More than anything else, I am a mother and a worker. Shane and Kerry were 20ish, about to leave home to build their own lives, and although...

So far we've gone through listing our values and working out what our priorities are, claiming our home and some of the financial matte...

I thought it would be fun to do a cash challenge. I want to challenge e veryone to use cash for the rest of the month to see if it helps you...

It will take at least a month to get an accurate idea of what you're spending on non-essentials. It's worthwhile putting the time a...

Let's talk about money today, specifically how we spend our money. Most of us know how much money we make in a month but very few of us...

Sandy made a good point in her comment the other day when she said:  We saved and budgeted hard years ago and cleared the mortgage. That i...

I was asked by a reader the other day why I don't do more posts on budgeting and frugal living. There are three reasons:  The minds...

We've had two days to think about cutting costs and getting into the right frame of mind to start saving money. By know you should hav...

We were really moved by your kind and thoughtful comments yesterday. Hanno thanks you, I do too and though it might sound strange to people...

Our electricity bill came last week. It's something that many of us fear now because, in Australia, and possibly in many other parts of...

Both images are by the wonderful Swedish artist Carl Larsson from  here . Today I have an email from a reader who is due to have her ...

Even though I haven't written about our stockpile for a long time, it is still sustaining us. During our busy period with the book and ...

Travelling around as we have this past year, we're met hundreds of people and thoroughly enjoyed the experienced. Many of the conversat...