I've been wanting to share some really special photos with you and today I have a good reason for it - apart from the fact that they...

There is no doubt about it, the cost of living continues to rise and unless we take stock of what we can do in our own lives, we'll be ...

Today is the beginning of my work year. I had such a good break with Hanno; we've been watching cricket, snoozing on the lounge, laughi...

There will be some readers who'll prefer not to read today's post. You can see by the title what it's about. But I am writing f...

Last week I received an email from a reader who asked about working parents. She has three children, she and her husband both work (her hus...

The year is winding down fast, soon the summer school holidays will start and then, Christmas. We have extra excitement over Christmas this...

Here in Australia, summer is the time for floods, bush fires, severe storms and cyclones. I'm sure everyone remembers the devastating f...

We have Kerry, Sunny and Jamie staying with us. Shhhhh, everyone is still sound asleep.  It's so good to have them here, to see how muc...

I'd like to clarify some things after reading a couple of yesterday's comments. I am sure my long term readers already know this an...

I received an email from a young married woman in her late 20s the other day. She is trying to decide whether to give up a career in teach...

This is our local Sunday market. We had a very busy week here. Sunday we drove to the Gold Coast to visit our family, stopping in at ...

Many of the long term readers would know we have an old Airedale Terrier. Alice has been getting weaker this year, she's deaf and almos...

I don't remember doing any knitting for my own babies. I didn't sew for them either. My mum knitted beautiful booties and jackets f...

We had quite a few things to do on the weekend, but our work was balanced with relaxation and slow times. We got things done, we worked stea...