Our home is usually very organized with a place for everything, and everything in its place! When we moved here almost twenty years ago we moved ourselves and rented the largest rental truck we could. Everything we owned fit into that truck. Somehow over the years we have accumulated way too much stuff! Loosing bothContinue reading “De-Cluttering: Why Am I Holding Onto This Stuff?”
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Time To De-Clutter!
Whether you’re putting your home on the market or just wanting to get rid of some of the “stuff” that accumulates over the years there are some small steps you can take to make the process a little easier! Two of my favorite blogs: Organized31 and One Hundred Dollars a Month have been discussing de-clutteringContinue reading “Time To De-Clutter!”
Making Your Own Neosporin
Making your own neosporin seemed fairly straightforward so I decided to give it a try. I even had the ingredients on hand which made it even easier.
Healthy Snacks For The Road
On our drive across country in October we did our best to have healthy snacks for the road trip. We had homemade granola to enjoy for breakfast along with small containers of yogurt. There were plenty of baby carrots and apples to snack on it the car as well. After a few days on theContinue reading “Healthy Snacks For The Road”
Top Frugal Tip:Restoring a Shrunken Sweater
I have to say the most popular post I ever wrote was a post I wrote in 2013 on how to restore a shrunken sweater! I first shared this tip again in January of 2015. This post is still getting comments, several of them asking me why I was washing my son’s sweater (which IContinue reading “Top Frugal Tip:Restoring a Shrunken Sweater”
Homemade is Best
As we get closer to Christmas I’m always trying to come up with good ideas for homemade presents. There are so many food gift ideas such as homemade vanilla. Homemade food mixes are another idea, soup mixes, muffin mixes or pancake mixes placed into a cute basket is always a wonderful idea. Mix up aContinue reading “Homemade is Best”
Christmas Scents – Homemade Potpourri
Fill your house with the wonderful smells at Christmas by making this homemade potpourri. It is easy to make and good for gift giving.
Homemade Lip Balm So Easy
As we enter into the busy holiday season one of the gifts I like to make is homemade lip balm. Using beeswax as the base makes the lip balm smell so good.
Deck Update
Three years ago we decided to paint our deck with a special product to extend the life of the deck. I wrote a post about the product, which you can read HERE. You may remember that after 11 years our deck needed some attention! My husband did some extensive research and found a product calledContinue reading “Deck Update”
Making Your Own Cinnamon Oil
I found this recipe a while ago on Healthy Food House. Before reading this blog post I had no idea of the many health benefits of cinnamon! It seemed easy and I thought I would give it a try. All you need is 5-6 cinnamon sticks, some olive oil and a jar. Place the cinnamon sticksContinue reading “Making Your Own Cinnamon Oil”
Nancy on the Home Front 