Hanno and I spent two hours on our budget yesterday. We checked old bills and we had our little (solar) calculator running hot. We put 2 and...

There have been many emails and very thoughtful and helpful comments to my previous post. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Every comment ...

We have come to the sad realisation that we are not makings ends meet. In the past month our fuel costs have risen from $120 a month to $150...

I'm really pleased so many of you are interested in starting to stitch. It's a wonderful way to make beautiful gifts and it will hel...

I want to thank everyone who took the time to leave a comment on by anniversary post. I was quite amazed at all the comments and read each o...

Thank you to everyone who entered this draw. I'm quite humbled by the number of you who would like to own the stitchery. There can be ...

Year 2 Day 1 ;- ) I am absolutely overwhelmed at the messages of friendship sent in the previous post. Thank you, everyone. I'll come ba...

One year ago today I pressed the Blogger "publish" button for the first time and entered blog world. It seems like just yesterday ...

I want to encourage every one of you who choose to live simply to do it on your own terms. There is no rule book for simple living, we a...

Here we are, just a couple of crazy kids, about to set off to pick up our chooks on Saturday. I didn’t want to garden yesterday. I was tired...