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If you have extra candy canes and are thinking about tossing them because Christmas is over, HANG ON TO THEM and use them for Valentines Day instead. {photo credit} Have you ever used candy canes for Valentines Day before, or am I just weird? ~Mavis
One thing I’ve learned over the past few years as I’ve whittled my family’s grocery budget down from $800 a month {2008} to $100 a month {since 2010} is that there are specific times of year when groceries, household items and other goods go on sale. Just because a certain fruit or vegetable isn’t in season in Read More >>
Around 3:30 this morning the Handsome Husband and I were jolted out of bed by a loud crash, boom, bam sound in the backyard. We knew a tree had probably fallen, but it wasn’t until day break we could see just where the tree had landed. Luckily there was no damage to the house, greenhouse Read More >>
Yesterday when I went out to the garage to place a batch of freshly baked cookies in one of our 2 garage freezers, I noticed one of them was looking a little sparse. So I decided to move all of the frozen goodness in to just one freezer. Which was actually a good thing because there Read More >>
{photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} Please tell me I am not the only one out there who does not buy wrapping paper. Sure we have some, but that’s only because every few years or so I help my mother clean out her storage room. I typically end up Read More >>
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