March, week 2 in The Simple Home This week we'll focus on shopping for food and I'm guessing that will mean vastly different thin...

Both images are by the wonderful Swedish artist Carl Larsson from  here . Today I have an email from a reader who is due to have her ...

February, week 4 in The Simple Home This is the last week of our money month. I hope you've sorted out what needs to be done, organis...

Written January 2010 Getting finances organised and controlled is one of the early actions of most simple lives, even for those who ha...

I'm guessing that most of us try to live well without spending too much money. Some of us are forced via our circumstances to do it, so...

I think Hanno and I have been pretty succesful in changing our lives from one of stress, expense and disorder, to a life of relaxed content...

Getting finances organised and controlled is one of the early actions of most simple lives, even for those who have no need to budget their ...

Hanno asked me to thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes sent his way on the weekend. He is 69 now, the last year of his boyhood. N...

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...

I’m really pleased we have no debt. Rising interest rates, high fuel prices and skyrocketing food prices are quite common world-wide now and...

I knew the comments we'd get for the previous post would be wonderful. They're much too good to be left in the comments, so I'm...