I haven't bragged about my grandchildren for a while and I don't want you to think I'm slacking off in that area, so here goes. ...
February, week 4 in The Simple Home This is the last week of our money month. I hope you've sorted out what needs to be done, organis...
We went out to dinner at the local Korean BBQ last night with Kerry, Sunny and Jamie.  The dinner was a little family celebration of Ker...
February, week 3 in The Simple Home The Gender Pay Gap Throughout the developed world, there is a significant difference between what m...
After 50 years of wearing glasses, soon they'll be off, for good. This is the first post I've written since my eye surgery an...
February, week 2 in The Simple Home While I knew from a young age that I would work when I was older, it didn’t occur to me until much la...
I meant to show you Sunny's sesame plants the other day when I did the herb post. We started growing them in the bush house when a ...
One of the many ways to cut costs in your kitchen garden is to take herb cuttings. I do it at this time of year but you should do a bit of ...
February, week 1 in The Simple Home We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.   Winston Churchill Hanno and...
I'm making a lamp skirt to cover a very drab beige lamp shade in our lounge room. The fringe will be at the bottom and the green cott...
Hello everyone.  Last year I developed an online blogging course and had great success with it.  It's a course for beginners, or blogge...
January, week 4 in  The Simple Home This is the final post for January, so let's recap what we've done so far.  This month has be...
I think this is the most significant group of reads I've collected and presented to you so far.  One site here has been life changing f...
I know many of you will already be doing this, or at least know about it, but cooking in a saucepan with a steamer on top is a frugal and n...
Good morning friends. The lovely Ben at Penguin has given me two The Simple Home books to give away.  I'll give one away in Ju...
January, week 3 in  The Simple Home Thinking back on all the houses I've lived in as an adult, I've never walked into one that wa...
It's heart warming to see knitters around the world clicking away on their projects and taking a photo  or two so we can enjoy their w...
I took advantage of the Aldi special on cucumbers this week and bought 10 continental cucumbers for 79 cents each. It's good to sto...
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