housewife on January 27th, 2009

This week many people will be heading to the grocery store to gather supplies needed for the big game this weekend. The Super Bowl is the major football event of the season. The game might be the same length, but everything else will be longer - pre-game show, halftime show, and post-game show. Guests will [...]

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housewife on January 26th, 2009

The Super Bowl is fast approaching and already friends are making plans where to watch the big game. No doubt if you have a big TV and comfortable seating, your home is an ideal place to watch one of the biggest sporting events of the year. Before the big game, you need to prepare your [...]

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housewife on January 21st, 2009

So, as I’m sure you know, today is Inauguration Day. President Obama became the 44th president of the United States. There’s been lunch, parades, swearing in, and balls. During the swearing in ceremony, the Bush’s were moved out of the White House while the Obamas were moved in. Now that is the way to move. [...]

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housewife on January 18th, 2009

It has been one cold week here and across the country. When it is extremely cold, it makes me realize just how we are not prepared for cold weather. So now that we will have a reprieve for a few days of the bitterly cold, or at least I hope so, it will be time [...]

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housewife on January 14th, 2009

Who says watching TV isn’t educational? I was watching Ace of Cakes and picked up a pretty good tip about cracking eggs.
Duff Goldman was making the world’s largest cupcake and had to use 90 or so eggs. Yikes! That’s a lot of egg shells. No doubt some will wind up in the eggs. His tip [...]

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housewife on January 12th, 2009

One chore I do not look forward to is cleaning the bathroom. It is something I do first just to get it out of the way. When it comes to cleaning the bathroom, I like fast solutions that work well. When I first heard about Scrubbing Bubbles product Action Scrubbers, I knew it was something [...]

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housewife on January 6th, 2009

The holidays are over. Now it’s time to put up all that left over holiday wrapping paper. Usually I use every last scrap I have but this year I have four rolls left over. This is the first time in a long time that I’m actually putting up wrapping paper for next year.
Most of what [...]

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housewife on January 5th, 2009

My laptop is something that I use everyday for at least a few hours. My desktop is hardly ever used because everything I need is on my laptop. I do like to carry it with me when we travel or to work. But I find my regular laptop case is bulky, heavy, and cumbersome.
When asked [...]

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housewife on January 4th, 2009

Cleaning is one of those chores that I don’t mind doing. Well that is once I get stated. Up until that point, I’m dreading every minute that I must wield a broom, mop, and toilet brush.
One of my resolutions for the New Year is to keep a cleaner, more organized house. Here are some [...]

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