I had my eyes tested on Monday and was told I have cataracts on both eyes. They're not bad enough to be operated on yet but he said the...

Amy left this comment a few days ago: Can you do a post or point me to resources about how to love hard work? I'm finding that being a...

Potatoes are a very popular vegetable in Australia. Those of us of European descent who cook our traditional family food often use potatoe...

We're having a fairly mild winter so far with cool to cold nights and warm sunny days. It's ideal gardening weather. How is it...

Over the past couple of posts and their comments we've shared how we organise our finances by tracking spending, saving what we can and...

So far we've changed our mindset, or are working on it, we're tracking our spending, or starting to, and before we write up a budge...

When we settled down here after years of working for a living, I wanted to leave commercialism behind and embrace a simpler, quiet life. I ...

Lasagne, one of our home cooked meals during the week. It's been a funny week. I felt busy but when I look around, not much has b...

I was contacted by "Jenna" last week asking for help with a major life change. Jenna is a nurse, five months pregnant with her fi...

This time of year is about gardening for us, even with our smaller garden. We start our gardening year in March and all through the cold m...

We've had so many visitors lately my head is spinning. Add to that my adorable grandkids and a new puppy and I'm starting to feel a...