The winners of the Mrs. Meyer’s Giveaway, from random.org are comment numbers: True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 68 True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 9 That’s Joyce (dlee7) and Untypically Jia at Modern Molly Mormon. Congrats, ladies! Please email me (click contact above) with your addresses, and I’ll send your scent choices [...]
Entries from July 31st, 2009
My Story: What I Learned from my Mother
July 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments · My Story
We all do a lot of things because it’s the way “Mom” did it. Sometimes that’s good, sometimes it’s not so great. Fortunately for me, my mom’s a pretty great woman with a lot of common sense, practical knowledge and foresight. I learned a lot from her. After understanding my conscious thought process and being [...]
Tags: baby steps
Guest Posting at It’s Frugal Being Green Today
July 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Cleaning, Do It Yourself, Frugality, What to Buy
Pop over to It’s Frugal Being Green this morning, where you’ll find a post by yours truly on Why I Love Microfiber Cloths. I’m a big greenie when it comes to cleaning, and I’ve continued to pare down my chemicals more and more as the years go by and the number of children in our [...]
Mental Mission: What’s ON Your Food? (And What’s IN That?)
July 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Condiment Awareness. I’m hoping to coin a phrase here. I think too many people aren’t condiment aware, you see. What we put ON our food can have an impact on our nutrition as much as what is IN our food. My mother-in-law was told by her doctors that ketchup is a “freebie” food, that it [...]
Tags: condiments·mental missions
Kitchen Tip Tuesday: Random Ideas for your KitchenAid Mixer
July 28th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Frugality, Uncategorized
My kitchen tip for this week is to think outside the box when it comes to counter space. If you have an appliance as heavy as a KitchenAid mixer, you probably store it on your countertop. Here are three tips to help you make better use of time and space: Put a dishcloth or small [...]
Tags: timesavers·tips
Recipe Connection: A Healthy (and Tasty!) Version of Fruit Pizza
July 28th, 2009 · 53 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes, Upgraded Nutrition
Every recipe I’ve ever seen for fruit pizza uses sugar cookie dough as the base. Usually they call for pre-packaged, trans-fat and white-sugar laden monstrosities. That bums me out. Since I’m trying hard to focus on real, whole, healthy foods, fruit is a great option…but storebought cookie dough is not. Even a homemade sugar cookie [...]
Tags: desserts·fruit pizza·healthy substitutes·whole grains·whole wheat·yogurt·yogurt cheese
Back to School: Are you Shopping for Hand Sanitizer or Handsoap?
July 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Cleaning, Frugality, What to Buy
It seems way too early to be thinking about going back to school, but I see the stores are, so I bet some frugal planner parents are, too. Even though I won’t be going back to school this year (I’m a teacher in my former life, but I haven’t been since the year prior to [...]
Tags: antibacterial soap·back-to-school·Cleaning·handwashing·sanitizers·soap
