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...

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...

Google "home-based economy' and you get a lot of links about setting up a business at home, earning money from home and a lot of f...

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 went to see the cardiologist yesterday.  He has booked Hanno in to the local hospital next Monday for an Angiogram. We have no more new...

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...

When I first decided that I'd had enough of my rampant spending and the insidious system that encouraged it, I realised that a lot of t...

I'm running a bit late today after a couple of hectic days. I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. ~♥~ One of the reasons w...

It's a fine line we walk sometimes - that line between having enough and having too much. One of the things that confuses many of us wh...

I've been harvesting a lot from the garden lately and the excess, as usual, is either frozen or pickled. I did up a nice batch of beetr...

Before the global financial crisis (GFC) started in 2008, there was rarely anything in the press or on TV about budgeting, going back to ba...