Let me introduce you to my dear friend Lynne. (You may remember me mentioning Lynne on my homeschool blog. She’s the sweetie that shipped me the recovery quilt after my heart surgery.) Lynne is an amazing bargain hunter and a coupon junkie. She is also a little bit nutty, hysterically funny, and a great friend [...]
I have to come clean–I am a pack rat. It hasn’t been a negative issue because I am an organized pack rat and I had enough room to store a lot of stuff. Our home in VA had a full basement with wall to wall book shelves. Not pictured is a storage area with even [...]
A few weeks ago I began my Laundry Room Tackle. I asked you all what I should do with my tools and a few of you suggested a pegboard. I went to Lowes to buy a pegboard with plans of painting it white. Guess what I found! A white plastic pegboard for $14.00. I hung [...]
I had two problems I needed to tackle in my bedroom. I think I found terrific solutions to both. 1. Cord clutter from the computer bedside area. Where do you stash the cords without a desk? 2. No nightstand. We recently moved to TN and I left behind my bedroom furniture assuming we’d get new furniture, but our VA home didn’t sell so new furniture is not in the near future. This left my bedside floor a jumble of books, magazines, etc.
I’ve gathered fun Q&A over the years from several quiver full moms. I’m looking at this list from a different perspective today. I would much rather have “Are they all yours?” and the questions below than the ones I’m getting now. Our eleven children range in age from 6 to 34. I had my 6 [...]
Beans are nearly the perfect food. They have an amazing nutrition track record. You can’t say eating healthy is expensive when you’re talking beans because they are a bargain. If you haven’t already begun to add a variety of beans to your family’s diet, start introducing a few bean recipes. You’ll find that it is [...]
In the winter time we eat this dish about once a week for lunch or dinner. It’s my hubby’s favorite I keep several containers on hand in the freezer. It is also one of my Dad’s favorite meals. It’s the first thing I fix when I know he is coming to visit. A few drops [...]
Do you like the new look? I added a third column and needed a wider banner so I scrapbooked a few photos on it. Here is the old look: I’m still tweaking it. I wish I had more time for digital scrapbooking. Click to view more scrapbook pages.
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