Category: Home and Garden

  • Whites or Darks?

    I know we’ve had this conversation before but I can’t remember the outcome.  When I’m sorting laundry into whites and darks things that are striped stress me out completely.  Do I put them in with whites and pray they don’t bleed onto all my white’s turning them a light hue of pink, blue or grey…

  • How to Remove Crayon

    Bloody Hell!  I can’t believe it worked!  Madame had drawn on not 1 but 5 of our painted walls with not just any old crayon, but a heavy duty extra greasy whiteboard one!  I tried baby wipes but they didn’t work.  A few people on twitter suggested using WD 40. I did think they were…

  • When I Get Around To it!

    My father was a very hard working man.  He was a heavy duty welder who worked in the mines and on the oil rigs.  However, when it came to doing stuff around the house he would always say ‘I’ll do it when I get around to it’.  Guess it was kind of like a busman’s…

  • Is There a Correct Way to Hang a Loo Roll?

    I was a very strong believer that this was the correct way to hang a toilet roll, with the paper hanging down the back.  So much so, that if I came around to your house and you didn’t have one of those fancy or lock and key toilet roll holders I would switch yours around. …

  • Neighbours are at it again!

    Our neighbours are at it again.  We’ve been suffering their building works since Mar 2010.   We are normally fairly laid back people and really did like our neighbours; we even drove the boys to the hospital when their father had a stroke.  However, we’ve fought the extension tooth and nail every step of the way.…