There are times in our lives when everything seems right; when hardship and worry vanish simply because joy has overtaken them. Right now i...

I won't steal the sweet joy that Sarndra will have when she tells you all about her new baby, but let me say that he arrived safely yes...

We celebrated Jamie's 100th day on Monday with the family gathering at Kerry and Sunny's home. The Korean name for this 100th day is...

Hanno and I have just returned from a trip to the Gold Coast. We were invited down there to celebrate Jamie's 100th day - a wonderful Ko...

For a while it looked like our economy was improving and that soon prices would level out and start falling again, but when I researched on...

We had a quiet weekend with a good balance of work and leisure. Some of the family came over for Sunday lunch - we had roast lamb and vegeta...

As many of you know, our family is going through a renewal at the moment.  Both my parents and Hanno's have died, we are getting older a...

We had a good weekend nicely portioned up between productive work, reading, knitting and our family. On Saturday morning I read through some...

True to her promise that there would be a parcel in the mail for me, Jo's special delivery to Rhonda Hetzel (author) arrived. She made t...

I had a busy morning yesterday and ran out of time to post here. I spent the day at the neighbourhood centre, presented a Frugal Home worksh...

This is a Friday photo feature that anyone with a blog can join. It opens the door to us sharing our lives through these photos and gives us...

Many of my long-term readers would already 'know' Sarndra and have read about her wedding when she married Shane in our backyard.  Y...

Hello everyone!  I haven't yet shown you a couple of things I bought lately.  They're all second hand, naturally. I just love having...