Gosh this has been a truly messy autumn running into winter.  All the kiddies around here got giddy with excitement the other day when we had the first snow of… Read more »

There has been much doggy associated activity going on around my little patch of heaven on earth.  Not sure whether it’s the upturn in publicity fortunes of the locally based… Read more »

I took my annual pilgrimage to a very nice island in the Med recently and a jully time was had by my hostess and me. No housekeeping to speak of,… Read more »

Visiting a seriously aged relative recently, I was reminded just how important it is to have a good cleaning company available to call at regular intervals.  The home itself is… Read more »

It can be jolly hard to keep a house clean when you work full time out of the home.  It can be even harder when you do that and own… Read more »

Whole house cleaning is one of the specialist agency tasks that for some reason, is impossible to achieve properly at home yourself.  I have moved home many times since a… Read more »

There has been a big movement of families from my immediate area – with the rise in the number of new houses coming to the market, there has been quite… Read more »

There ae very few times in my family life when I really sit and worry about the state of my carpets.  I rarely have visitors who stay over;  I don’t… Read more »

My neighbours have a cute fluffy little lap dog.  She is everything you imagine her to be, small, very curly coat, whitish grey hues.  This little being is very sweet,… Read more »

When you buy your first house it is very often one of the older terrace types from centuries ago.  It would obviously have been new to someone else then, but… Read more »