Home
About us
MY BOOKS
Privacy Policy
30 November 2010
Line drying your washing
I'm often intrigued by the questions asked in emails, particularly when they're about the most simple things. It always reinforces f...
Read more »
52 comments
29 November 2010
Books, biscuits and cricket
The end of November. This year has gone so fast, and soon we'll be faced with the new year and all it will bring. It doesn't feel ...
Read more »
19 comments
25 November 2010
The division of work in the home
This is a tough one. How do you decide who will do what in the home. If you're a retired couple like we are, the division tends to take...
Read more »
33 comments
24 November 2010
Homemade baked beans
I made baked beans and pork last week. It was delicious and very filling. Recipes for baked beans are similar but you can change the recip...
Read more »
23 comments
23 November 2010
In defence of grass
The beginning of summer always means the start of that most mundane of garden chores - mowing the lawn, or as we think of it, harvesting the...
Read more »
22 comments
22 November 2010
Potatoes and carrots
It always surprises me just how much you can generate with something simple and a bit of work and know how. Hanno called me outside the othe...
Read more »
20 comments
18 November 2010
Washing the dishes - the continuing story
What is it they say about hindsight? I thought we'd be perfectly happy with our sink when we had it redone a couple of years ago. We h...
Read more »
62 comments
17 November 2010
One chapter ends, another starts
Yesterday ended a very important chapter in my life. It was my last day as co-ordinator of our neighbourhood centre. True to form, it was ...
Read more »
13 comments
An ocean full of hugs and thanks from Sharon
Hello all, this is Sharon, finally back in the fold and recovering from the illness that just about kicked me down this summer. I would li...
Read more »
22 comments
16 November 2010
Life after the dishwasher
I've had a dishwasher most of my adult life. One of the first household tasks I taught my sons was to unpack the dishwasher - a job the...
Read more »
78 comments
15 November 2010
Aprons - the secret handshake
I don't know what it is about aprons but when I put mine on every morning, it turns me into someone else. I feel more of a homemaker...
Read more »
73 comments
11 November 2010
We'll burn them out
I send my sincere thanks to everyone who wrote a comment over the past two days. There were some very helpful suggestions there and I'm...
Read more »
28 comments
View web version
Blogger Template by
pipdig