It's time to celebrate, today marks the last day of our weekly Home Organization Challenges. The only thing left to do before moving on to the next step is to decide which order you want to put the weekly challenges in. When that's done we can start working on our monthly challenges, you're going to … [Read more...]
Household Tips: 20 Unusual Uses for Hairspray (WWII Series)
Hairspray wasn't one of the items that I had on my original list of WWII posts. However, when I was putting together the list of frugal living tips for pantyhose I stumbled across a couple of amazing uses for hairspray. I sent the call out to my family to see if they had any memories of my … [Read more...]
Home Organization Challenge: Day 19 – Family Day
Tomorrow marks the end of our weekly Home Organization Challenges, so we need to start giving some thought to how we are going to arrange the challenges to work with our lifestyles. Play around with them, rearrange them until you come up with the perfect schedule. Nobody says that you have to keep … [Read more...]
Home Organization Challenge: Day 18 – Anti-Dawdle Day
Can you believe we're on Day 18 of the Home Organization Challenge? By now you should be seeing some big changes to your home and finding more time for the things you love. Even though I've been doing the Home Organization challenge for over 3 years, I've been following the 2014 Challenge right … [Read more...]
Home Organization Challenge: Day 17 – Errand Day
Are you feeling refreshed and ready to start a new Home Organization Challenge? After yesterday's challenge you should be feeling more energized and ready to take on just about anything. It's amazing what a little pampering can do for your outlook, isn't it? Continue perfecting these Challenges: … [Read more...]
Stick-to-Your-Ribs Shrimp & Grits
I'm always on the look out for items that I can use to create simple recipes, One of the items that I never considered using was grits. First of all, I didn't know exactly what they were, and the name grits sounded very unappealing to me. It wasn't until I moved to West Virginia that I discovered … [Read more...]
Home Organization Challenge: Day 16 – Me Day
It's was so nice to start work today with a clean and organized desk. I predict I'm going to get a lot of work done now. If you missed it, yesterday's Home Organization Challenge was our weekly Office Day, go back and take the challenge before starting today's challenge. Continue perfecting … [Read more...]
Home Organization Challenge: Day 15 – Office Day
Yesterday's Home Organization challenge was setting up and and powering through our weekly Power Hour activities. How long did it take you to power through your list? Don't forget to mark down your time to beat. For today's weekly challenge we're moving into the office. There is always so much to be … [Read more...]