I live a life of contentment in a beautiful part of Australia. I grow some of my own vegetables, I keep a few hens in the backyard, I bake b...

HOMEMADE CLEANING RECIPES LAUNDRY Laundry Liquid Makes 10 litres You may add any essential oil of your choice to these homemade cleaners. Oi...

I can feel love sometimes. It manifests itself in many ways as H and I live together and although I know he loves me all the time, sometimes...

H and I are off on a trip up north soon and as we want it to be a frugal trip, I need to start organising it now. We are taking the tilt tra...

It was almost like a spring day today. I hope the worst of winter is over. I'm down with a cold at the moment, it seems I caught th...

If you've decided to move from two incomes to one so you can stay at home with your baby, you'll enter a period of review. Now would...

Can a family do it? There is a common understanding in contemporary Australia that it’s financially wise for both husband and wife to work. ...

When my sons were in primary school, there was an anti-drug message aimed specifically at kids to say no to drugs. It was on T shirts, on TV...

It's been a busy morning here with everyone up at 5.30 to get Kerry on the bus that will take him home. We all had toast and tea and I m...

This is our home. I cannot stress enough that simple living is not about a particular geographical location, it is not something that happen...

Here we all are out having dinner last night at the local German restaurant. The boys both ate four courses and it was very interesting list...

I've just returned from a very pleasant lunch with my fellow budgeting course presenters. There were about ten of us. Our parent organis...

I'm sure many of you are wondering: "Why make soap when I can buy it cheaply at the supermarket?" My cold process soa...

I was talking to a woman who came in to work yesterday. She is one of our regulars and although she usually presents as sad, lonely and brok...

As some of you know, H and I are painting the inside of our house. We're going from a cool and pale mint green to a creamy yellow called...

I am reading, yet again, Home Comforts, by Cheryl Mendelson. I found this book about five years ago and it cemented my ideas about the impor...