Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 29th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … old calendars and diaries?
So, another year comes to an end this weekend and that’ll mean that a whole load of 2006 diaries and calendars will the heading to the rubbish heap.
If you have calendars with pretty pictures on, I guess you can cut out the picture to keep for future use/enjoyment, but what about other calendars now that […]
11 Comments » - Posted in household, items, office by louisa
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … shiny chocolate wrappers?
At this time of year, a lot people end up eating more than their of own body weight in individually wrapped chocolates and as pleasurable as it is to undo all those little tiny chocolately presents, it’s a whole lot of packaging going to waste too.
Around here (and at my mum and dad’s house), said […]
16 Comments » - Posted in Christmas, food and the like, items, packaging by louisa
Monday, December 25th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … leftover bits of turkey?
A whole load of people are going to have whole load of leftover turkey later on today. Turkey meat and bones probably; giblets and flappy neck skin maybe.
Has anyone got any recipes or other suggestions of how the great Christmas leftover turkey mountain can be used up?
(And if you’re interested: we’ve already covered greetings/Christmas […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Christmas, food and the like, items by louisa
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle (or rescue) … dried up pens?
In a completely un-me moment of organised and forward planning, I was looking for a pen the other day to write something on shopping list. I turned to the pot of random pens that I put together in another completely un-me moment of organised and forward planning. Unfortunately given the long time-lapse between […]
24 Comments » - Posted in household, items, office by louisa
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … breakfast cereal gone chewy?
Had an email from Tori:
Hi! I read your blog about crackers that have gone soggy and I have the same problem with breakfast cereal. I go through phases of eating breakfast at home and always like to have something in, but it always seem to go soggy and chewy between phases.
I was wondering if […]
