Okay, woohoo! We're into the last shopping week before Christmas, but I'm not panicking, I've been pretty well organised this year. Online shopping is a marvellous thing.

It seems every magazine I look at this month is full of helpful "How to plan a stress-free Christmas in 27 easy steps!" articles.

Isn't it a bit strange that, very broadly and heterosexually speaking, men propose marriage and women don't?

Blogger Shelley Bridgeman digs a little deeper in to the latest Coke campaign personalising bottles.

Dan and Honor Carter's recent baby news has prompted blogger Shelley Bridgeman to consider the best way to announce your pregnancy?

There is an anecdote about boiling a frog that I kind of like. It’s from the 1800s when experiments of this type were much in vogue.

Nicky Park writes about the joys of hitting the road and includes the perfect playlist according to her passenger DJ.

Gill South steps up to the challenge and dons a pedometer to inspire action.

The festive season, finds Don Kavanagh, is a license to try a few new bevvies.

I was ill the other week, in bed feeling sorry for myself surrounded by a sea of tissues. It was the day the cleaners come and I just couldn’t drag myself out of bed so they had to clean around me.

The Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge is happening this weekend. Are you ready to race?

Ladies: you spend more time scanning each other's surface areas than you do checking out handsome men, apparently.

The takeover of a well-known craft brewery is not all bad, notes Don Kavanagh.