Make a good house a GREAT home
Some tips, tricks and suggestions for home improvement and interior decorating
If you’ve read my post on how “OUTsurance saved me R500 a month” you might be thinking that I have a bit of a biased opinion about OUTsurance. Then you might read the comment by the other reader telling me that “if you pay for the cheapest product, you will be getting the cheapest cover“.
The fact that he works for a competing insurance company doesn’t really help his argument. (I noticed this by his e-mail address he used to comment with).
Continue reading “OUTsurance proves themselves”
Here’s another recipe using the Basil and Chili from your herb garden.
It’s often time consuming to make a different sauce for your pasta but this recipe should take you less than 5 minutes to prepare.
The ingredients for this recipe are:
Ok, and now set your clocks and time yourself, because here we go… 😉
Continue reading “Quick and Easy Pasta Sauce”
This is a variation of the traditional Italian Caprese Salad.
It contains the same ingredients:
In the post “Herb Garden – Before and After“, the herb/bush on the very right hand-side of the herb garden (excluding the lavender bush next to the wall) is my Basil tree. It is one of the best growing herbs I have in my herb garden, so I thought I would share something with you that I recently learned.
Continue reading “A tip for looking after your Basil Bush”
My sister recently got the Sony Ericsson K800i cellphone. Here’s what she had to say about it:
Continue reading “Sony Ericsson K800i – Review”
Earning R6,000 in 30 minutes
If you live in South Africa and you want to do JUST ONE THING that might save you money, go get a free OUTsurance quote by clicking here: Free OUTsurance Quote
If you go get an OUTsurance Quote, it might take half an hour, but, over a year, my quote is saving me R6000!
It will cost you nothing, and there is no commitment. You just fill in the form, and they will phone you back…
Why should you do it?
Read on to see how I saved R500 a month when I tried to CANCEL my OUTsurance car insurance.
Continue reading “FREE OUTsurance Quote SAVED me R500 a month!!!”
What to do for your roses in the month of February.
Northern Hemisphere
This is when you’ll need to:
Southern Hemisphere
What to do for your roses in the month of January.
Northern Hemisphere
Being the middle of winter (practically), this is the time for you to:
Southern Hemisphere
When I went to the nursery to buy my roses, the person who helped me used to look after the roses that the nursery used to enter in flower competitions, before they had sold that part of the business. It’s an adjoining restaurant, where I got married. You can see a photo of it in my post entitled “Wedding Photography in South Africa – Review“. Unfortunately you can’t see much because it’s a night shot.
Anyway… When he was helping me pack the roses into my car, I asked him for his top tip on caring for roses. He gave me his top tip, and added another, and added another… So I thought I’d compile his best tips for caring for roses.
Continue reading “4 tips for caring for Roses”
There seems to be a large number of people reading this site looking for ideas for Valentines Day due to these articles I have:
Valentines Day Gift Ideas for Women
Valentines Day Gift Ideas for Men
Decorating The Home With Valentines Day Decor
Well, in the spirit of my “Gifts for my Mother In Law” post, I’d like to tell you about 3 things that I did for Valentines Day over the years, which I think were big hits, and HOPEFULLY they will inspire you this year.
Continue reading “Some Valentines Day ideas”