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You know, it took years of marriage to truly appreciate our individual contributions to the Chatterjee-Woolman family unit. John, for example, is a Nurturer. He finds it fulfilling to care for people he loves. To raise them up. A slow, laid-back yet hardworking life; a signature quiet strength. Me? I am a Hunter. I love…
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As a little girl schoolwork made sense to me so quickly that I didn’t want to work hard at it. Instead I read grown up books, did tomboy stuff, and fought with boys if they called me “just a girl”. My mother thought I could make something of my life if only I studied a…
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Ah, bet you weren’t expecting this from me huh?! The last 3 years have been an exercise in resourcefulness & we found a treasure trove of free advice on various blogs! Now we just want to give something back. Right. So. Rosewater. In case you love rosewater for cooking & baking, or personal care but on…
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I’ve often seen people who love work being lambasted, as if nothing else is important to them. We need to look again. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m interested in everything. Everything! So, naturally I get distr…. Ooh what’s that? Yes, I get distracted easily. But, we’ve covered that already. It’s one of the many…
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John saw fun. I saw frivolous. John saw a good grip & fun to use. Me? Cumbersome & unnecessary. I prefer function over form; John prefers both with a fondness for form. Give me a solid metal peeler any day! I was about to articulate my annoyance as he beamed about this purchase when something occurred to…
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You know how it is. You go about the house getting on with chores when you hear a crash. What now, you ask yourself rushing towards the noise…
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“Djuknow what we need to focus more on?” John asked. “Hmm?” I looked up from my book, quite curious. “Cook from scratch as many weekday evenings as possible”, said John thumbing through a thoughtful Xmas gift. (I hate housework, and this idea sounded like more housework to me!) But we do cook from scratch, I protested. We…
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It was one of those cold autumn afternoons some weeks ago. We were sitting around an open fire; book in hand, lost in the narrative: Sounds fabulous, doesn’t it? Yeah, sounds fabulous, feels: bloomin’ freezin’! Yep, we’d turned off the heating to save money and here we were sitting outside burning wood and paper! As I was about…
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Meet Joy Jar: A tradition we kickstarted to cope with the extremes of 2013. By mid-year we had already experienced a couple of fantastic highs and an awful lot of terrifying lows. So, we started to fill up this old sweetie jar with mementos of whatever made us happy this year – from Suravi’s first…
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(John) Rent or buy, looking for that perfect place is a headache of mammoth proportions. We wanted to rent, which had its own set of issues. Landlords with strange demands, houses with bullet holes in them, or a troll living in the cellar! All that time spent looking for properties online – I finally found Zoopla to be the most…
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