Recent Posts Tagged With 'connect'

• "Cluttercut" off the air over the holiday season

  Posted on Friday December 25th, 2009 at 04:26 in travel, family, connect, thumbs down

  I'll be off the air for the next few weeks, right through until the end of January.No - I haven't died and gone to Heaven. Instead, I'm over in Adelaide, Australia, living at my parents' house and dealing with a very old computer and internet hookup....

• TV free: Thinking outside The Box

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 20:42 in simple, connect

  It probably sounds really weird, but we don't watch TV. At all.Our kids watch DVDs, and that's it. I don't think the TV channels are even tuned in. It wasn't a conscious decision, although a couple of years ago, when I lived in Australia, I did consc...

• Carrot and orange soup, with leeks!

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 21:59 in recipes, connect

  The things you learn in Church can surprise you!I sing in St. Paul's Cathedral Choir as a soprano. It's a voluntary commitment that takes up almost nine hours a week of my life, but I love it so much! On Thursday nights, after Evensong and before reh...

• Renter mentality

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 21:10 in green, connect

  I'm writing about an issue I could do with your opinion on. If you can comment with what you think I should do, I'd appreciate it.We're still renting, and have been doing so for nearly six months. And now, in the gardening shops and nurseries, I'm re...

• A blessed life

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 17:24 in family, connect

  My husband's great-aunt died this week. She was 102.I was told the news last night, after I got home from rehearsal. I received it with mixed feelings of sadness, and of a strangely fulfilled peace.When someone dies, in full command of their mind and...

• Bottled water, hyping the planet to a plasticky grave

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 03:07 in green, challenge, connect, water challenge

  Blind taste tests repeatedly show tap water tastes just fine.Yet people are still buying bottled water. Billions of plastic bottles of water. Each day in the US, more than 60 million plastic water bottles are thrown away. And that's just the US. And ...

• Old-fashioned board games

  Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 22:20 in connect

  My husband and I host regular board game nights.We invite friends over to our home, and play great board games together. Some of our favourites include Ticket To Ride and Robo Rally. We also like to play cards. My favourite game is Up The Creek.Why a...