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Must it be stopped? When the Daily Mail declares the suburban housewife as the next big thing, you know there is a backlash waiting around the corner. Before we know it, it will be cool to be on first name terms with your kids social workers and have your home featured on "How Clean Is…

I’m A Sucker For Romance… By Kerry Stewart Haynes. Mind you, there’s a very fine line between painfully corny and nailing it.   Over the past few weeks I’ve gorged myself silly on some gloriously gooey love stories (and some frankly forgettable ones too … ie ‘Two Weeks Notice’).  Not that I mind predictability.  In fact…

Ebay seller GAELYNSGARDEN is selling  a diverse collection of vintage magazines  over the next three days, including copies of The Farmers Wife, Womans Day, House and Garden, Family Circle, Better Homes and Gardens, Companion, The American Home and Todays Woman. Lots are going from $9.99 and were it not for the fact that the seller…

By Miss Kerry Stewart-Haynes of The Faded Parasol. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes Today I made fairy floss (Cotton Candy/Candy Floss) And, quite simply, I had the most fun I’ve had in a long while. (Sad but true). You see, I’m one of those parents who put their name down on the volunteer list for school camp…

Though one would imagine that raising a gluten free child makes life rather impossible, once you get into the swing of things it is really very manageable. Since Finley was diagnosed at the age of eighteen months we have as a family done our up most to make his diet a part of everyday life…

Oh yes. God forbid I should have too much fun. Trouble seems to follow me round these days… So Friday, we went to Debbie and Andrew’s wedding, where the bride was glowing, and I swear couldn’t have looked happier. The wedding was perfect. The service was held in a beautiful local church, St Andrews… ?…