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20 February 2014
Starting your simple life
I got some good news from Penguin yesterday. Down to Earth is being reprinted again. :- ) I've received many emails from people who ha...
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4 February 2014
The choices we make
I have been slowly getting back into my rhythm and routines and doing a lot more in the house. It's more like the first six or seven ye...
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16 January 2014
Simple life is its own reward
Most of you know there was a time when I didn't like being at home. I went to work, out shopping, socialising with friends and if there...
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10 December 2013
Getting to know my supermarket, again
Hanno did the grocery shopping yesterday; he does it almost every week because I don't like going to the shops. I was preparing lunch w...
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4 November 2013
Hello world!
The older I get, the more often I'm reminded of my own mortality. Hanno has very painful gout again. It came up out of the blue and has...
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30 October 2013
The internet - the good, the bad and the ugly
I think many of you would agree when I say that there are things on the internet that we don't want our kids or grandkids to see. I...
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22 August 2013
This frugal economy - is it the new normal?
When the GFC started in 2008 I remember writing that although many people would lose jobs and there would be a lot of heartache, it might a...
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7 August 2013
Perfection
I think a lot of people let the idea of perfection get in the way of living. When you expect perfection you raise the bar so high, most of ...
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15 July 2013
Finding happiness
“I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one b...
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10 July 2013
A life reinvented
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...
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9 July 2013
Changing how I lived
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...
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