Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jan 29, 2012, 4:47 am
Hello everyone! I hope you are all well and have had a good weekend. I had a busy weekend and am happy to report that I have finally conquered the 2 worst areas in my home for clutter - my garden and my garage! My garden...well...its meh. After years of trying to like gardening and trying to learn m...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jan 20, 2012, 8:55 pm
... that we don't even know what would make us feel good and the best we can hope for are flashes ... my over-analysis and self-obsession, I am reminded of the times when I do recognise what is good for me. It usually happens when I see ... shining of a light on knowledge that I already had bu...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jan 8, 2012, 5:45 am
Hi everyone! Well, as you can see, I didn't post days 2 and 3 because...well, I didn't really finish my declutter. I finished all the bedrooms and most of of the living areas BUT I didn't tackle 3 of my hot spots (laundry cupboards, craft cupboard and cupboard under stairs).... On the plus side, m...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Dec 29, 2011, 7:24 am
So today, I woke up full of good intentions of decluttering all of our bedrooms. I started off quite well. I had packed my daughter's clothes and shoes that no longer fit her into a paper bag ready to give away to friends. I went through my books and got rid of 18 books ready to on-sell or give away...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Dec 28, 2011, 5:24 am
Hello everyone! I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas! I spent the day catching up with family and friends. It was busy but also stress-free. Can't get any better than that! Speaking of stress, lately, I've noticed that my house is once again getting a bit cluttered. I don't know about you ...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Dec 24, 2011, 8:15 am

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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Dec 6, 2011, 9:20 am
Hello everyone, I've been thinking a lot about resilience in children for awhile now and thought I'd share this video of a courageous young boy who has showed incredible resilience and courage in the face of a very dark and prolonged period in his life: Since sharing his video with his Facebook fri...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Nov 29, 2011, 4:06 am
Hello everyone! Oh my goodness, has 2 months really gone since I last posted on this blog? And oh my goodness...is it really only 4 weeks till the end of the year? As I get older time really does fly faster and faster.... Ah well. I thought I'd finish what I started to write about in my last post ...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Sep 19, 2011, 7:33 am
Hello everyone! Today, I was lucky enough to attend a talk by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg on How to Build Resilience in Adolescents. Did you know that many medical professionals now consider adolescence starts at around 10 years of age? These days, the average age of children going into the physical tra...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Sep 14, 2011, 7:37 am
Hello everyone! Last week, I posted in Simple Green Frugal Co-op (other blog I write in) about what I'll be doing when I run out of plastic shopping bags to use as bin liners. As many of you know, from 1 November 2011, shops will no longer be able to give you a plastic shopping bags for the goods y...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Aug 26, 2011, 6:18 pm
Hello everyone! It has been awhile since last few blog posts! I've come to accept that my life is now being conducted at a very busy pace. My average day starts at 6:30am, preparing for the day for myself and my children, taking them to school, going to work, rushing back to pick them up from ...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jul 29, 2011, 6:03 pm
Hello everyone! As promised in my post below, here is the competition! I have one $50 Bunnings Gift Voucher here thanks to Planet Ark and Toyota for National Tree Day which is tomorrow. To win the competition, simply take a photo of an outdoor activity you and your family will do tomorrow and blog ...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jul 28, 2011, 6:15 pm
Hello everyone, This post is part of Rhonda's "On my mind" series and is inspired by the National Tree Day campaign.Trees outside my backyard. Photo taken this morning. It was so cold! In the summer, I often string up the hammock between these trees and enjoy the view in the shade. A few days ago,...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jul 22, 2011, 1:46 am
Hello everyone, Today's post is part of Rhonda's Friday on My Mind series. Now normally, I like to write positively, or if not postively, then at least constructively. The way I see it, this blog are like snap shots of my thoughts and I'd hate to look back and see only the negative thoughts. But to...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jul 16, 2011, 5:58 am
Hello everyone! What a week I've had! I managed to get a week off for the winter school holidays and I've been having a ball with my children, ice skating, exploring the local parks and even had a bonfire to toast marshmallows. Today, I spent much of the day painting with my daughter. Both my child...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jun 28, 2011, 10:20 am
Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a good week. I've just spent a wonderful weekend winter camping and caving with my children. Me and my son :) I love spending time with my children with no internet/tv/media/shopping distractions. I love exploring our world together and learning basic surviv...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jun 17, 2011, 12:17 am
Today, I received a lovely surprise from my workmates Hello everyone! Today's post is part of Rhonda's Down To Earth "On My Mind" Friday Feature. Today, I've got the day off 'cause I'm a little sick. Don't worry, its nothing serious and I should be back to 100% in a few days. Its nice being home...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jun 13, 2011, 1:45 am
