Some of the lemons ready for juicing next week. Leaving them sit for a week makes them juicier. I've had a few emails recently asking ...

I thank inoureyes and Daisymum for the inspiration to write today's post. A couple of days ago Daisymum made a comment, in part she wr...

Thank you all so much for your supportive and loving comments yesterday. They made a huge difference to my day. I phoned my friend late ye...

As you all realise, what I write about each day here on my blog is just a small fraction of what actually happens here. I know this post is...

While I don't want to make DTE a question and answer blog, I do want to address a question Donetta posed last week. In part, she wrote:...

I want to thank everyone who commented yesterday on the washing powder post. Sharing our our experiences gives us all more knowledge and wa...

Next in the series of readers questions is how to start living simply. Well, the answer to this is to know why you want to simplify your lif...

This week I'll be answering the questions asked by readers last week. The first is on retirement. I guess we fell into retirement witho...

Although it started off slowly, the world wide recession seems to have hit many countries pretty hard. Unemployment has taken a toll, so hav...

Our no spending mission ends today. I know a few of you had to make small purchases but you got back on the horse and trotted to the finish ...

Hello everyone, thank you for joining me in this most important monitoring task. I hope that through these simple audits, we'll all be a...

This is one of our Biggest Kitchen Table discussions. We have been scrutinising our lives again. While sitting on the verandah yesterday, Ha...

I can't believe it's all over. Our big event, which was minuscule by most standards, has been put to bed in our memories now to be...

Rhonda and Hanno, as well as her sister Tricia, are busy preparing for Shane and Sarndra's wedding, so there will be no new post from ...

I bring a message of hope. There are signs of change on the horizon. I noticed these signs about six months ago, as I'm sure many of y...

Life can be hard sometimes. We're working towards our big event this weekend. Hanno's done a lot of gardening and preparation out...

We live in a bit of a retro world here. Most of the time it's not like we're living in the 21st century, it's more like a time ...

Comfort food usually makes a comeback whenever the economy does a nose dive. We also tend to use more of the cheaper cuts of meat, waste les...

Hello all- I am happy to report that so far we only have a handful of ladies who did not receive their parcels. It is the best we have ever...

Charlene, could you e-mail me (Sharon) at cdetroyes at yahoo dot com so that I can get you connected to Suzen, your swap angel. I seem to h...