May your heart be light.
Oh, Christmas… For all the joy and magic of this festive season, there’s no doubt that Christmas brings with it a good deal of extra work and things to do. There are the parties and visits to and from friends and family… Then there’s all that present...
Taking care of the workforce (ie you)
Looking after a home and family is physically demanding work. Without health, energy and emotional calm, it can be an uphill struggle. So it makes sense to prioritise your well-being, make it non-negotiable. Looking after No1 needs to be Job #1. However, the...Nigella: My Kitchen Emergency Service
This week sees the return to our screens of the lovely Nigella Lawson. Her new series, Nigella Kitchen, begins Monday 30th September at 8pm on BBC 2. So to celebrate this happy event, I thought I would mark the occasion with a Nigella-flavoured blog post. I recently...
The ‘joy’ of mealtimes (Book extract from Housework Blues)
Plan, Shop, Chop I was once reading a cook-book by that original domestic goddess -Nigella Lawson. In it, she casually mentioned that planning and shopping are as much a part of cooking as the kitchen-based business. This was a eureka moment for me. Of course!...“I hate housework
but this book enabled me
to at last make some form
of peace with it.”
~ Amazon Review
Gifts for the Undomestic Goddess
