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...

The readers who have been visiting for a while now will know that I love change, and in fact did promise to change things here from time to ...

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. ...

While I was cleaning up my untidy corner in the bedroom this morning, I found some stitcheries that I think would make a good give-away priz...

Another Tuesday and another day for catching up on the two days I wasn't here. I have so much I have to do today and as usual, if I writ...

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...

I've been thinking a lot about growing old lately. It's something that's never really bothered me before, but seeing H so sick a...

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...