People are often surprised when I tell them that I’ve never had a permanent full-time job. I have worked full-time hours as a waitress and i...

There used to be a time when there were no supermarkets - this was in my lifetime, few people owned a car or a phone, the only screens were...

We take the time every year to review our accounts because sometimes there are savings to be made. January is a good time to do it because ...

How are you all going with your electricity and water meter readings? I hope you have mastered the meters and are now doing weekly readings....

Today we have the last kitchen sink photo for the year.  We'll continue the series next year and soon I'll be calling for more photo...

The forecast is for a cold weekend, the bright glare of sunlight has evaporated, leaves are turning yellow and soon the wisteria vine will ...

Some of the lemons ready for juicing next week. Leaving them sit for a week makes them juicier. I've had a few emails recently asking ...

I'm tired today, too tired to write anything sensible, so I'll leave our budget post until tomorrow.  Yesterday Hanno and I took th...

This post is by guest writer, Bel. Bel's blog is here. NB: a nappy is also known as a diaper I have six children. If I hadn’t used cloth...

Carrying on from yesterday's post I thought it would be a good opportunity to explore the feelings connected with being at home and kno...

Hi everyone. I'm fine, I've just had a couple of hectic days. :- ) We live in troubling times. If you've been reading the new...

For a while it looked like our economy was improving and that soon prices would level out and start falling again, but when I researched on...

When I was working, and particularly when I was in my 40s and early 50s, I was very ambitious. I wanted to be happy, successful and have a t...

It's perfectly clear that we're not all the same. We're different ages, with children and without, married, single, straight an...