Monthly Archives: November 2009
What is your true meaning of Christmas?
image by Alex E Proimos via Flickr Christmas is an unusual time of year. Although the actual day is one like any other, with the sun rising and setting, it has attached to it many centuries of tradition and custom, as well as many new ones which aren’t so great. People like to be with their family and friends during this time and feel all warm and fuzzy, but for some it can also highlight loss, loneliness, regret, detachment etc. …
Simplicity November tip #10
image by HelenH ENTRANCE AREA With the festive season fast approaching and the probabilty that an increased number of guests will be arriving into your home, it is a great time to sort out the entrance area. To get rid of things which don’t need to be there or that have adopted it as their home (the household shoe collection, junk mail, knick knacks that were put there to look ‘nice’) – it all goes to make the area not …
SIMPLICITY NOVEMBER TIP #9
30 MINUTE AREA Often there is somewhere in your home that has bugged you for ages but you never seemed to get around to sorting it out. It could be a shelf, drawer or cupboard but instead of tackling it you either pretend its not there or that you don’t want to move anything because you know where everything is there. You long gave up adding to it neatly so you just shove the new bits in as quick as …
