Saturday night found us quietly at home celebrating Earth Hour . At about four in the afternoon, we went around the house and turned off eve...

QUINCE #2: How long have we been sitting in these boat-like things on the table for? Because, just between you and I, the guy next to me is...

Very happy with today's post, for this morning these little beauties arrived from Bendigo Woollen Mill: Which, in due time, will enable...

Testing, testing, one-two-three. Is thing thing on? Oh, hello! It's me, ol' Jorthy, here to blow off the dust and remove the cobwebs...

All this wasteful packaging has really got my goat. Geddit - goat? Sigh, you're right, it wasn't at all funny. Well, it's now o...

Is excess consumption of Two Fruits reason for divorce? Because, I swear to the heavens above, the Galumph is killing me, and my Lent of No...

Yesterday went quite well. I didn't buy anything, so no new packaging waste was generated, and for lunch we had leftovers. For dinner w...

Well, the beginning of our Lent of No Waste didn't exactly start auspiciously. I stumbled into the kitchen this morning to find the Gal...

Tomorrow marks the begining of Lent, which is the forty day period before Easter where many Christians fast, or at the very least give up so...

I am having a craptacular week. Firstly my brother was in a car accident, then my great aunty died, then Grumbles had her first day of kinde...

Is this the must knit of the year? I sure think so! It's from the 2007/08 Winter Vogue Knitting . Oh my sainted aunt, I can't wait t...

Do you ever find yourself in one of those strange coincidental curses? For example, you tell a friend you've never been stung by a bee, ...

I've been beavering away, sewing up a pair of summer jimjams for Grumbles. Because that's how I roll: I knit her cardigans at the ...

Three dry nights in a row! Go Grumbles! I followed Nichola's advice, and got her up for a twinkle before I retired each evening, and ...

We've just started night time toilet training for Grumbles. Oh my sainted aunt, the washing! It's never ending, at least two loads a...

Well, hello dear neglected readers. Happy belated 2008 to you all! I feel I should explain the post below. I've decided that, for me, 20...

(i) I fumble my way into the bathroom, heading towards the sink, mentally trying to prepare myself for the morning hell that is cleaning my ...

Ahhh , the wonders of the urban jungle! First solo bike ride - rawkin '! Merry Christihanukawanazmass , all you wonderful readers. May ...

"Oh dear!", sighed Mr Dottlepanger as he scrutinised his rather bespottled legs, wings and torso. "I do hope I'm not com...

- The above rather spiffy Jorth fambly portrait, done by the awesomely talented Aunty Cookie . Cheers, Shannon! - The fact that the p...