There was a time when I would have been extremely bored waking up in the morning and knowing every single thing that would happen to me that...

They arrived just as promised - twelve beautiful bantam eggs. Helen sent them from Perth on Friday, they travelled overnight and arrived in ...

Hello all. I just wanted to post a request for all the apron swappers. We hope all of you have had a lot of fun with this swap and we want t...

I would like to give everyone a gentle reminder and, hopefully, a little strength to not go overboard with Christmas spending. I've rece...

I hope you didn't think I'd jumped ship. The house was a shambles when I woke up yesterday, then when I sat down to my computer to w...

Last week Ann asked if I had two dogs as usually Rosie is in my photos. Here are Alice (left) and Rosie together last night for Ann, and to ...

I'm about to do two posts. This one is to remind my Australian and New Zealand friends that today is the deadline for the apron swap; th...

There is no kitchen here, no floor either. These vital parts of our home should have been installed last Monday and Tuesday but the kitchen ...

Glass jars can be reused many times for your jams. New lids can be purchased when the seal goes. Choose your packaging carefully when you ar...

Yes, it's the second post today but I wanted to write about a few additional things. There are a few blogs I want to recommend you read....

Debt, what a rotten word. Yet it’s what most of us have to sign up to, live with and work through if we are to own our own home. Let me say ...

I had a lovely email from a reader today, an ex-New Yorker who has moved to PA. She's a writer and a contributor to the book Get Satisfi...

Our six monthly water bill arrived yesterday. It was $44.85, with our discount we have to pay $40.36. We've worked hard to reduce our wa...

It's Thanksgiving Day in America today so I'd like to wish my American friends happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all have a wonderful d...

This is the beginnings last night's dinner, prepared in the guest bathroom. There are cooked potatoes in the colander at the back, radi...

Is this every man's dream? The fridge next to the armchair, facing the TV. We survived another day without a kitchen, and with cupboard...

I love it when the unexpected happens. It reminds me that no matter how much we plan things out, no matter how many people work on a job, no...

This is what came from kitchen cupboards, there is more on the floor. The day has arrived. Today we'll finish clearing out the kitchen ...

The tentative beginnings of a quilt. The centre panel is an old pillow slip I bought from Ikea, that is bordered by leftover fabric from my...

All these photos of the garden were taken this morning. The garden is producing well at the moment so we've been able to cut back on wh...