A few weeks ago – I decided that the extra table in our kitchen had to go! why?  it was taking too much extra space where our already small kitchen is.  With so many children in the house and all piling up stuff of their own on the poor extra table – my kitchen looked [...]

Like previous years – the school wants us parents to bring in some treats for the kids in the class – and we as usual – love giving as much as we can.  This year we had asked a friend to bake a cake for the kids’ class – therefore – I looked at the [...]

I want to stay healthy and lose some unwanted weight – and I love it when people recommend me some best diet pills for women that they have tried and tested.  But the spouse wants me to try this vibration machine to see if works or not.  Just 10 mins on it everyday – and [...]

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The folks at Apartment Therapy had some really good Halloween etiquette to share – so I thought I would let you readers know about them.
Rule #1: Only approach well-lit, decorated homes.
A major clue that a homeowner is game to dish out treats on Halloween is if [...]

Went for another fall fair in town today with the kids and the spouse – and we had been doing this every week since the summer.  We bought so much stuff – you cannot imagine – the sweets and savory scones that we ate.  We even had home made chocolates and fudge and all sorts [...]

Inspired by the kids’ school fall fair – I decided that this year we are going to decorate our pumpkins – instead of carving them.  So these are a few ideas – I found on the internet – pretty interesting and don’t looked too hard to do either.

Black and white pumpkins

I like this very much!

We have been helping the in-laws to clean up their green house this fall and spent a few days doing it – finally the green house looked decent for the winter.  They are going to put in some heaters for the tomatoes and other veggies that they grow in there during the winter.   But the [...]

Maybe it’s just me – or maybe it’s just the Westerners who loved using their credit cards and buy stuff – they don’t really need and then cannot afford to pay it at the end of the month?  But I never like spending money that I don’t have and even if I do have the [...]

Finally no more gravel in our driveway !  little did we know that gravel in the driveway is such a pain when winter comes.  When we shovel – we shovel away not only the gravel every winter – we also put some of the gravel into our lawn – which is not good for the [...]

Yes! summer is definitely over and we had our last BBQ with friends and family before the cold sets in permanently for the next few months.  So a big cook out is a must for us – every year – it’s a mandatory thing.  So when the weather looked so good – we just had [...]