Things I Didn't Know I Needed: No.1

Just as we suspected I have today received notice from Mygazines.Com informing me that most of the magazines I had saved on the day I had a play on the site have now been removed due to "copyright violation". The site, blushing with shame, now features a handful of independant magazines and isn’t what it…

In 1934, on behalf of the nation (and The Hoover Company)a certain Madame Schumann-Heink offered every husband in the country a little piece of her mind… “Now is about the time you men begin to worry. To say to yourself, “Oh my! What on earth will I give my wife for her Christmas Present?” Well…

Mark bought me  Confessions of  a Slacker Wife at the weekend. What?  You think  I should be insulted?  Don’t even go there. He bought me this on Valentines Day…. But anyway enough of my philandering fiancee (joke) and his bizarre sense of humour. I haven’t had much chance to read Confessions but what I have…

In the middle of the night, there is nothing Mark likes more than to lie in the dark with the windows open and listen to the rain hammering at the door. But I hate it. It seems to compromise my security, mostly because my hearing isn’t so good (I don’t hear at a certain pitch)…

Life Fever has got the most wonderful interview with the amazing Amy Butler in it’s December edition….   Go find yourself inspired by Amy’s sheer enthusiasm for her work. Other Things To Do At BrocanteHome Join the BrocanteHome Community Discover my daily domestic to-do lists, join the conversation, read-along with the BrocanteHome bookclub and find…

Oh scrumptious, scrumptious, scrumptious!! My Vintage Swap package from Ainslie at Suburbansider has arrived and it has truly made my day. Oh Thank you Sweetie, what utterly delicious taste you have! My little boy will love you forever! There was so much in my scrumptiously wrapped package, it is hard to list it all, but…