A commenter kindly introduced me to her unique blog on which she displays her extraordinary collection of holy cards, some of them over 100 ...

We are lucky enough to live only 15 minutes away from the country branch of London Zoo. Over the years we have been many times, but often in...

I am re-reading Countryside and Cloister by Marie Litchfield, a lovely autobiography of a Carmelite nun who grew up in Somerset during Worl...

"The trouble is," says Star, "that I think of something to do and then I do it. Then I think about whether or not I should ha...

Two weeks ago I went back to Weight Watchers with my neighbour - time to lose those extra baby pounds (and, I must admit, a few pre-baby) I ...

I'm still in FlyLady mode - maybe more FlyBaby than FlyLady, but baby steps! - so here is a list of things I plan to declutter and organ...

I killed Henry the hoover :(. Henry the virtually indestructible hoover. Something went wrong with his on/off switch. It wouldn't stay d...

Lest anyone should be under any illusions that school is an economical option, this is my shopping list for September. Per child. Two pairs ...

This thread at the 4Real Learning boards got me thinking. I can never resist a good list (or four), so here are some of my homeschooling fa...

Lesson learned from Little Cherub's smash earlier this week. Little Cherub now has her very own kitchen cupboard to explore ... ... and ...

Please say a prayer for Star's best friend F, who will be receiving her First Holy Communion today.

Nobody warned me brass instruments could bite. This evening one of the valves on the euphonium stuck as I was playing. I tapped it smartly ...

There's a cockroach in my kitchen, a severed thumb in my sugar bowl, an eyeball in my drink, and bullet holes in my car windscreen. Star...

According to My Blog Log in the last couple of weeks I have received hits from people searching for the following ... 1. hilaire belloc dri...

Little Cherub had a smashing time this morning while Angel, Star and I were distracted checking out the contents of this week's fruit an...

It sounds as though Karen E's Ramona is heading in the same direction as my literal Angel, who takes pedanticism (is there such a word?...

As the time we have left to go places while everyone else is in school is limited we are taking full advantage of it over the next few weeks...

Random quotes from What's Wrong With the World ... "The main fact about education is that there is no such thing. It does not exis...

Or at least, I'm just about airborne. This week's housewifery has been noticeably less hopeless, though as Tevye puts it, I do sudde...

Our organic fruit and vegetable box is working out well enough that I'm committing myself to a regular order. We are managing to use eve...