High Prices at the Gas Tanks

Week 34 and 35 ( Save $34 and $35)

With the high fuel gas prices, what are you doing to get value for your dollar? Are you just buying the gas because you have no choice or are you crossing the border?

Go to  http://www.torontogasprices.com/ and look for cheaper gas in your neighbourhood.

Sometimes, just driving out city core there are bigger savings.  Buying gas at the end of the day, sometimes I find there is a difference of 4 plus cents per litre.

Do comment below and let us know where you go to get cheaper gas.

DIY: Tin can picker

                                                                 Week 32 and 33 ( Save $32 and $33 )

This year the pear tree in the backyard has over grown and there must be hundreds of pear that is out of our reach for the picking. The fruit has been joyfully enjoyed by the birds, insects, squirrels and the raccoon.

The fruit is so far up in the tree that a ladder does no justice.
What if I could DIY a simple picking device to enjoy the yield of fruits. This is what I came up with and it totally works!

All you need is a wooden broom handle, an empty tin soup can and a long wood screw with a metal washer.

Note: I punched a hole on the flat side of the wooden broom handle for easier fastening.

 Place the tin can on top of the wooden broom handle and fasten the screw with the washer tightly.

Draw and cut 1 triangle with metal cutters on the can.
(I drew a too many triangles thinking I would need to cut them but really 1 cut works fine!)

Now your can picker is ready to use.  Reach for your fruit and push the fruit into the can. Using the sharp cut triangle, twist the stem of the fruit on an angle to cut the stem.

Snip*

TADA!! Now lower your can picker and remove your fruit.  ( Be careful with the sharp cut triangle.  Try not to cut yourself! )

Keep on picking! Before you know it, there is enough fruit for sharing!


Tape up the sharp edge of the can when not in use.  Now you have a tin can picker for years to come.

Look for future Pear tart recipe to come,








                                                                              ENJOY!

End of Summer!

                                                               
                                                                     Week 30 and 31 ( Save $30 and $31 )

There is nothing than pistachio-almond and red bean ice-cream to end the summer!

 

ENJOY!

 

 

Reasons to Read Daily

                                                         Week 28 and week 29 ( Save $28 and $29 )

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin

There are so many reasons why you should pick up a book to read.  Not only are books rich in information and knowledge but also good for your health.

Reading books with a variety of subjects can increase our depths about subjects you would have known. Not only will it increasing your reading skills and vocabulary, make your more empathetic, relaxes you, a great hobby, it may help fight Alzheimer's disease.!

Reading puts your brain to work and studies have shown that activities such as chess, puzzles, reading could be two and half times less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease that those spent with less stimulating activities.

Reading is contagious so pick up an old fashion book and start reaping the benefits!

 
                                                             ENJOY!