 2012 and what it will bring We are gonna have all the kids in school as Q starts kindy taiy has been diagnosed with autism so hopefully she will start getting help next year with her education and Q has been diagnosed with adhd which we kinda had an incling that he was but we kinda didnt want to admit it :( But we are looking forward to treatment trial and seeing if that can help him we love our babies even with there challanges we will make it thru xx madi was in the xmas pagent and was soooo Cute lots of fun ....... Girls have concert for dancing coming up taiy is awsome at doing the worm forwards in hip hop and madi my lil acro dancer beautiful and looks like Q is a mix of heath ledger / justin Beiber hahah its gonna be an interesting year 2012 ........... Will post soon take care all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Taiys Life start and our faith all coming together
Oreo Caramel slice
Ingredients:
- 1 or 2 packs of oreos crushed
- 150g butter, melted
- 395g NESTLÉ Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 30g butter, extra
- 150g of your choice of Chocolate, melted
Preheat oven to 180C
Combine foreos and butter ingredients in bowl, mix well. Press into base of baking paper lined 18cm x 28cm lamington pan. Bake 10min, until golden.
Combine sweetend condensed milk, golden syrup and extra butter in pan, bring to boil stirring, reduce heat, simmer 5min stirring until a light brown colour and becomes caramel.
Pour caramel over cooked base, return to oven, bake further 10min, cool.
Spread cooking chocolate over caramel filling. Allow to set in pan before turning out. Cut into slices or squares to serve.