Organise ’08

Organise ’08 – Christmas Planning…

September 15, 2008
Organise '08 - Christmas Planning...

Just checking in to see how everyone is going with their Christmas planning? And, of course to be able to gloat just a little since I am quite proud of how well I am doing this year! (This is last years Christmas tree decorating in full swing) So far I’ve sent off my orders via [...]

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Organise ’08 – Spring Clean!

September 8, 2008
Organise '08 - Spring Clean!

Yes I know I said I was switching ‘Organise ’08′ for ‘Renovate ’09′ but it’s my blog and I reserve the right to chop and change whenever I like… besides… I really need to get organised if we are going to tear down half our house hey? So spring is here in this part of [...]

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Organise… ah bugger that!

September 1, 2008
Organise... ah bugger that!

I am taking a break from Organise ’08 (hey that rhymes!) today – there are more pressing house issue to focus on and more fun ones at that! We have an architect coming out to visit us on Thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I know that is a lot of exclamation marks but I need a lot of [...]

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Organise ’08 – Getting Your Head Around It.

August 25, 2008
Organise '08 - Getting Your Head Around It.

You know it’s one thing to have a perfectly neat and organised house (yeah like that will ever happen) but there’s more to having an organised life than having a tidy house. I need to organise my head! I’m a big believer in positive thinking, in enjoying the moment and taking time to be happy [...]

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Organise ’08 – Christmas Presents!

August 18, 2008
Organise '08 - Christmas Presents!

I am in full Christmas present mode at the moment. Yes, I know it is only August, but I set myself this little goal back in July to actually be a bit organised for Christmas this year and definitely NOT leave everything to the last minute! (since I used a photo of Zoe’s first Christmas [...]

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Organise ’08 – Toys

August 11, 2008
Organise '08 - Toys

We have three small children and between them they own quite a few toys. We have a small, old house, with no storage, space for storing toys is limited as is space for playing with them. It seems that keeping the toys in check around our house is a constant battle that I never seem [...]

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Organise ’08 – Stretching the Food Budget.

August 4, 2008
Organise '08 - Stretching the Food Budget.

“I’m hungrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!” I hear that an awful lot in our house. My children seem to be bottomless pits when it comes to food… that is, food that they like… they just can’t get enough! This month we’ve been trying to see how far we can stretch our food budget and still satisfy the hungry hordes [...]

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Organise ’08 – Meal times

July 28, 2008
Organise '08 - Meal times

I read a post over at Embiejo etc (doesn’t that name just roll off your tongue so nicely!) about their ‘dinner woes’. I left a comment with my ‘oh-so-wise-trying-not-to-sound-too-high-and-mighty’ advice to her dilemmas on how to make dinner time better in their house and it’s got me thinking. Thinking about meal times in this house, [...]

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