16 Foods You Can Still Eat After the Expiration Date
This is a huge issue in our house. I always try to keep foods longer, and my husband is adamant that if the food in the fridge has a date, and that expiration date has passed, then it is time to throw...
View ArticleEmergency Ingredient Substitution List
With all the baking going on this holiday season, it seems that you can write your grocery list, check it twice and you still find out during the middle of baking that you don’t have an essential...
View ArticleNew Life for an Old Tradition with #Clorox2
This post is brought to you by Clorox. I have partnered with them to spread the word about Clorox 2 Stain Remover & Color Booster. All opinions and stories are my own. I love to cook. I love...
View ArticleHow to Clean Your Microwave Fast with Steam
It is here! The holiday season! Time for cooking and celebrating and having people over. I have been doing a lot of cooking, and it isn’t even Thanksgiving yet! (That is next week!) With all the...
View Article15 Clever Ways to Use Shampoo Other Than Your Hair
Last week I wrote about a shampoo that was leaving residue in my hair that felt disgusting! I hate that shampoo, and of course, I bought the extra large family size. So now what do I do with it? I was...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning Tips if You have Less Than 30 Minutes
Spring is here, and for many of us, it is time to clean out all the dust and put away our winter clothing and get organized. Who doesn’t want to feel fresh and clean with the new spring morning sun?...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning Tips if You Have More than 30 Minutes
Last week we went over some spring cleaning tips that you can do in a hurry (under 30 minutes.) Sometimes it can seem so overwhelming, but just a few cleaning tips here or there can help out a lot....
View Article19 Ways to Use Epsom Salt for Home, Gardening & Beauty
So many ways to use epsom salt, here are 19 uses that also includes my gift this year for my mom for Mother’s day. Exfoliant Bath Salts. Gardening Add a few tbsp of Epson salt to your lawn watering...
View ArticleThe Dirty Dozen of Fruits & Veggies and How to Clean the Pesticides with...
Buying only organic can get really expensive. However, you don’t want to put all of those chemicals in your body or in your family’s body. So there is a rule of thumb, wash “The Dirty Dozen.” This...
View ArticleHow To Freeze Food — Timeline, Tips and Don’ts
I have been trying to freeze more foods lately. It saves money, I am not wasting food because the leftovers are not getting eaten, and it actually will preserve the food’s freshness. I realized I had...
View Article10 Halloween Decorated Table Settings
I know what you were thinking. You wish there was a blog post with some Halloween table decoration ideas. Well, I am here to save the day. Enjoy! HGTV No Source Better Homes and Garden Martha Stewart...
View ArticleChestnuts-A-Roastin: A Delicious & Cozy Gift for the Season
For most of my life, chestnuts were a mystery to me. We’ve all heard that song before…”chestnuts roasting on an open fire….”. But, until my late 20s, I’d never actually eaten, let alone seen, a...
View ArticleSave Heat, Money & Energy: Simple Ways To Prepare Your Home For Winter
Many women are becoming a lot more handy around the house and relying less on the male species for assistance on home repair projects. For example, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to change out a...
View ArticleWD-40 Uses You May Not Have Heard Of
The other day, I decided, I could not take the screeching sound of the garage door opening and closing anymore. It was driving me insane. I felt like it was echoing throughout the neighborhood. I went...
View Article16 Foods You Can Still Eat After the Expiration Date
This is a huge issue in our house. I always try to keep foods longer, and my husband is adamant that if the food in the fridge has a date, and that expiration date has passed, then it is time to throw...
View ArticleThymes Candles Filling Your Home with Christmas & Perfect Gift Ideas
It’s beginning to SMELL a lot like Christmas! At least in my house. I have the latest Thymes Frasier Fir collection and I could not love it more. I am super sensitive to smells. I rarely wear perfume,...
View ArticleHow to Properly Clean Your Bamboo Cutting Board
I headed to my neighborhood butcher one night right before they closed and caught the butcher cleaning his butcher block. I sat and listened to his wisdom about this ancient process of cleaning the...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Glass Stovetop Sparkling Clean in Minutes
I must admit, I am not a fan of my glass stove. I yearn for the day I will have a chef’s kitchen with a gas range stove. I dream about that every night. But in the meantime, I have endured the...
View Article10 Ways to Use Everything Until the Last Drop
If you’re thrifty like me, you like to get your money’s worth on virtually anything inside the home. Today, I wanted to share with you some strategies that I use with some items that I use around...
View ArticlePlace Setting Guide: Casual, Informal or Formal
Hosting Thanksgiving at your house this Thursday? Or helping out at a friend or relative? Where does everything go? Is the knife on the right or left? Where does the wine glass go compared to the...
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