Cooking Lessons

I remember being in the kitchen a lot as a child.  Sometimes my grandma’s kitchen,  most the time at home.  My mom and dad both cooked.  My mom is a great cook…one of those people who doesn’t really have recipes, just knows how to add some of this, a little of that…that type of thing.  [...]

WFMW: Baking Soda

For this themed edition of WFMW I’m sharing my easiest and probably cheapest cleaning tip.  It is of course the frugal favorite.
A whole lot of coloring happens around here.  Much of it at my kitchen counter.  Have you ever noticed the black marks/residue that coloring book pages leave behind?  Before long my counter is a [...]

Make Do Monday: Rice Packs

We all got the seasonal flu shot in September.  My kids are really good about shots and things so that isn’t ever an issue for us, thank goodness.  The kids did, however, complain of sore arms afterwards.  I suggested the simple and frugal of course, telling them to move their arms to help keep them [...]

Enough Already!

On Wednesday my son had a mishap and chipped his bottom front four teeth.  Permanent teeth.  Screaming in pain he watched me try to find a dentist who could see us.  It was close to 5pm and our dentist was out-of-town until next Tuesday.  In an after-hours appointment we got things taken care of and [...]

WFMW: Tea Bags

In August my son started his orthodontics adventure.  Currently all we needed to do was have 2 teeth pulled.  We’ll recheck in 6 months.  Not so bad.  Unless you have never had any work done at the dentist except the routine cleanings and exams.
The little guy was fairly nervous and I explained that the little [...]

Back to Packing Lunches

The kids are back in school today and that means I’ll be back to packing lunches tomorrow.  We sat down yesterday and talked about what they think they’d like in lunches this year.
Here’s what they said they want:

PBJ sandwiches
Ham or turkey sandwiches or wraps (this is exciting and new…they never really wanted deli meat before)
The [...]

Happy New Year!

I know, it isn’t really a new year.  But to those of you with school kids, doesn’t if FEEL like a new year?
I love this time of year.  Autumn is my favorite season.  I’m addicted to school/office supplies and I love a new calendar.
You get the idea…
So for all you moms out there with a [...]

WFMW: Rubbing Alcohol

A while back one of my children fell asleep playing with NEON ORANGE silly putty.  Obviously I didn’t know they were playing with it in BED!  The next morning the poor child sheepishly told me they had a mess.  Boy was it a mess.  That silly putty was on everything.  Flannel sheets.  A favorite stuffed [...]

A Dentist?

Last week my son had two teeth pulled, as advised by the orthodontist.  They were baby teeth that were still solidly planted in his head.  All went well with the visit except those new holes wouldn’t stop bleeding.  We learned that tea bags have something in them that aids in clotting so once we replaced [...]

Choices for Chores

So I’ve been on a roll with the whole chore thing the last week…You can see some of my other thoughts on it here, here and here.
Those first years when Grace was little, I struggled with what would be good jobs for her.  I didn’t want to expect to much.  So while I certainly wanted [...]