This is a tough one. How do you decide who will do what in the home. If you're a retired couple like we are, the division tends to take...

I made baked beans and pork last week. It was delicious and very filling. Recipes for baked beans are similar but you can change the recip...

The beginning of summer always means the start of that most mundane of garden chores - mowing the lawn, or as we think of it, harvesting the...

It always surprises me just how much you can generate with something simple and a bit of work and know how. Hanno called me outside the othe...

What is it they say about hindsight? I thought we'd be perfectly happy with our sink when we had it redone a couple of years ago. We h...

Yesterday ended a very important chapter in my life. It was my last day as co-ordinator of our neighbourhood centre. True to form, it was ...

Hello all, this is Sharon, finally back in the fold and recovering from the illness that just about kicked me down this summer. I would li...

I've had a dishwasher most of my adult life. One of the first household tasks I taught my sons was to unpack the dishwasher - a job the...

I don't know what it is about aprons but when I put mine on every morning, it turns me into someone else. I feel more of a homemaker...

I send my sincere thanks to everyone who wrote a comment over the past two days. There were some very helpful suggestions there and I'm...

I want to thank all those who took the time to add a comment yesterday. I am sure they will help the men and women who read them and find s...

The economic crisis seems to be lingering longer than anyone predicted. We see various indicators starting to predict slow improvement bu...

It's taken a while but I finally feel like I'm back in my daily homemaker's rhythm. When Hanno was in Germany those five week...