Today begin looking at everything in your life in a new way. “Do I really love it? Do I really need it? Would I be better off without it?” Instead of buying and spending, save that money. Let your money work for you for a change. This is the beginning of laying new groundwork for [...]

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Who said it was going to be a simple kitchen and laundry renovation? Then the floors. Then paint. Finito! Hmmm… I really WAS delusional, wasn’t I? The tiled floor in the laundry has to come up. It’s not secured to the concrete slab, so up it comes. Only, that leads into the wc and the [...]

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Change is good… change is good… change is good! My new mantra. Half the kitchen was ripped out today. No oven, no microwave, no hotplates… dinner tonight is going to challenge my creativity! 3-minute noodles, anyone? Actually, have sandwich press – can do toasted sandwiches! I have never renovated a house I was living in [...]

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Sometimes enough just isnt enough. I took January off for a month of rest, to refresh and reenergise myself whilst spending time with my family. And we spent 10 days of that time away at a beautiful beach house, really relaxing and enjoying the sunshine and each other’s company (and a few good books…) And [...]

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"A new level of success will always require a new level of organisation" – Cheryl Richardson It happens every time.  In the getting ready for the new stuff, the new project, the new business venture, the new timetable, we need to focus, for a little while, on the "getting organised" part of that. In preparing [...]

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There is a difference between change you instigate because you want something to improve or grow… and change forced upon you by outside forces. And with all the talk lately about the power of attraction, and noticing miracles, and The Secret – one could be forgiven for thinking that if we think the right things [...]

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The washing-machine-repair-man just left.  Last week, the machine was making a rather nasty noise when spinning… and the next day after a load finished, there was a ‘smell’ in the laundry.  When I opened the machine, I found a pair of knickers firmly melted to a t-shirt.  And a big burn mark in the neck [...]

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After my enforced hiatus from almost everything last month, I have been strugging to find my ‘voice’ and my ‘mojo’ (for want of a better word) in my blogging, my writing. I reviewed some of the blogs I wrote months ago, and my belief level rose a little.  I could write then, surely I must [...]

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It’s OK.  I didn’t get lost.  Nor did I fall off the edge of the earth.  I really appreciate all those friends who emailed me or phoned and said – ‘are you OK?’ and ‘I’m worried about you!’.  Thanks for thinking of me, and for caring.  That means so much to me. The reason I [...]

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Women who do too much, or those suffering from the super woman syndrome, are oft heard to say "I dont have time to feel pain or be sick!!!" Oooh – ring any bells? I’ve said it.  I called a friend to task on it this very morning.  Sore shoulder dear?  Definitely NOT computer created?  Hmmphh. [...]

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