Spider arts and crafts

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...

I'm trying to be frugal, so I'm using our woodburner to keep us warm instead of using the central heating. There's rat in our wood burner! This morning, shivering and feeling like Cinderella on a particularly bad day, I carefully opened the little door of the wood burner to put some logs inside, and create...

For lots of us Summer is the time of year we do some maintenance tasks on our homes. Like painting all the window sills, inspecting airconditioners or checking your house for leaks. But did you ever think to check your garage doors? Imran did! And she wrote this great post about how to take care...

We have two bathrooms in our house. It seemed like a good idea at the time. After all, we're a family of seven. You don't want to have 'to go' and have nowhere to go, now do you! But we might as well have only one bathroom. Because the kids don't want to use the...

Bob the Builder, a well known handyman, has become the victim of what the police refer to as 'The Limber'. Bob was found with his hands cruelly separated from his body. Bob's hand was taped to his arm Luckily Bob managed to tape one of his hands back on. When we asked Bob for a...

We live on a quiet country road. Nothing much happens there. And usually the road looks like this: But then one night, this happened: It practically landed in our front yard. And from everywhere people came to have a look. Our road has never been so busy! I have to admit, it was quite impressive...