February, week 2 in The Simple Home While I knew from a young age that I would work when I was older, it didn’t occur to me until much la...

Michelle posed an interesting question over at aussieslivingsimply this morning. She asked "Is it possible to live well on the age pen...

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...

Last Friday I linked to a forum post written by one of the members who is working on reducing her spending and doing the grocery shopping ...

The economic crisis seems to be lingering longer than anyone predicted. We see various indicators starting to predict slow improvement bu...

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...

Why is starting so difficult? Taking that first step often stops us in our tracks, it seems too difficult, it starts us thinking about the &...

I still get emails fairly frequently asking me to define simple living and if I can explain how to live like Hanno and I do.  Many of the ...

* No one would apply for our jobs. We work long hours, have no days off, we have to balance our budgets no matter what the circumstanc...

There will be readers who will gag at these old-fashioned recipes, as well as those who, even though the ingredients are quite cheap, still...

Graphic from the Carl Larsen gallery There have been a number of new readers commenting and emailing about starting a new simpler life, and ...

I think it's a good idea to review and rethink what we do every so often. Without noticing, we slip back into old ways and bad habits. ...

Shelling peas from the Carl Larsen gallery I'm not going to hide the truth, learning how to deal with money is difficult. It will ...

There are many ways of living simply, this is one of them. Making the move from being a two income family to one income can create stress...