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Sausage And Egg Brunch Casserole Recipe

This Sausage And Egg Brunch Casserole Recipe makes a great brunch around the holidays or anytime and much of the preparation can be done ahead of time!

Don’t Worry So Much About Your Children’s Gifts

Do you worry every little thing you do might harm your children? Many parents worry about buying lots of expensive children's gifts, but it's not necessary.

Peppermint Twist Marshmallows And Meringues

Peppermint Marshmallow Meringues Are you having nightmares about what to do with those 101 candy canes you are getting from everywhere? Here is a great recipe to use them in. It’s a little different, but you’ll like it! These delightful snacks are great to give as gifts or to serve with a cup of hot …

Peppermint Punch Recipe/Peppermint Hot Chocolate

An easy holiday recipe that will brighten your holiday get together!

Mailing Packages and Cards

How to save money when mailing packages for Christmas.

Easy Christmas Tips

A few tips to make your Christmas parties fun and frugal.

Thanksgiving Fun – What to Do After Thanksgiving Dinner

Try these ideas for creative Thanksgiving fun that will help you create a more pleasant and memorable Thanksgiving holiday for yourself and your family!

Menu – Brisket Recipe With Cranberry Sauce

A delicious and easy fall menu you can throw in the crockpot, including a delicious Brisket Recipe With Cranberry Sauce and Chocolate Covered Cherry CakeA delicious and easy fall menu that you can throw in the crockpot!

Thanksgiving Treats – Easy Homemade Butterfinger Recipe

Try this easy homemade Butterfinger recipe and this tasty Thanksgiving Party Mix, both of which are easy to make with leftover Halloween and holiday candy!

Sew Many Easy Sewing Tips

Here are some quick and easy sewing tips to make your sewing experience easier and also a great versatile tip to help you make home decorating easier!

Halloween – Homemade Face Paints, Food and Ideas

Homemade Halloween Make-up Recipes

Cookie Bowl

My son sent me this neat idea from www.lifehacker.com – a cookie bowl. Just turn a muffin tin upside down, grease it, press cookies dough around each muffin cup and then bake as usual. You can fill these with ice cream, pudding, mousse or even fill with candies for the different holidays. Use you …

Gardening Tips – Winterizing Plants, Shredding Leaves

Have you ever wondered how to save vegetable seeds so you don't have to buy more next year? You'll find this and more in this frugal gardening tips post!

A Home Decorated with Love

Is your home a "model" home?

Menu – Spicy Fish And Wild Rice

Try this delicious menu including recipes for Spicy Fish, Wild Rice and Mushrooms and Spice and Crumb Banana Bars.

False Guilt And Depriving Kids

When money is tight and you're not able to give your kids as many luxuries, it's easy to feel guilty but tough times can be a blessing in disguise!

Mending And Sewing Clothes

Mending And Sewing Clothes We live in a throw away world. From razors, gloves, towels and cameras to dishes and everything in between, we’ve been trained to use it and toss it. We seem to find it so much easier just to toss something than to repair it and keep it. Years ago you would …

Cool Garden Ideas

Tawra’s front porch railing A New Place To Find Some Cool Garden Ideas! I don’t know if many of you know or not but Tawra has just started a new website that is nothing but gardening tips and ideas called CoolGardenIdeas.com. I’m very impressed with it. I know she is my daughter but even if …

Organizing Kids’ Schoolwork

How To Organize Your Children’s Schoolwork School has started in many places, which means more mounds of paper clutter to keep under control. Here are some tips to help keep all of that school paperwork from multiplying, reproducing and generally taking over your home and your life. Set a certain time and place to go …

Roast Beef Potato Salad Recipe And Banana Dessert

A quick and easy menu including a main dish that works great for using leftovers along with a vegetable dish and a yummy side!

Quick Tips to Save Time and Money

Quick Tips to Save Time and Money Use a soft bristled inexpensive paint brush for cleaning. It is stiffer then a feather duster and can get into tighter corners where dust rags or feather dusters can’t easily reach. Examples of places where paint brushes work well for cleaning and dusting: KeyboardsHard to reach cornersKnick KnacksBaseboardsWindow …

Easily Cleaning Corn on the Cob

Try this easy way to clean the husk and silk off of corn on the cob!

Menu – Hot Dog Pie – Peach Smoothies

Leftover Hot Dogs, Hamburgers And Peach Smoothies I’m not sure why but every time we barbecue there are always a few hot dogs and hamburgers left, not to mention leftover baked beans. It’s like a Murphy’s Law of barbecuing. You’ll always have leftovers just like you always have leftovers at Thanksgiving. Unlike Thanksgiving, where you …