Green living

Six hours, that's how long my eldest daughter's very first Relationship lasted. But when her new love felt the need to publish his love for her on Facebook, with some heartfelt lines, she ended it immediately. 'And he even wanted to see me every day!' she explained, looking exasperated. An hour later a message appeared...

We were having dinner, and I was bored senseless waiting for my seventeen year old daughter to finally clear her plate. But what's a parent to do?! You're supposed to teach your kids to stay at the table until everybody's finished, so I was held hostage by my own parenting etiquette. This meant I was...

We kind of had this storm last weekend. We can't complain about the aftermath, except for one thing. My lovely Redrobin lost its legs! Look: Isn't it sad? Everything turned out alright! Luckily, unlike lots of other stuff that happens in life, this problem was easily fixed. I could simple push the Redrobin on it's...

My favorite clothing item was a jersey, floral skirt from Laura Ashley. I wore it day in, day out. Year in, year out. Until last year. Suddenly little holes appeared in my favorite skirt. As big as my fingertips. So with a heavy heart, I threw it out. This is the one: Me and my...

Look mommy! With hands! I've had about three years worth of weekly sewing lessons in my life. But somehow they never quite stuck. Everything I made, rarely made it out of my closet. But lately I've been so much out of fashion I can't even find any jersey skirts with little flowers on them in...