Christmas at Macedon, 1909. Photo ...
Look at any given monthly report, and you’ll see that I’m always trying to catch up with friends. Just recently I was making a date with Katy and she mentioned ...
Something that has been on my list for a while is meeting new people, and I know it’s something many people add to their list of resolutions as well. So ...
My poor Pretty Boy has been ill for the last few weeks. We’re looking for lumps and what-not that might impact his long-term care (and cost). So with all this ...
So many of us decide to lose weight without thinking through the implications – as if it’s something that comes without cost – but we’re all wrong! Today, we’ll examine ...
With Holistic Personal Finance about ready for release, it’s time to start sharing it with you. Its purpose is to help you plan your spending around the life you want ...
There’s nothing like going away for a period of time to make you want to click your red heels three times while chanting “There’s no place like home.” And when ...
I confess I am a monotasker, but right now, I’m struggling to cope as my monotasking goes bad. I prefer to do one thing at a time, generally until it’s ...
Thanks to a whiney conversation overheard on a train, I’ve been thinking recently about how spoiled and ungrateful we all are. How you (and I) should be more grateful for ...
The other day Katy made a stray comment about how my desire for financial independence entails a reluctance to depend on my husband. I’ve been thinking a lot about pride ...
Before I get into my Project Worthwhile Life goals, I want to talk a little about goal setting. I think that one of the essential components of a happy life ...
As I mentioned for my 2016 Transplantiversary, I’m hoping to make some significant lifestyle changes to get down to the hospital recommended weight (and I’ve set up a monitoring page ...
Katy recently told me that her company had completed a tender for new cleaning services. She was working late the other day, and she met them. The tender “winners” are ...
With the research for my new book Holistic Personal Finance progressing nicely, I’ve been thinking about luxury. Partly inspired by the old guy who just paid $55 for a packet ...
Following my brush with the collapse of control, I’ve been noticing a lot of chat about “morning routine” in my podcasts and webinars lately, and there has been one thing that ...
As you know, I have been trying (for a long time) to lift my game on cleaning house. Aside from clothes that are loose, with elbow length sleeves I haven’t ...
I want to start by apologising to Katy because she has just renovated her kitchen. If you have recently renovated your kitchen too, just close this window and move on ...
I haven’t mentioned it much, but I’m researching a book on Holistic Personal Finance. I’m finding the difference between modern and old fashioned household budgeting amusing, confusing and a disquieting indicator of ...
I’ve started researching my next book, which is about Holistic Personal Finance. Like Build Your Signature Wardrobe, it draws on the wisdom our ancestors developed through Two World Wars and The ...
I have to say that I am really loving these Second World War summer uniform pictures – so stylish. In part one, I gave myself a budget of $500 to build a signature ...
Last time, I gave myself a budget of $500 ($334 for Cinderella clothes and $166 for Princess clothes) to build a signature summer wardrobe consisting of: My preference is ...
After four years of unemployment, I have recently acknowledged to myself, that I probably won’t be leaving the house to go out to work in a nice air-conditioned office any ...
Stradbroke Day 1935 at Ascot (Brisbane, Australia) race day fashion essentials. By Contributor(s): The Queenslander (6 June 1935) , via Wikimedia Commons In a large nutshell, this is my ...
Today’s advice about wardrobe planning 1935 style comes from a college textbook I discovered during my book research . It offers advice on designing and fitting clothing, gaining the most satisfaction from ...
Recently I had the misfortune to purchase counterfeit goods online. Owning counterfeit goods in Australia is illegal, let alone selling them. I found it very shocking – I thought I had been ...