Self Sufficiency at It’s Best

How To Unclog a Garbage Disposalon Howcast No one should be without a garbage disposal. It is just cruel. After about three days, my inner handy man kicked in and I was determined to fix mine. I could have ordered a new one, had it 

A Full Service Prom Salon

It was Thursday night, and prom was two days away. A couple of the high school girls came over for a visit. One of them hadn’t been asked to prom. When you live in a small town with a 3 to 1 girl to boy 

The Power of 10

  “How do I do this again?” I anxiously asked our resident housekeeper extraordinaire. I felt like I was drowning in housework. Toys were everywhere and I hadn’t decluttered in way too long. For the first time in my life I longed for my “Give Away, Throw 

Furoshiki

I can never find the sissors And the tape. I mean I can usually find one or the other but not both at the same time. So I LOVE the new trend in gift wrapping. It is called Furoshiki. I found it in Family Fun 

Shadow Puppet Party Favors

  I am handing out these and a little flashlight for party favors for the Christmas Eve party and program. To make them, cut out extra silhouettes from the Friend program, print out diorama on card-stock or (paper and paste on to card-stock) Diorama Printout Click 

Christmas Program?

So, I was thinking of doing a shadow puppet Christmas program from the “Friend Magazine.” I’ve wanted to do it for years and just haven’t gotten to it. I went as far as to make a shadow puppet theater out of a large picture frame 

Christmas at my house

Determined to fix Christmas for me this year my darling has given me a droid. Last night it was chocolates.

Great Date Ideas

When I did my internship with CES, one of the interview questions we asked potential counselors was, “Describe the perfect date.” Luckily for me, part of my job was to help compile their answers for the training notebook that was given to counselors who got the job. 

Purse Journals

My hair stylist and good friend requested the how to for these journals, so here it is. The instructions come from Family Fun and can be found here. The hardbound, white journals come from Oriental Trading Company and can be found here. The lipstick pens can be 

Holiday Decorating

Ok, so if you’ve read many of my blogs you know Vicki, she’s my very organized friend from AZ who loves laundry and de-cluttering her home, that is always immaculate. Well, she gave me this fun tip on Holiday decorating. I asked her how she