During the week as I was ironing I came across a pillow case that was frayed and very thin in a few places. It came in a set of a fitted sh...

Well, after giving myself a week to do it, I finally got to the pantry cleaning yesterday. I usually leave things like that to the last min...

It often pays to look at different ways to supply healthy food for your family.  I don't like buying cold cuts from the supermarket or ...

Here is Jamie with his little red Hamburg overnight bag.  He wanted to know why Santa left those presents at our place.  We have a sur...

Here are the boys relaxing on the ocean's edge at Airlie Beach near the Whitsunday Islands. We've had our brother-in-law Peter...

There are so many different mops around now. Last time I looked, there were cotton mops, sponge mops, rayon mops, microfibre mops, well, le...

I wear an apron almost every day. I have about 10 of them in the cupboard, waiting, but if the truth is told, I wear about five favourites ...

I've been trying to find the time to clean out my laundry and finally got to it yesterday. I scrubbed the sink and bench, cleaned th...

Hanno has an appointment with a rheumatoid specialist in early May and in the meantime he's trying to get back into his normal routine ...

I'm often on the lookout for ways to do my day-to-day chores without using any, or very few, cleaning products.  There are two clear wa...

I use my oven a lot, probably five times a week on average. Everything goes in there - bread, scones, cakes, biscuits, pies, quiches, roas...