GILLYBEAN

I'd always rather be crafting than cooking. Had you picked that up already? Tonight for dinner was rooster soup. None of the big kids co...

I LOVE AUTUMN. All my favorite fruit and vege are ready for harvest and it's not too hot to get things done. "Skatey" told me ...

The teen is getting quite good at juggling, but I'm sick of hearing the four of them fight over the juggling set so I made a trio out ...

Lemon, honey, ginger, garlic and thyme tea. Plus two good books and a comfy chair, because I feel like I'm allergic to myself.

Well they say something about how you can't choose your family. I'm glad you can't because I couldn't have picked better mys...

Someone has recently hit me over the head with the "happy homemaker stick". This is quite possibly the culprit: Doesn't eat h...

I know I didn't knit this enthusiastically when I was 8 years old. PJ caught the knitting bug in the last week of the school holidays an...

A nice thing about the holidays has been that PJ hasn't had the influence of other girls telling her how she should be. I've finish...

I know, I'm repeating myself. It's just that time of year where a pair of extra hands would be helpful. I've picked a lot of hu...

Last week I packed up all the children for a journey over the nearby Takaka hill. It is not a trip I have done often despite living in this ...