5 Why Technique – decision making

I listened to a Podcast by Personality Hackers with Sir John Hargrave and he mentioned using the 5 whys technique to solve problems or make decisions. I investigated and thought this is worth sharing. By repeating the question why (5 times) after every previous answer you should get to the root cause/defect of the problem. It is …

Simple things – Transplanting African Violets

I inherited my mother's African violets. For years she transplanted them for friends. They are all over the city. Since they are now my plants I have taken on that roll. I thought I'd share how I start new African violet plants. This does not work 100% of the time but enough times to make …

A year of challenges – gratitude

Last month I didn't do well on my newspaper challenge.  I have no excuse. I just didn't pull it together. I don't get the newspaper so it was going to involve going to the library. Which I do weekly anyways. I did put a call into a neighbour but she passes her paper on to …

What caught my eye in the past month

I have to say it is fun to do a post when all I have to do is click and pin.   The following is what caught my eye in the past month! Hope something catches yours. This caught my eye how this couple created an inviting space to work and live.  Head over to Design Sponge. …

Weekend Coffee Share

I haven't participated in Weekend Coffee Share for a while so here it goes. If we were having coffee I’d be mouthing off how sick I am of the weather.  That April and May have been cold and damp overall.  Yes we had a few nice days – enough to get us mildly excited thinking “it …

Saturday at noon

I'm looking at the calendar and well, I'm a bit in denial.  By the end of the week I will be flipping the calendar to a new month.  I have no idea where the first five months of the year went. Yeah, I know I did a few projects, read a few books and had …

Have you heard of Link Tree?

I'm the first to admit I am behind the eight ball on social media, tools and resources.  That said, I just found out about  Link Tree  while I was taking Instagram Beta course. You know in our Instagram profile we have a space to put one link. It is usually to our blog. It shows …

Bring me happiness – realistic?

I find ideas for a blog posts in the neatest places.  This ones comes from a conversation with a friend at the library. We discussed being happy and how to get there.  A lot of people are saying  do things that bring you joy.  It makes sense. Right?  My friend's take (apologies now if I …

There is life back there

This is a rant.  I’m wondering if anyone else is bothered by it or is it just me “making too much of something". I take public transit. For me that is the bus. On rainy days more people take the bus – they don’t want to get soaked walking say 15 - 20 minutes so …

What caught my eye from the past month

These monthly posts allow me to browse and play. I have to set aside time to check out crafts, decor and visit some of my go to blogs. I mean I have a post to do! This is work. So here is what caught my eye last month. Hope something catches yours. I like to …