Cheap and Wise

Our walls have been looking HORRIBLE. There are scuffs, scrapes, food smears, grime, and pen/pencil/crayon marks. I blame the kids...in pa...

We're painting. It's sort of a desperate attempt to undo the damage that the children have wrought on our home. It has been a long...

When we bought the house six years ago, we were thrilled at the hard wood floors downstairs. In an effort to make it feel a little more hom...

I would love to be a baker. My cookies are good. My breads are passable. Next, I want to learn to make PASTRY. It's like the holy gr...

This crazy hot weather has me barely wanting to cook, and absolutely not wanting to bake. This does not mean that I don't want to eat b...

In my efforts to try to have a healthier home, I have been making a lot of my own laundry and cleaning chemicals. First, I made a spray cl...

It is the start of summer, meaning that I have officially abandoned socks (and for the most part, shoes at all) for the next three months. ...