Wednesday

  Today is another edition of Works-For-Me Wednesday Backwards Edition, in which you ask a question of your readers instead of sharing a piece of advice. Here’s my dilemma: I’m waking up at 5am most mornings then I toss and turn for an hour or so till I drop off again. I wake with the [...]

Works for Me

  There are many housework tasks I put off, but I’ve found a product that really helps me do the two most boring jobs in the world. Cleaning the microwave and the fridge. It’s called Dr.Beckmann ‘Rescue’  . My fridge stank of prawns, but after taking out the shelves and cleaning it with Rescue, the odour went straight [...]

Works for me!

            As you may have guessed by now, my main New Years  Resolution was to de-clutter and organise my home.  How many books do you have? What do you do with them when you have finished with them? Are they in a cupboard? Under the bed never to be read again? Do you pass them on?  This [...]

Chocolate Pudding

    • 1/2 cup sugar • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa • 3 tablespoons cornstarch • 1/8 teaspoon salt • 2 1/2 cups skim milk • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla Combine sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt in a heavy medium saucepan. Stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly (do not [...]

A basket case!

  I remember reading on a blog somewhere (thankyou if it was yours) that a pretty basket at the bottom of the stairs is useful for all the bits n’ pieces children bring down from their room, time and time again!  My girls are always littering the lounge and kitchen with their belongings. So I put [...]