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  • Spring cleaning

    Spring cleaning

    Today’s offering is all about wanting to spruce up.   Do you know how to use hair dye What happens if it marks the white grout That frames my tasteful grey tiling How would one start to get it out?   I used to get my hair done professionally I used to get eyebrows, nails,…

  • Party on a shoestring

    Party on a shoestring

    Here’s a quick idea for making party bags that zing without any ker-Ching…this is particularly good if you had a big party a while ago because it uses all those wine bags that you end up with and feel guilty about throwing out ( well I always do.) here’s the how-to… cut down the bag…

  • Star Wars

    Star Wars

    Today’s poem is courtesy of Elder. I asked him for a subject. He said Star Wars. I have obeyed. Do you remember Star Wars? The real one, the one that started it all Remember the growls of Chewbacca And best of all, Harrison Ford? I do. I went to the cinema. I went with my…

  • An ode to soft play

    Playing catch up…. Soft play is a misnomer It really tests your mettle A sea of screaming offspring Make you reach for the gin not the kettle My boys seem to love it They’re having a ball They shriek as they fly by Then stumble and fall Soft play is a trial That much is…