Hello everyone! See this??! I have gotten my kitchen and laundry in my new house renovated! One of the coolest things about finally having a kitchen and laundry that I like is that I managed to get these rooms done (including having cupboards professionally installed) without having to borrow mon...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jun 4, 2011, 3:31 am
Hello everyone, I hope you are all having a good weekend. As usual, mine is very busy juggling all the things that come with sole parenting two very active children. Me and my children Despite my busyness, I have to admit that my mind keeps returning to what I experienced during my live below the li...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - May 26, 2011, 7:32 am
Hello everyone! Have had a busy few days! I'm enjoying eating a variety of food again and have been feeling so grateful for having such a wonderful life. I should mention that I was invited to Parliament House yesterday to have morning tea with the team members from Live Below the Line, Global Pov...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - May 20, 2011, 10:08 am
Hi everyone! Here I am posting after 2 bowls of cereal (scoffed in 8 mins). I am a happy camper. The Living Below the Line Challenge was HARD and I'm still processing much of what I've learned over the last 5 days. My lasting impression here is that, what I went through was just a tiny inkling of w...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - May 19, 2011, 8:44 am
Hi everyone! Yay, only 1 more day to go! I'm at the stage now where I'm planning what I'll be having to eat after this challenge is over. I'm planning on a midnight snack on Friday night, a big brekkie on Saturday and then dinner out on Saturday night. I. CAN'T. WAIT. Aside from food, the other th...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - May 18, 2011, 4:06 am
Hi everyone! YAY! I'm halfway there. I'll be honest, out of all my consumption challenges, I am not enjoying this at all. $2 a day means no choice. I thought I'd be able to be creative with this challenge but...nup...."creative" is more like "making do" and actually leaning more towards "have to"....
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - May 17, 2011, 4:55 am
Hi everyone! Firstly, huge huge thank you for your fantastic comments in my last post. You are right, so many people do fall through the cracks. Its scary to think that in this wealthy country of ours, there are people who are living on $2 a day. I am finding this challenge difficult and I'm only ...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - May 16, 2011, 7:13 am
Hi everyone! Today I woke up and the first thought that went through my head was: "I can't have a coffee." The second thought that went through my head was: "Is there any point in getting up?" Coffee....how I miss you. Today, I was surprised how much I had to say "no, thank you." Today, it felt li...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - May 14, 2011, 6:21 pm
Hello everyone! Firstly, a big thank you for all of you who commented on my last post. I am quite nervous about this so your support means a lot to me. I also blogged a bit about why I am doing this challenge in my Live Below The Line page. Long term readers here would know that children's rights...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - May 13, 2011, 5:43 pm
Hello everyone! Tried to blog about this yesterday but blogger was down (and had been down for awhile). I'm so glad its back! The experience of blogger being down was good though - when the choice to blog was taken away from me, I realised how much I really love blogging. ..and that makes a good in...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - May 6, 2011, 4:38 am
Hello everyone! Well, it looks like I'm finally coming to terms with the fact that my life as a working sole parent will always mean that I will always be busy - and the times when I'm not busy, I am spending outdoors....what this means for blogging? Well, I guess, it just means that my blogging wi...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Apr 21, 2011, 8:10 pm
Hi everyone, Had a wonderful day yesterday. Woke early and thought I'd try my hand at making a floor lamp. (Yeah, the weird things that float into my head sometimes...). My ceiling lights are those halogen lights where one switch turns on about 3 or 4 of them. Not good for lessening my electrici...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Apr 20, 2011, 7:25 pm
Hello everyone! Today I have a day off work. (yay!) I am so looking forward to this long weekend and spending time hanging out with my kids. As many of you know, this Easter, so many people will be giving chocolate Easter eggs.To this day, one of my most popular posts here is my list of slave-free ...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Apr 11, 2011, 8:06 am
Hello everyone! Phew, I've just come out of a very intense couple of weeks at work, involving the launch of 2 projects and associated work travel. This is in addition to my son being sick and the many end of term activities for my children. Coming out of such an intense period is probably a great t...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Mar 21, 2011, 6:29 pm
Hello everyone, A few weeks back, I posted in SGF (the other blog I write in) a little ramble about my thoughts on pocket money, rich and poor. In that post, I wrote a little bit about my thoughts on "work" and I thought I'd expand those thoughts here. See I like work. Its true I do. And when I say...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Mar 18, 2011, 6:57 pm
Hello everyone! Well, here I am still sporadically blogging...just when you think I've stopped, I pop up again! hehe. As you can see, I FINALLY have changed my blog template for 2011! A quick update on what's been happening (mostly for my relatives, so feel free to skip this paragraph). I've bee...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Feb 25, 2011, 4:21 am
