Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!
Since it is one of my goals this year to spend every Sunday doing a family activity, I’ve had to come up with some creative ways to make it fun {rather than “painful” as others sometimes find it}. Some of these we’ve tried, some don’t really fit my age of kids–but in the interest of Read More >>
That saying, “There’s always too much month at the end of the money,” really rings true after the holiday buying frenzy dust has settled. It seems like everyone wants to reign in their spending and get a good start on the new year. Out with the old, in with the new. Groceries are a great Read More >>
Do you ever reuse the jars your candles come in? I like to remove the old wax and pop in a new candle, or use the jar for storing little items {like bobby pins in the bathroom, nails on the HH’s workbench, or paper clips in my office drawer}. Removing the wax is actually pretty Read More >>
Every year, in my old neighborhood my neighbors would pass out small Christmas gifts. Sometimes, it was plate of cookies, other times a home canned something–it’s always a little token from their house to ours, and I love getting them. I came home one afternoon to find a roll of Christmas wrap and Read More >>
Who needs the madness of black Friday {and now Thursday} when you can just stay in your jammies, eat pastries, and clickety clack on your laptop until all of your shopping is done? The only downside to Cyber Monday is that you can’t just flip through the ads and come up with a game plan. Read More >>
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