This week we are staying outside to take advantage of the lovely weather here and moving on to camping equipment, with apologies to those who don’t “do” camping, and other outdoor living stuff. I have to admit that until last 2019, camping was not something that I had ever really considered doing, but then I started taking my horses to competitions that lasted more than one day. So I needed stuff to allow me to stay overnight in my trailer and after we made it on to the Scot

This week’s category is gardening. Now I have to admit that gardening is not a passion of mine. I LOVE a pretty garden and I love looking at flowers, or pulling home grown produce out of the ground, but getting them in there is a bit of a problem for me. With children, dogs, cats, poultry and, occasionally, horses running around on my lawn, we are not the sort of family who have stripes in our lawn (much to Mr Tidy Coo’s eternal regret). However, I still do grow things whe

Tools are an interesting category because they often do not Spark Joy in and of themselves, but their practicality cannot be denied. Much better to have a decent screwdriver than break a ruler trying to tighten a screw. However, as with so many practical things, they have a tendency to proliferate if you don’t keep an eye on them! How many you will need will depend on the sort of property that you live in and how much maintenance you need to do to it yourself. If you live

This week is painting and decorating kit. Right, you know the drill by now. Ferret round and bring out all the kit that you use when decorating – paints, brushes, rollers, sanding paper, filler, white spirit etc – anything that you need to get hold of when you are decorating a room. Then divide it into categories and go through it. Be pretty ruthless with this category, don’t hang on to old paint for too long – it can go “off” quite badly (as I found out when I was painti