Every year I make New Year’s resolutions and keep none of them.
This year I’ve decided to scale back on what I plan to resolve in hopes that I can actually keep those throughout the year. My biggest resolution is to be more organized. There is no telling how much time I spent in 2009 [...]
Santa must have approved of the cookies and chocolate milk because he left the little girl exactly what she had wanted. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas!
I have to admit that I hate to wrap Christmas presents. Love buying them but loathe the wrapping part. I wrap gifts usually the day that I give them - which is a habit that I wish I could break. I blame my lack of enthusiam for wrapping presents on not having a proper place [...]
Yesterday I bought my first Christmas gift of the season. It made me want to buy more. I have already begun trying to prep for the holidays by making the Christmas list and organizing exactly what I plan to make and for whom.
A part of holiday giving is baking but is hard with a [...]
Today is Earth Day although I think everyday should be Earth Day. Here is what we’ve done today for Mother Earth:
Took last night’s leftovers to compost
“Upcycled” the leftover biscuits into chicken feed for the chickens.
Holding off on drying the laundry until later in the day.
Open the windows instead of running the air conditioner.
Of course, [...]
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 [...]
Whew! Two Christmas get-togethers down and one New Year’s Eve party to go. This time of the year is a mix between joy and survival.
We came back from visiting my husband’s family with illness. My husband is sick. Hopefully I can avoid it as I’m usually the one who needs a few day to detox [...]
It always seems Christmas sneaks up on me before I am ready, so this year I’ve decided to do some pre-planning in July. I’ll just start out by making a list of everyone I need to buy for and then deciding on a budget.
The hardest part of our Christmas budget is that I usually go [...]
With the nice spring weather my mind has turned to vacation planning. There are two events that we want to attend this year. One is Labor Day weekend while the other is in late November. They are both a few months away, so there is plenty of time to plan.
We will need a lot before [...]
I had wanted a digital picture frame for Christmas. So, my husband spent most of his budget for me on getting me a really nice one. After reading all of what it can do, it will probably turn into more than a way to display pictures.
The digital picture frame will play videos, so I’m thinking [...]
