Well, it's a week and a half since I said I was cleaning and reorganising my work room. This was an important task for me. It's th...

As you probably know, Hanno arrived home from Germany with a cold, and, of course, I've got it now. I was going to report on the orga...

We all use different clocks. Ours at home is more a seasonal time-frame, or one that revolves around meals and sleep patterns, whereas the...

I continue to receive emails asking how to cut down on spending and if there is one good way to do it. Well, no, there isn't, it's...

I'm not sure about other countries but in Australia now, if you're in paid work, you'll pay into a compulsory superannuation/r...

Let's continue on the theme of career Homemakers today because there is work to be done.  We need to form a strategy.  The common pro...

A kitchen is like the engine on a car; it drives the house.  We spend a lot of time in our kitchens preparing meals, making cups of tea, bak...

I am often overwhelmed by the generous nature of the comments left behind like Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumbs in the woods. Those bread...

I had a wonderful weekend pottering around doing this and that, and I even had a sleep in my chair, wrapped in a blanket, after watching Doc...

This is a continuation of yesterday post on living within a "simple life" framework.  The areas we're focusing on today are: b...

Thank you all for the great advice and recipes for elder flowers and berries.  I'll print them out soon and add them to my Homemakers Jo...

The weekend came and went with housework being done, a few phone calls and only one visitor. My housework always just rolls along and curve...