The Home Emergency Kit is going to be the most work. It has the most components and variables. Meaning what will work for my family and the city we live it may not work for yours so I’m gonna try to start out with the basics and add sections where you fill in your own personal changes and needs. The bare necessities that the Red Cross recommends if you are ever in need to evacuate your home are the following:…
Emergency Preparedness That Won’t Break The Bank I live in California, and besides the notoriety for great weather and celebrity sightings, we are known for one big thing, EARTHQUAKES. Really, we have them all the time, true Californians aren’t phased by a little shake and wiggle during their morning coffee. It’s almost funny how non-chalant we are about noticing we just had one. “Hey, we just had an earthquake, i think it was a 3.2” (yes, we even go as…
Just in time for Easter, here is a quick little project to add some spring flair to your home. You can do this solo or with the assistance of little hands. It is an adorable way to decorate your table for Easter dinner or to add a little pretty to other places in your home like a bathroom counter, window sill, coffee table or book shelf. The best part of all is that I spent $4 on it. The eggs…
As a busy working mama, I’ve been trying to find the easiest ways to feed my family delicious and healthy food, while working with time and budget restraints. We bought our first house this year and have been working towards building our savings back up, so any little tricks to save money help. One of my usual things to get at Sam’s club is the Rotisserie Chicken (same as the Costco one). This is one of the best deals big…
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…
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…
Occasionally I like to get my Martha on and get my home a little festive for holidays. I’ve upped my efforts since the kids came around, I want them to have fond memories of decorations and fun activities. We have quite a few things set aside in storage bins in the garage for the major ones. A bin for Halloween and a couple for Christmas. What I don’t have much of are things for the smaller but equally joyful holidays….