Keeping warm with a knitted scarf

Can you imagine there used to be a time when you didn't have to take out a loan to buy a house? You just found yourself a piece of land you liked. And then you build a house on it. From trees you cut down with your own bare hands. Or maybe with the help...

A well written grocery list is like a beautiful symphony! It will get you through the supermarket in the fastest, most efficient way. And if it's a masterpiece, it will prevent you tearing your hair out in despair later in the week, because you just found out you're missing an essential ingrediënt. Like cheese puffs....

Do you know the movie Serendipity? It's all about the idea that if something is meant to be, it will happen. This week I encountered my own kind of serendipity. Here's what happened. Serendipity Two weeks ago I was walking around this thrift store when I spotted this really ugly garden gnome. Some might even...

With four older siblings I could see my youngest son struggling to find his niche. My eldest daughter's niche is easy: her niche is simply Being The Eldest. Then comes my son Jan, who's a bit different because he's got a diagnosis of PDD-NOS. So that's his niche taken care off. After that comes my...