I received a gift from a friend a few days ago that truly touched me.  Through this website, she purchased and had shipped a beautiful “Best Friend” cup.  In the box was information on a company called Children of the Inner Light.  I fell in love with this website so much that I put it on my list to purchase gifts for family and friends.

This website is full of gift ideas such as:

• Cups
• Cake plates
• Piggybanks
• Candles
• Bookmarks
• Calendar
• Coasters
• Dog tag necklaces

The list goes on…please visit www.MARCIonline.com and spend some time in this wonderful website.

Here’s a simple, painless way to save a bit of money. When you write a check for a payment, make sure you write the real amount on the check, Then, in your checkbook register, round the figure up. For example, if you write the check for $8.69, enter it in your checkbook as $9.00. This will “add” 31 cents that you won’t see.

When you deposit money into your account, round the figure down. If you’re depositing $34, then enter it as $30. This add $4.00 that you won’t see.

Of course, the extra amounts will actually be in your bank, but because you didn’t write it down, you don’t spend it. You will never, see or feel the lack of these small amounts but over time, it adds up to big savings.

This is a very basic and simple recipe for a quick sauce to use over homemade enchiladas.

• 3 Tbsp. your choice of oil
• 1 to 2 garlic minced garlic cloves
• 2 Tbsp. flour
• ½ cup red chili powder
• 2 cups water

Saute the garlic in oil. Whisk in the flour, add chili powder and water. Cook for approximately 10-15 minutes. Be careful not to let it burn because this produces a bitter taste. Make up a large batch and freeze to have on hand. This basic sauce can be used for many different recipes. Change it up a little by adding one or more of the following: minced onions, oregano, basil, cumin and parsley.

My fingernails are shot, my hands feel like rubber, and I ruined my pants from the bleach, but my shower stall in my master bath looks great!

Irritations from soaps, perfumes, and dyes in laundry soap can be very irritating to some people’s skin. It may be nice to smell that spring air or fresh rain, but the cocktail of chemicals that it takes to produce that scent can irritate your skin or worse.