For those who are waiting for a good sale for your Christmas decors – Wicker emporium is now having a 50% discount – so make sure you stock up for next Christmas now.   We usually don’t get new items till they go on sale – and only use them the following year – I think [...]

While others decorate their home with primitive decoration from gift shops – I loved to decorate my house with crystals or this kind of Himalayan Salt Crystal Lamps because I hear it brings calmness and harmony just like when I am wearing the Swarovski Crystal beads – these are always supposed to bring me good [...]

Feeling under-decorate for Christmas this year  – I took an idea from a hand made basket by a lady in a local yard sale and did my own basket – to decorate every corner of my house that seems and looked bare.   It’s very easy to do – and you don’t need to spend a [...]

I know the kids had always want one of this machines in our basement – so that they can show off to friends when they visit but I do like the old arcade games too – especially the pinball machine and the pac man arcade machine.  So when I saw this on sale at a [...]

My brother-in-law is very good with his hands and since retiring he has been doing projects of home made decorations for fun and some for sale to friends and relatives.  He has his shed for doing this and one day while visiting him – I saw some of the work he did and decided that [...]

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 get [...]

So it is that time of the year – to get the winter tires out from the garage and make an appointment with the auto shop to have our tires change and also to check with them about some auto body repair for our car.   We’ve waited till now to get the auto body work [...]

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 [...]

I’ve started Christmas decorating already this year – and it might seems early to you – but I figured – if I had to decorate I might as well have more days to enjoy the decorations and lights right?  I hope this year – I can really get the house all geared up before the [...]