During the holiday season, one of the most treasured traditions is to not only give gifts to your loved ones, but to make those gifts. You can use essential oils not only to make gifts, but simple ones that don’t require a lot of time. Here are some simple gift ideas that use essential oils. Lotion or Foot…
If you are looking for some ideas for some of the best kids Christmas books, then you are looking in the right place. We love Christmas books (OK we love books in general!) but we love the Christmas ones especially because they only get seen for a short time each year. I usually keep them…
Christmas time is one the best times of the year, but as we all know, it can also be one of the most stressful times of the year, especially when you are on a tight budget. My family has always been on a tight budget so I have worked hard to perfect some frugal ideas…
Sometimes the best times are the simplest times. You and your family can have an old-fashioned Christmas by enjoying some fun holiday crafts. Here are five old-fashioned crafty Christmas decorations for your family to enjoy. #1 Paper chains Paper chains can be made year around. However, they’re particularly fun during the holidays. They’re a wonderful…
Food and the holidays go hand in hand. So even though our grocery bills have already begun to skyrocket, the closer it gets to the holidays the high the grocery bill is going to go. If you follow these 10 frugal tips in the kitchen this holiday season, you will be happy with the money…
What better way to celebrate than to wake up and have a refreshing festive drink in your hand? And unlike your classic orange juice, these easy mimosas have a delicious combination of mint and grapefruit! If you’re looking for a non-alcoholic mimosa, this can be done easily enough with our suggested substitution. We will be enjoying…
Don’t you just love an easy recipe that uses only one pan and is simply delectable? How about we add all that to the fact this recipe uses abundant fall harvest ingredients like apples and pork and fresh herbs? If this sounds like something that would tickle your taste buds, then please enjoy this One-Skillet…
I am linked up at The Nesting Place 2013 Christmas Tour of Homes so for anyone joining me from there, Welcome! It’s that time of year again, Christmas home tour time! I’ll be honest and say this is not a Perfect home tour in fact its anything but, (moving six people into a smaller house takes awhile…
Just thought I’d do a little December recap of our family happenings around Christmas. Above you can see we are in our holiday best 😉 At the beginning of the month my youngest two tested for their next belt level in Tae kwon do and they both passed! Gabe got his gold belt… and Cadence…