
Geri knows that I’m the queen of quick cleaning. Who has a whole day to devote to housecleaning? I know I don’t, and I would guess that you probably don’t either. So any quick and easy tip to make the job less time consuming is for me! Here’s another “wipe-and-a-promise” cleaning tip.

Who doesn’t love bacon? It’s the one smell that’ll get even my sleepy-headed boys out of bed on a weekend morning. But the grease from the bacon is always a mess. I don’t like spending my time smearing bacon fat around on the stove trying to get it off.


I’m baaack! I took a little time off to enjoy my visiting parents for Thanksgiving while Carol was gracious enough to cover my fanny. Thank you Carol!!
I have been sharing a lot over the last few weeks about the ongoing process of redecorating my new office space (my son’s old bedroom) while trying to save money. I hesitate to call my project “complete” because I am in a constant state of changing, revamping and adding new thrift store finds. So I will call it complete for now.


After successfully staging my home, I’m helping my friend stage her house for selling. So far, we have spent very little money by reusing pretty items that she already had or by making decorations with supplies from the local thrift store. You can do this easy project yourself with great finds from the thrift store or around the house.


Being my frugal self, there’s a part of me that hates throwing away Mylar balloons after a party. They sadly float around the room, each day hovering lower and lower, until finally they’re just too sad and flimsy to tolerate and I throw them away.
