Inspired a few years ago by the neighbor’s home renovation they did on their own – we too decided that we can do it – after all, we have the hypertherm and all sorts of equipment to help us to our own minor makeover at home.  But time wasn’t on our side – the spouse [...]

We used to have trouble deciding on housewarming gifts for friends and family until we found a great and reasonably priced  lg home theatre system to buy and wrap as gifts.  You see with us Asians particularly the Chinese, we need to buy something not only useable but substantial  – meaning – the gift has [...]

This old fashion ironing board was bought from a yard sale and I loved it.  I haven’t had a proper ironing board for so long – and this one looked like the one that my grandmother used to have when i was a kid.  And the reason why i bought it was because the stand [...]

A few weeks ago, we did a little re-organizing of the home office to make space for the children to use our home office and also because it was Chinese New Year and a tradition in our home to clean up.   We also bought the kids their own printer with extra  ink cartridges so that [...]

If your home is looking like a zoo with so many stuff toys – I know how you feel.  Many a times, I’m tempted to just chuck all my kids’ stuff toys into a recycle bag and drop them off to Salvation Army.  And even though my kids are quite old they have quite a [...]

These vintage pyrex can be found on Etsy – and they are like $20 a piece – and I would love to have them for Christmas – unfortunately, it comes from the States and I’m afraid that shipping may damage them – so I’m going to have to town to the original owners about ways [...]

Cookie jars for Christmas is a must – and I’ve started to collect them way before Christmas – but this one was on sale at our local yard sale for $10 and I just love it! Cookie jars make great decoration for Christmas too. On the same note – if you don’t know what to [...]

With Christmas round the corner – I am firing up my oven and trying out old baking recipes, so that this Christmas biscotti will be ready for a gift basket for my childrens’ teachers.  Cranberry & Pistachios biscotti are everyones favorite here and I use melted white chocolate on one end of the biscotti to [...]

Who wouldn’t love a bobble head cat timer in their kitchen right?  This cute timer will keep you amused while you wait for your food to cook.  Just for $10 – great gift during Christmas – for those who loved to cook and eat from Boston Warehouse.

A dog’s life isn’t as easy – so I hear sometimes – but there are those who loved their dogs more than anyone around them.  They are willing to spend all sorts of money just to make sure that their dogs are treated as well as their own kids.  A plush dog bed like the [...]