I would like to give everyone a gentle reminder and, hopefully, a little strength to not go overboard with Christmas spending. I've rece...

I hope you didn't think I'd jumped ship. The house was a shambles when I woke up yesterday, then when I sat down to my computer to w...

Last week Ann asked if I had two dogs as usually Rosie is in my photos. Here are Alice (left) and Rosie together last night for Ann, and to ...

I'm about to do two posts. This one is to remind my Australian and New Zealand friends that today is the deadline for the apron swap; th...

There is no kitchen here, no floor either. These vital parts of our home should have been installed last Monday and Tuesday but the kitchen ...

Glass jars can be reused many times for your jams. New lids can be purchased when the seal goes. Choose your packaging carefully when you ar...

Yes, it's the second post today but I wanted to write about a few additional things. There are a few blogs I want to recommend you read....

Debt, what a rotten word. Yet it’s what most of us have to sign up to, live with and work through if we are to own our own home. Let me say ...

I had a lovely email from a reader today, an ex-New Yorker who has moved to PA. She's a writer and a contributor to the book Get Satisfi...

Our six monthly water bill arrived yesterday. It was $44.85, with our discount we have to pay $40.36. We've worked hard to reduce our wa...