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Start purging possessions. Every day, find 5 things to donate or give to friends. Or clear an entire shelf or countertop, leaving only the things you actually use, getting rid of the rest. Slowly your possessions will be simplified to just the essentials. This paragraph is from Leo’s site from a post about simplifying. I’ve [...]

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What are your top priorities in life? It’s a fascinating thing to think about because most of the time we don’t set priorities – we just do what we’re faced with next or whatever flies onto our radar or right in front of our eyes. We deal with whatever happens to shout the loudest whenever [...]

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We have a stainless steel double oven in our kitchen and it’s been a fantastic investment, it’s beautiful and we love it. We have a big family -  two adults, 4 children and  grandma who lives in the adjoining annexe, so it gets a lot of use. We’ve also got a big kitchen because as [...]

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How many episodes in Entourage season 8?

by Dave on November 25, 2011

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How many episodes in the final series of Entourage? Season 8 was the final season of the Entourage series and it was aired in 2011. There are 8 episodes in the series with the first entitled “Home Sweet Home” going to air on July 24, 2011. The finale [Episode 8] entitled simply, “The End” was [...]

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What Is The Biggest Font In Word?

by Dave on November 16, 2011

What is the largest Word font? It’s a bizarre question I know, because who really wants to know this and why?! But the answer is… The biggest font size you can get in a word document is 1638 points. You can test this out. Try typing in 1900… Just to get an idea of what [...]

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Why do people put # before words?

by Dave on November 14, 2011

I’ve been on Twitter for a while now but for the longest time I was stumped by why people put a ‘hash’ sign, or ‘number’ sign before words on posted on Twitter. This symbol # when used on Twitter is know as the ‘hashtag’. It’s a way of tracking a conversation about a particular topic [...]

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What does FTW mean and where did it come from?

by Dave on November 14, 2011

I’ve lead a sheltered life so I’ve only ever encountered FTW on Twitter and in text messages and assumed it to mean WTF (What the F**k) backwards to emphasize some additional confusion mixed with exasperation. It turns out the letters FTW actually stand for For The Win. It seems the expression originated on a TV [...]

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Nigella Lawson is 52 Years Old When was Nigella born? 6th January 1960 Which makes her 52 years old. (And I’ll update this post on 6th Jan 2012 to keep it accurate) You wouldn’t believe it to look at her but she is indeed in her 50s, and she looks great. Let’s just hope she [...]

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I think this tune is fantastic. The live version is better (in my humble opinion) but I just love the way it builds. James | Laid Live Version The energy of the live performance just drags you in. Lyrics: This bed is on fire With passion and love The neighbours complain about the noises above [...]

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Do you have an escape plan in the event of fire in the home? I’ve got a young family and all four of my children being 10 or under, so as you might imagine safety in the home is important to me. A few nights ago the battery in the smoke alarm failed and I [...]

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Hubby’s Home – A New Resource for Work at Home Parents

October 27, 2011

My blogging career has taken me full circle. A little over 3 years ago I started my first site called Teach My Children Well. At that point I recognised that my life hadn’t gone quite the way I’d planned and I knew I needed to make some changes. The premise was that I would make [...]

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Celebrity Edition: Ski Boots for big feet and a fat calf (Don’t call me Sasquatch)

October 13, 2011

Here’s the thing, if you’ve got great big feet it doesn’t make you a bad person, it just makes you a bad person to find ski boots for. The best bit of advice when you want to buy ski boots is you need to start searching early and I mean early… long before you need [...]

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10 Crazy Mad Ways to Feel Alive

October 12, 2011
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There are a ton of ‘x ways to feel alive’ posts but most of them are boring. To liven it up I’ve come up with 10 mad alternatives, most of which you won’t have the courage to do. Except maybe number 3, but only because you’re already doing that, right? To feel alive sometimes you [...]

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Buy a Cheap Red Toaster and Change Your Life! 10 ‘Unusual’ ways to get the most(a) from your toaster

October 10, 2011
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If you want to buy a cheap red toaster for your own use in your brand new shiny kitchen, or maybe as a wedding gift (let’s face it, newlyweds can never have enough toasters!) you want to know that you’re getting good value. And you are getting value, as I’ll explain in a moment… but [...]

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