Rent or Sell Your Textbooks

My husband is finishing up his last semester in school and we have saved a lot of money using Chegg.com to rent his text books vs. buying them full price at the college bookstore. It seems like a pretty good deal. He’s been able to get books at a really low price and they come [...]

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Scooby Chia Pet

My daughter wanted this Scooby Chia Pet for Christmas so I convinced Mimi and Pop Pop aka Grandma and Granddaddy to get it for her. Of course, I was the one that ended up putting the seeds on his head since she didn’t want anything to do with that. She is really helpful when its [...]

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Words of Wisdom from 90 year old Regina Brett

This was going around the email chain and I thought it was worth sharing…written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland,  Ohio . “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in [...]

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Moose and Zee No-Sew Snuggle Pillow

My daughter and I had a wonderful time making the Nick Jr. Moose and Zee No-sew Snuggle Pillow craft. She saw a commercial for how to make it on TV and we decided to give it a try. Since I don’t have a printer, I had to draw the characters by hand instead of using [...]

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Home Made Simple’s Article on a Perfect Pantry

I’m totally into organizing and although I have finished redecorating the kitchen, I have yet to organize my pantry.  I like Home Made Simple’s ideas for storage – using clear, plastic, air tight containers. They offer several great kitchen pantry organizing tips in their article Total Pantry Clean Out. I already use clear, glass containers [...]