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All the Blue Day: May 2015
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All the Blue Day. Towards a domestic economy. Rediscovering the tools to build the Good Life. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Living Better With. Soap and Deodorant. Oh dear, I have put off this post for nearly exactly a month now. Tomorrow is our next meeting for our Living Better With Less. Group, and here I am, still dithering about how to report the last month's meeting. So last month we watched Leah make soap. It was amazing - did you know that soap looks exactly like custard while it is cooking? Lye (sodi...
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All the Blue Day: November 2014
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All the Blue Day. Towards a domestic economy. Rediscovering the tools to build the Good Life. Thursday, November 20, 2014. Email to the Universe:. Subject: Re the dead bird in the pool filter. Text from The Boy:. Hi Mum, is it OK to vacuum the sheets instead of washing them? Letter #1 to the RSPCA:. Dear RSPCA people,. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter,. Letter #2 to the RSPCA:. Dear RSPCA people,. Well, that wasn't fair, was it, posting that photo of the dog with the eyebrows? That space co...
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All the Blue Day: Ethical Undies
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All the Blue Day. Towards a domestic economy. Rediscovering the tools to build the Good Life. Thursday, May 7, 2015. Okay, so the children have started to wear through their undies, and I'm sure mine are not too far behind.(ha, completely unintentional pun there). Now, as dedicated as I am to second hand, we are not going to do second hand undies. Or socks, or tights, although we do give and receive those among friends:). mostly outgrown children's ones. Organic, fair trade, responsible manufacturing.
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All the Blue Day: December 2014
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All the Blue Day. Towards a domestic economy. Rediscovering the tools to build the Good Life. Sunday, December 28, 2014. I was so pleased when Christmas was over, not because I didn't like Christmas - it was lovely and Christmassy and jolly and there was all the 'Ho ho ho' and tinsel and trappings that are supposed to accompany the holiday, but as soon as it was over I was thrilled to stop faffing about with the wrapping and jollity, and get stuck into digging and arranging my new vegie garden. Anyway, m...
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All the Blue Day: Green and Thrifty
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All the Blue Day. Towards a domestic economy. Rediscovering the tools to build the Good Life. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Dried greengages, pears, feijoas, basil and zucchini slices. I prepared earlier. the next post will feature the final winning passata recipe from my weeks of experimentation. Note to Self - do not buy bags of Easter eggs weeks early when they are on sale, as you know you will only eat them then have to go and buy more. Saturday, 11 April, 2015. As always, I loved your post! Ha, such a s...
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The Rules! | A year without supermarkets
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A year without supermarkets. Trying to shop without supermarkets. No shopping of any kind in supermarkets for one whole year supermarkets are defined as ‘a large self-service store retailing food and household supplies’ (Collins English Dictionary). 50 budget for food per week to feed our family including any guest we might entertain. We will always try to be below budget and will save any unspent funds (pet food is not included in our 50 food budget). We must not be lazy and cheat! I love this idea!
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All the Blue Day: Home Made Cleaners
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All the Blue Day. Towards a domestic economy. Rediscovering the tools to build the Good Life. Why home made cleaners? I don't like dubious chemicals in my house, I do like to keep things simple and easy, and I don't like spending lots of money on fancy, overpriced, smelly, overpackaged cleaners when something simple, home made and cheap will do the job just as well. So far, the ingredients that I have used to make my basic cleaners are:. Castile Soap (a liquid soap made from olive oil). OK, so I am not a...