Looking towards the outside world. I love where I live. My home is situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac of ten houses.  I have neighbou...

Of all the simple pleasures waiting for us in our homes, my favourite is sleeping on newly washed sheets that have been dried in the sun. La...

Things are going well here. I'm slowly working through a few projects, sorting through things I no longer need or want and each day I lo...

For the past couple of decades I've been knitting dishcloths. I generally knit some for gifts through the year and I make sure I always ...

This is a simple post laying bare what I do during the day. You've liked  these posts when I've done them in the past. It's my d...

When I made my lifestyle change many years ago, there was a period of about 12 months when I thought about what work needed to be done at ho...

On the weekend, I received a message from a reader, "Emma", who is about to leave paid work and will stay at home to manage the f...

We don't go away on holidays anymore but always make sure that the time between Christmas and mid-January is like a holiday.  We both d...

At some point in the morning, without fail, I make our bed. It's an indispensable part of my home making and the comfort it provide...

When we first moved into our home we made quite a few changes. We pulled up carpets, built a new kitchen, added another bedroom and bathroo...

All the grandkids were here on Saturday and stayed for a sleepover. They ran around like headless chooks in the afternoon, Eve watched ...

I still get a lot of emails from readers asking for more frugal living and budgeting posts but this is the closest I'll get to it.  I t...

We've come to the end of a two year period of renovations and home improvements. We did the work as we had the money, time and energy f...