H and I are off on a trip up north soon and as we want it to be a frugal trip, I need to start organising it now. We are taking the tilt tra...

If you've decided to move from two incomes to one so you can stay at home with your baby, you'll enter a period of review. Now would...

Another Tuesday and another day for catching up on the two days I wasn't here. I have so much I have to do today and as usual, if I writ...

When my sons were in primary school, there was an anti-drug message aimed specifically at kids to say no to drugs. It was on T shirts, on TV...

One of the things that's allowed us to live well on little money is our stockpile. That, along with our backyard vegetables, fruit and c...

I'm sure many of you are wondering: "Why make soap when I can buy it cheaply at the supermarket?" My cold process soa...

I am reading, yet again, Home Comforts, by Cheryl Mendelson. I found this book about five years ago and it cemented my ideas about the impor...

It's Christmas in July here next weekend. For our international friends that is the time when many Australians - at least those in area...

There is a busy day ahead of me. My back pain is almost gone and I need to catch up on my housework. First step will be to check the sourdou...

I spent a leisurely afternoon making my apron and although there are flaws - the bib is too wide, the ties too long and I had to patch fabri...

I have few regrets when I look back on my old life but one thing I do regret is all the food and money I wasted. I’m very careful now to mak...

When I decided that I would stop spending, along with that decision came the imperative of looking after what I own. We have always bought ...

My sink overlooks our vegetable garden so washing up is a slow and pleasant task. We spend so much time in the kitchen it easy save a few do...

One of the easiest ways to save money when grocery shopping is to know what price is a good price. Some supermarkets tag “bargains” that are...

I did it! Check out the photo. It took about 15 minutes to clean this table off, wipe it over with a clean cloth, sort through papers, catal...

I was really disorganised and scatty at work yesterday. It didn't help that the day before was a public holiday so I tried to do two day...

These are the lettuces and rocket I'm growing at the moment. Lettuce is easy to grow at this time of year. You'll be eating the fre...

A couple of weeks ago we had to drive a 300km round trip to a friend's funeral. We didn't take food or drink with us, I'm not su...

Why is starting so difficult? Taking that first step often stops us in our tracks, it seems too difficult, it starts us thinking about the &...