Any misgivings I had a year ago about building a pond in the backyard have been completely obliterated by the great weather we had this summer. I’m sure I spent more time lounging outside with a book and listening to the calming trickle from the fountain than I spent in front of the TV in […]
Get Inspired Giveaway With Havertys to Create Beautiful Spaces in Your Home
I love learning more about my personal style and preferences and a large part of that is allowing myself to be inspired by the things around me. Have you started figuring out what inspires you? For me, it’s often nature. I love the textures, color blends, and the organic feel of the plants growing around […]
Donating to Goodwill Creates Jobs and Saves Money (and Sanity) #DonateStuffCreateJobs
We just repainted Brianna’s room, and in the process, I had to cut my office space from a large L-shaped desk under Brianna’s loft bed, to a repurposed TV armoire. Oh yeah – and I had to take off all the books. Seriously…I have a lot of books. Stacks of them in the hallway during […]
Keep it Simple with Faux Shepherd’s Pie
True Shepherd’s Pie is simple stuff. This faux Shepherd’s Pie, the way mom used to make it, is even simpler. Better still: it’s inexpensive and delicious. I didn’t learn what Shepherd’s Pie was until I was 19 or 20 years old. I was disappointed. You see, when I was a kid, one of my […]
How to Find Cheap Halloween Costumes
Finding cheap Halloween costumes isn’t quite as hard as you may think. Each year, my kids start thinking of completely new Halloween costume ideas. Last year, my nephew decided he wanted to be an elevator. My sister made his costume out of a medium-sized cardboard box that she painted. It was cheap to make and easy […]
Christmas Loans or Credit Cards?
As Christmas draws near, you, like many others, might find yourself a bit short of funds. While many people pull out their credit cards to pay for anything they buy around the holidays, Christmas loans might be a better choice. We know that Christmas comes each and every year at the same time – December […]
6 Easy Ways to Increase Your Income
Apart from taking on full or part time work, selling off what we own, or selling off bodily fluids and organs, it may seem nearly impossible to live off the income of two people per household, and just as impossible to increase that income to a breathable level without taking on a second job. The […]
Keep Ants Away from Your Picnic
As soon as warm weather hits, so do the picnics and the ants! If only you knew an easy way to keep them away from the food and the surrounding area. Well, today is your lucky day. I just came across a couple of ways to keep ants away from your picnic without having to […]
Summer Project: Organize Your Storage Spaces
As summertime sets in and temperatures continue their steady climb into July, consider tackling some home organization projects that you won’t want to do when your attic or garage offer sweltering conditions. After all, you wouldn’t want to be stuck in a windowless closet, garage or basement when you could be cooling off at the […]
How to Get Rid of Flies – Inside and Outside
In case you didn’t know, the house fly isn’t exactly known for staying strictly in the house — thank goodness! The bad news — they can be pesky critters when you are outside, too, especially during picnics or when you’re camping and especially if you have livestock in the backyard. So, what can you do about it? […]
Getting Your Articles Noticed
Website owners are looking every single day for fresh new content to add to their sites. Why shouldn’t you be one of their suppliers? Article writing can be done in your free time to add some extra cash to your pocketbook. So, where do these website owners look for content, and how will they find you? […]
Budgeting for Frills on a Family Road Trip
All this talk of ice cream brings us to our third area – frills. If you have your plan for a budgeted family road trip in place and your food lined out, frills might attack your budget in the form of souvenirs or the new DVD purchase in a truck stop display that grabs your […]
