In my long 3 and ½ year career as a mom, I’ve learned a few tips and tricks that have really helped out along the way. Some are ingenious ways of using items I hadn’t even considered to be helpful as a parent, others are things or ways of doing stuff that I didn’t even know existed. I want to share in my wealth of limited knowledge and hopefully prevent some of you from learning things “the hard way”, which…
I’ve been trying to come up with fun holiday crafts for my kids to do while at home instead of watching cartoons and there are a ton of ideas on Pinterest and other sites. The problem lies in the execution. I am not too artistic of a person as it is, and combined with trying to wrangle a 3 year old and a 1 year old, let’s just say our family isn’t going to be displaying beautiful paper mache turkeys…
There is a very fine line, recognizable to all mothers, that divides the vast difference between the expectation of things in your life, and the reality of how they actually turn out. All parents know the velocity with which a long planned and expensive trip to a theme park can be ruined by something as trivial as the wrong flavor of juice. We’ve all seen a holiday mood plummet when a child is asked to put on the outfit they…
This is a recipe a family member taught me a few years ago and it is one of my favorite ways to prepare steak now. It’s very simple to make and so delicious. You can throw it together very quickly with ingredients most of us always have on hand. One of my favorite parts about this is the easy clean up! Everything goes in the bag and you can just throw that out when you’re done. Ingredients for…
I’ve been trying to find new ways to save a little money on groceries and also not let as much food go to waste at home. This is one of my long used tips for accomplishing both. If your family is anything like mine, fruit goes bad often. Either because a giant pack of strawberries happened to only last 2 days in the fridge before starting to mush up, or because we just forgot we had something until a day…
I’m continuing my mission to deck out our new house for fall with this very easy and inexpensive tulle wreath for the front door. Most of the materials were purchased for a dollar each and it took about 45 minutes to put together. The foam ring, raffia and flowers came from Dollar Tree. The straw man was one 1.29 at Walmart and I got the Tulle at a local outdoor swap meet for about 33 cents a yard. I used…
Over the years I’ve gone through phases with make up. From obsessive junkie, to occasional social user, to flat out refusal at times. At this stage in my life, I like it, I want to use it more often, but I’m finding that there is no more than 5 to 10 minute window to devote to make up for any given occasion. So this is my fastest routine for anything from a quick errand to a fancy night out (and…
Technology is amazing and has made everyday things so much easier for us than they used to be. Every generation brings new ideas and advances to existing ones, until it’s almost hard to remember how you managed without them. It is no surprise that our own children will never know about some the the wonders of yesteryear. Here’s a little trip down memory lane on just a few of things that they won’t have to deal with, but were so…
I’m letting you all in on my secret weapon. This salsa is delicious. I’m not gonna say much else because it’s gonna speak for itself. My mom gave me this recipe a long time ago and it has become one of my favorite salsa’s to always have on hand at home and my husband’s favorite. Even a few people at my work know it well and request it for potlucks. This salsa can get very spicy so I am listing…
I’ve finally had it. The number of tiny stuffed animals in my house is too damn high! They’re in my kid’s toy bin, in the kitchen, in the living room. Don’t even get me started on my car. There is a family of adorable chihuahuas (or maybe kittens, can never tell) living in there. Beanie Babies. New and improved versions of my own childhood classics. There’s an evil marketing ploy at most businesses we frequent, they have targeted my 3…