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Sometimes It's Practical: On the art of delegation

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Children grow up: house evolves. This is about how we tackle the practical stuff around here. Wednesday, January 23, 2008. On the art of delegation. I think I'm finally getting to grips with this. If I say to my teens, as I feel like saying: "Aaaaaaaargh I've got a house to redecorate in order to sell it and I feel like I'm doing it all on my own because probably none of you will ever want to help me." they do nothing. Duh. No surprise there. Posted by Gill at 6:52 PM. January 23, 2008 at 6:57 PM. Oooh I...

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Unconventional Us: Hurrah for Finished object Friday!

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Friday, 30 September 2011. Hurrah for Finished object Friday! Just a quick one for me today as I am ready for bed! I have a finished object to share! I heart knitting" fingerless mittens knitted out of my hand spun which was dyed using natural dyes by the lovely "My Heart Exposed". I am really pleased with them , they knitted up really quite quickly even though I procrastinated like a good un before dealing with the thumbs laugh. Don't forget to head over to Tamis Blog. For other wonderful FO! Summer 201...

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My almost alternative life: January 2011

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My almost alternative life. Trying to live happier, through home education and learning new skills. Monday, 24 January 2011. Had a good today. A very good day. After taking J to Sue’s we almost finished emptying the house ready to rent out as it is on the market already. Then went to OC's. We went to Gill's so I could play at dry-stone walling with Alix whilst K played with the girls. K disappeared and played happily all day, though I got a hug and "I'm hungry" when Alix and I went in to eat dinner.

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My almost alternative life: June 2011

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My almost alternative life. Trying to live happier, through home education and learning new skills. Sunday, 12 June 2011. As an ex-computer professional I should be good at working on computers. Unfortunately, I'm not. If I have a blank document in front of me my mind also goes blank. Luckily the word program on my phone doesn't have the same effect on me, so that is how I write my blog posts before emailing them to myself which I then open on the little laptop we have with us. It was nice to tell Dave t...

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My almost alternative life: A sense of community

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My almost alternative life. Trying to live happier, through home education and learning new skills. Thursday, 11 August 2011. A sense of community. As chance would have it three of our last five hosts have been Intentional Communities. An Intentional Community is a place where people have come together deliberately to join other people with some shared ideals, though they may be quite loosely held together. 14 August 2011 at 21:16. Having visited communities and tried living in a house with another famil...

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My almost alternative life: July 2011

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My almost alternative life. Trying to live happier, through home education and learning new skills. Saturday, 16 July 2011. Over the last few weeks we have been putting together our ideas about making money from our future smallholding. Half way through our tour we are very definite that we do want a smallholding! Making a living from a smallholding seems incredibly difficult. Diversification is the key, and adding value to your harvest, be it vegetable, meat or wood. I probably need a very simple design...