I used to find it strange that my Grandma would wash plastic forks, spoons, knives and cups. But now I think she might have been on to something because today I found myself washing 6 gallon size Ziploc storage bags for reuse. I usually purchase the Ziploc bags from Sam’s Club since we use them [...]

I’m 3 months pregnant and definitely not in the mood to clean my carpets. At the same time, I dread the idea of forking out $200 for someone else to do it. I have a Bissell Steam Cleaner that I’ve owned for several years but lately have found that it doesn’t get the carpets as [...]

I was excited a few months ago when my husband and I purchased our first semi-new car…a 2009 Toyota Camry. I call it semi new because it was a used 2009 with only a few thousand miles. It was a car my husband has been wanting since we drove a 2007 Camry as a rental  [...]

I purchased two toasters recently - both of which didn’t work. I used the first toaster for a couple of weeks, then one day when I tried to push the lever down, it wouldn’t go down all the way. I couldn’t take that toaster back since I had already thrown away the box. So I stuffed the faulty [...]

I had an idea this year to add a Christmas photo ornament of my daughter’s first Christmas. Next year I may decorate the tree with ornaments that show the joyous family times from Christmas’ past. I found a festive snowman ornament from Michael’s craft store that looks oh so cute and makes me nostalgic every time I [...]