When someone visits your home the first thing they will notice is how it smells. Like I said before I am a sniffer. I sniff everything from a glass, before I drink from it, to the family room to make sure there are no unflattering, lingering scents. There are times when my house picks up the scents of my cooking and I don’t readily notice. So I make it a point to deodorize after cleaning.
There are plenty of commercial product on the market to extinguish offensive smells, but I would rather use ordinary everyday solutions.
If you have an offensive smell …read more

If there is one thing that really bothers me its a smell, dingy looking sink. I can always tell when my garbage disposal needs to be cleaned, the nasty smell kits me right between the eyes. I am what is known as a sniffer. I sniff everything and can detect even the slightest odors. If it doesn’t smell clean then, in my opinion, it is not clean. I have tried a lot of things to clean and deodorize my garbage disposal, but I wasn’t satisfied. I could always detect a slight odor even after cleaning.
I just found what …read more

I’ve been pondering this whole Halloween thing for weeks now.  I’ve done a tad bit of preparation, but nothing like I needed to.  I know the kids will be off from school the rest of the week and that will give me some time to finalize everything.  If you’ve procrastinated like me, you’ll appreciate these last minute Halloween ideas.  If not, then bookmark it for next year.  

Bridget at Bake at 350 gives step-by-step instructions for making these cute spiderweb cookies.  You’ll also want to know how to make her perfectly black icing for the spiderweb cookies and other …read more

When it comes to holidays, Better Homes & Gardens always has great ideas. I always find myself thinking, “That looks easy. Why didn’t I think of that?”. Since their ideas are so cute, I thought you all might need some inspiration for Halloween treats this week. After all, Halloween is only a few day away.
This time, I included a short description of the things needed for each of these cupcake ideas. Perhaps that will help you save some time as you scan through the list. If you’re like me, you’d rather choose a project that you already have the supplies …read more

Each month, I try to make a list of articles from the month.  I don’t include articles with tips that have expired, such as giveaways.  My hope is that this will provide you with an easy list/table of contents to the articles from the month and it will help you to see if there’s anything you missed that you would like to read.

Switching Over to Cloth Napkins
Finding a Closet Organization System
10 Ways to Decorate with Gourds & Pumpkins
30 Creative Cake and Cupcake Ideas
5 Tips for Organizing Your Kitchen
My Ongoing Yard Sale Pile
Recipes from Quaker Maid
Crock Pot Shredded Mexican Beef Recipe
Fantastic …read more

We’ve all been around long enough to know that under the bed is a great place to hide our stuff.  We just don’t want to cram things under there though.  We need some workable storage that will make it easy to store and retrieve our items.  Here are a few different organization devices that I’ve found.

Bed risers lift up your bed 5 inches off the floor which allows for more storage space.  These are pretty inexpensive. Target has a set of four for only $9.99, online only. 

Plastic under the bed boxes are a great way to store items that don’t …read more

FaveCrafts.com has put together a collection of patriotic craft projects to decorate your home or to wear.  Some of the craft projects include sewing, crocheting, or making things from paper.  There are some 4th of July craft projects for kids.  The free eBook also includes a 4th of July recipe collection to help you create a great spread.
Get your free 4th of July Crafts and Recipe book.
Thanks, Money Saving Mom.

Betty Crocker always has some great recipes to share.  This time, they have 10 meals that you can prepare in 10 minutes.  It would be good to bookmark these recipes for evenings when you know you won’t have much time to prepare a meal.  This will help to avoid the fast food drive-thru. 

Ham and Cheese Tortilla Roll-Ups
Black Bean Bagel Sandwiches 
Greek Style Tuna Salad Sandwiches
Italian Vegetable Focaccia Sandwich
Dilled Shrimp and Egg Salad Sandwiches
Seafood Salad Sandwiches
Adobe Chicken Wraps
Roasted Turkey Sandwiches
Beef Fajita Pitas
Chicken Club Sandwiches
A few of these recipes sound pretty good and I may alter them to our liking.  Enjoy!
image: betty crocker

I rarely get to watch television, so when I do I am amazed at some of the great shows out there.  Last week while flipping channels I found Primal Grill with Steve Raichlen.  Steve was grilling swordfish, onions, and bay leaves.  He showed that you’re supposed to soak the bay leaves before grilling them to avoid burning the leaves.  He also made a tasty sounding marinade for the fish.  Of course, after watching all his grilling tips I had to see if a website existed.  Indeed, it does!

Primal Grill website has many tasty sounding recipes.  Primal Grill tells you how to make Kansas …read more

This weekend, I worked a bit on getting my coupons organized.  There were quite a bit of expired ones to toss and a few in the older packets to clip.  As I was flipping, I noticed a coupon for candy and it had a picture of a cute rabbit cupcake.  It was from BrightIdeas.com.
I’m glad I spotted the site because BrightIdeas.com has a bunch of adorable food ideas.  How would your child like these baseball cupcakes?  Just add a few M&Ms and they’re done.  Or you could use their recipe to jazz it up a little by adding chopped Milky Way bars to the batter.  …read more