This is the fabulous tote bag that Chas sent me. It seems Hanno has claimed it though and uses it at every opportunity. Thanks Chas, we bot...
My sister Tricia arrives tonight! Excitement is beginning to rise. Kathleen and Kerry arrive on Saturday. I've had two fairly quiet day...
There will be much hustle and bustle here today. This time next week the first of our guests will have arrived - my sister, Tricia - and we ...
If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavours to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with...
I'm ready to pounce. Hanno went to bed last night with a raspy voice and a sore throat, I think he'll get up this morning and tell m...
Recently my sister Kathleen sent me a magazine article called Grin and Tonic. I don't know what magazine it's from, there was a time...
At 11.30 last night we got the phone call no parent wants to get. It was Kerry. "Mum, I rolled the car." Kerry is out west at the ...
I took this photo of Kerry and Hanno just before I drove Kerry to the bus the other day. He'd just woken up, and he's not a morning...
We had a lovely Christmas dinner with our sons last night. Kerry stayed overnight and is going back this morning. There's been a train...
I would like to give everyone a gentle reminder and, hopefully, a little strength to not go overboard with Christmas spending. I've rece...
The tentative beginnings of a quilt. The centre panel is an old pillow slip I bought from Ikea, that is bordered by leftover fabric from my...
As I was doing my work yesterday I realised that our home is very old fashioned. Our kitchen is the centre of our home, it's a place...
This is the last lot of routines. I have found them fascinating. We are all trying our best to live simply, we all over the world and yet de...
From Anastasia in USA 5:00am - Get up. Fix DH breakfast and pack his lunch. Visit with him until he leaves at 6:30.6:30am - Read Bible. 7am...
There is no doubt about it, running a home is complicated, and when you add in a partner, children, pets, homeschooling, work, gardens and w...
Tricia's husband died suddenly a few years ago and she's spent the past couple of years deciding whether she would sell the family h...
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