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Hello world!

visionsplendid — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:52:55 +0000

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visionsplendid — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:35:00 +0000

Until Next Year Little Friends…

visionsplendid — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:19:00 +0000

Offending Post……?…….. Oh No !

visionsplendid — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:36:00 +0000

I am not easily offended but today I read a post from someone I generally drop in on and for the first time I felt like leaving a comment that was less than positive. I have held my tongue and will post it here.
The post is about how simple living is better than normal living and that those people that aren’t living simply are too scared to and a life “without recreational shopping, one upmanship of the Joneses, no designer labels, new appliances, or dining out, going to the library instead of buying books, no pay TV, gossip magazines or convenience foods” is too scary !!

Well……… judgment is the biggest problem with the human race sometimes ! I wanted to post this…but didn’t.

as you know, I am a ’simple liver’ and not much of a TV watcher but I think it is really important not to cast judgment on people’s choices or to generalise and categorise people by what you see externally, that is, someone buying magazines or enjoying a television programme. For some people these are not time wasters but truly deserved relaxation.Why categorise people or try to point out the bad about the group that you don’t belong to ? My idea of simple living is to do what is true to yourself and let others be true to themselves. I am sad to think that anyone would judge others that are not ‘living simply’ as being scared to live simply or needing the props of modern living. Who are you to say that any one way of life is better than any other. This sort of segreational thinking has started many conflicts!

It is difficult to live simple when you are still raising your children. Truth is, many of us have to work to put food on the table or pay school fees, or put shoes on constantly growing feet. Maybe when I am 65, retired with no mortgage and no children at home I will be able to be completely self sufficient, have time to make everything by hand and then I will sit back and judge the world !

… apologies for the anger. I am just so let down when someone judges people and thinks they are better than other people.

Let me know honestly what you think.

A Blogging Break

visionsplendid — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:11:00 +0000

Wishing you all a very lovely Christmas and a relaxing break.
See you back in the New Year, refreshed and relaxed.
Stay Safe.

XXooXX
BusyWoman

$21 challenge Meals

visionsplendid — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:15:00 +0000

As regular readers will know, we have been gathering meal ideas to be able to carry out the $21 challenge from Simple Savings ( see the link below right).

Here is last nights dinner. – Home made wraps which I have posted the recipe of before. ( see recipes section)

As you can see from the picture – the wraps are not perfectly shaped like the ones you buy in the packet, but believe me they are much tastier and they roll without breaking. They are also very filling. You would be pushing it to eat more than one. You can fill them with whatever you have. Last night we marinated some chicken strips and had some salad with them.

….And the costs ? Well……. difficult to calculate -flour, salt, warm milk, vegetable oil. Hmmmm probably about 75 cents for the four wraps. The extra cost comes in the filling, so about $2.50 for the chicken strips (250g) and the salad is difficult to estimate because you use the same items for many meals.

It is certainly a meal to add to the list for the challenge. It’s also a very healthy one.

The Declutter Has Begun

visionsplendid — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:45:00 +0000

As mentioned earlier today, I am on a mission. A mission to revamp, simplify, declutter and reduce.

I have started with one of the bookshelves. I asked myself – what do I no longer need ? What would someone else now benefit from ?

Here are the results of the first purge. I have listed a couple of the items on my ebay site http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZvisionsplendidQQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0

Canvas Bags by Tim Minchin

visionsplendid — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:35:00 +0000

Happy Snaps

visionsplendid — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:50:00 +0000