Hello everyone, Anyway, I know its been a while. For some reason, the year of the Rabbit has not been a calm start for me - more like a mad hatter's party :). Nothing bad. Just busy with so many other things. This is one of the things that have been keeping me busy. I am playing around now with th...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Feb 9, 2011, 6:51 am
Hello everyone! I hope you are all well. A couple of days ago, I attended the launch of Sharing Young Women's Stories - a campaign run by Equality Rights Alliance to fight negative body image. It was a great night and I felt very privileged that I was able to talk to many inspiring people doing goo...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Jan 22, 2011, 4:57 pm
Hi everyone! A belated Happy New Year to you all! For those who emailed me during the Christmas/New Year period, a big thank you. I am safe and quite far away from the floods that have devastated the north east and now the south east of Australia. For all the people who have been affected, my tho...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Dec 29, 2010, 4:12 am
Hello everyone! I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas. I had a wonderful day with my family and also getting to know my new neighbours. After all the rain, it was wonderful to wake up to a beautiful and cool summer's day. One of the things that I was very sad to leave in my old neighbourhood ...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Dec 18, 2010, 5:50 am
Hi everyone! Well, its certainly been a hectic few days here for me...and I have to say, I am still tired and not quite fully recovered. The move didn't go at all well... I arrived to a filthy house and made the fatal mistake of accepting it. I have since realised that it was my right to refuse the...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Dec 8, 2010, 7:14 am
Falling on my head like a memoryFalling on my head like a new emotion... Hello everyone, I am writing this blog post in my old home. It's my last night. My things are packed and I'm surrounded by boxes. ...and its raining. Those who live in southeastern Australia would know how much rain we've ha...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Nov 30, 2010, 4:15 am
Hi everyone! Well, since my last post nothing much has changed for me - still busy as ever - still packing, still working flat out, still trying to juggle every thing. Having said that, one of my stresses has been trying to save up for this move. While the goal is more than do-able, I would be lyin...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Nov 23, 2010, 5:43 am
Hi everyone, Well, I logged in here tonight with the full intention of having a bit of a whinge. Moving + trying to save + working flat out + sole parenting = bloody HARD. Ah well. But you know, as I started to type out my whinge (yes, I would've written a hell of a lot more than the above), I rea...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Nov 17, 2010, 5:46 am
Photo by Mpop Hello everyone! Well, here I am continuing my count down for my move. So far, I haven't had the need to withdraw the extra $500 I've put away in savings (on top of my normal nest egg savings) so I figure I'm doing okay. I've also got my menu plan which pretty much consisted of eatin...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Nov 13, 2010, 5:11 am
Hey everyone! Thank you all for your great suggestions in my last post. So as per my goal, when I received my pay this fortnight, I immediately transferred $500 into savings. Which means...that eek! I don't have a lot of cash at the moment. And you guys are right, selling off stuff has a twofold e...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Nov 9, 2010, 8:08 pm
Hi all! Thank you all so much for welcoming me back to blogland. Its been wonderful to read your comments in the last post. For me, the exercise was very much re-discovering a past pleasure. Anyway, Tara is my inspiration for this blog post. She is about to embark on a No-Spend-Week on 23 to 30 N...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Nov 6, 2010, 7:21 pm
Hello all! My, it has been a loooong time! Thank you to all the people who have not forgotten me and took the time to email or contact me to ask how I am. Well, its been a very very busy few months here. Since I last posted, I settled property matters as part of my divorce (the final and last part...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Sep 2, 2010, 8:05 pm
Hello all, Spring is here and I am doing a massive spring clean! Lots on my to do list, but my first and foremost on the list is a huge declutter! So I have the following things to give away to ONC'ers: Hi all, Doing a massive declutter and would like to get rid of the following: 1. Fabric pieces ...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Aug 20, 2010, 8:08 am
Hello everyone! I hope you have all had a good week. Yesterday, I went to pick up my children from school and I was reminded that today was dress-up day for Book Week. EEEK!! For those overseas, Book Week is an annual event in many Australian schools where kids celebrate books and reading. As par...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Aug 17, 2010, 6:31 am
Hello everyone, Tonight I'm sitting here feeling so proud and humbled by my children. Everyday, my children and I make it a point of talking about our day. I tell them about my day and they then tell me about theirs. Anyway, today, I told them of a fundraiser happening at my work to help out a sic...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Aug 10, 2010, 7:16 am
Hi all, I've been reflecting over my efforts to rein in my consumption the last few weeks and I've realised something (or perhaps have just thought more in depth about something I already know)... Knowing how to spend money wisely is hard work! I think its actually harder work than earning that mone...
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Eilleen posted an article on Consumption Rebellion - Aug 6, 2010, 5:10 am
Hey everyone! Well, it looks like I've finally gotten back into sewing. My lovely friend Bec dropped by yesterday with some fabric goodies for me! (Aren't I lucky?) For new readers to this blog, Bec was instrumental in my learning how to sew (. Bec, had culled her sewing pile and in her stash was ...
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