When my sons were in primary school, there was an anti-drug message aimed specifically at kids to say no to drugs. It was on T shirts, on TV...

I've been thinking a lot about growing old lately. It's something that's never really bothered me before, but seeing H so sick a...

It's been a busy morning here with everyone up at 5.30 to get Kerry on the bus that will take him home. We all had toast and tea and I m...

This is our home. I cannot stress enough that simple living is not about a particular geographical location, it is not something that happen...

We are going on a short holiday soon. It will be a trip on the tilt train to visit good friends in Townsville, about 2000 kms north, in the ...

Just one last post today to show you the birthday cake I made for Kerry, they'll have a slice each for dessert tonight. It's a sour ...

One of the things that's allowed us to live well on little money is our stockpile. That, along with our backyard vegetables, fruit and c...

Here we all are out having dinner last night at the local German restaurant. The boys both ate four courses and it was very interesting list...

I've just returned from a very pleasant lunch with my fellow budgeting course presenters. There were about ten of us. Our parent organis...

I'm sure many of you are wondering: "Why make soap when I can buy it cheaply at the supermarket?" My cold process soa...

I'm looking forward to tomorrow because my son Kerry will be here. He lives on the Gold Coast now, where he works as a chef de partie. ...

Ladies, I'm trying to organise all our swap partners today. I have not yet received postal or email addresses from Briget, Busywoman, K...

After two very busy days at work, I'm at home again today to catch up on what needs to be done and to fiddle with the newly painted wall...

I was talking to a woman who came in to work yesterday. She is one of our regulars and although she usually presents as sad, lonely and brok...

As some of you know, H and I are painting the inside of our house. We're going from a cool and pale mint green to a creamy yellow called...

H and I just did the draw for the dishcloth swap. The swap buddies are: Michelle and Jenny Susan and Lenny Briget and Rhonda (kimmysmum) Pol...

I am reading, yet again, Home Comforts, by Cheryl Mendelson. I found this book about five years ago and it cemented my ideas about the impor...

There is something about going against the mainstream that gets my heart pumping. Everyone knows that we're expected to be good consumer...