Sew Crafty Friday ~ It’s a shirt, it’s a dress…

First I want to thank all of you who gave me advice and commented on my last Sew Crafty Friday post. I do plan on finishing the skirt, but I might wait until summer time, when it gets too hot to be outside. Right now we are enjoying temperatures above 50 degrees.
This week I made [...]

Wordless Wednesday

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Dishes

Have you ever gone to bed with your kitchen looking like this?

Since everyone seems to be in the spring cleaning mode, one great habit to start this spring is doing all your dishes before you go to bed. For that matter, spending 10 minutes walking around the living areas and doing a quick pick-up before [...]

Kitchen Tip Tuesday ~ Potatoes

Here are a few mashed potato tips.
Cut up the potatoes, they boil faster.
Leave the skins on if you can stand it, it is healthier.
Don’t let the potato water go down the drain, save the water for making potato bread.
After you boil the potatoes and drain (but save) the water, put the potatoes back on [...]

Tipster Tuesday ~ Recycling Envelopes

This is something that seems obvious but sometimes we need little reminders…
When I get large envelopes in the mail I use to throw them away or put them in the recycle bin after I opened them. Now I reuse them. I usually flip them over and use the back side to put my address label [...]

Tackle it Tuesday ~ Look Up

Even though it is winter we run our ceiling fans all the time. I am not sure why, perhaps a habit acquired during our Florida years? Anyway, today the fan was turned off and I happened to be looking upwards at the same moment.
Yuck

Cleaning the ceiling fan would be added immediately to my Spring [...]

Mel’s Creamy Potato Soup

Mel’s Potato Soup

5 pounds of potatoes, peeled and quartered (if you are using red potatoes you can keep the skin on if you like potato skin in your soup).
1 onion diced
1 Stick of butter
Chopped ham
Salt, Pepper, Garlic to taste
Milk

Boil potatoes and onion for about twenty minutes.

Drain (but save the water)

Put the potatoes and onion back [...]

Getting Your Home Back in Order

For those looking for the menu plan, scroll down to the next post .
This week Crystal is encouraging us to get our home’s straightened up after the holiday weekend. We do our major cleaning on Saturday’s so the house wasn’t too messy. Our friends came over on Easter and stayed late so the usual [...]

Menu Plan Monday March 24-28

This is another week of quick, easy and healthy meals. My husband’s surgery went well, but he is in bed most of the day and I am trying to fix him healthy meals to help him heal quickly. I have started my weekly bread baking routine and it is going great. I plan to bake [...]

Product Review ~ Menu in a Box

I recently received a copy of Menu in a Box. This is a meal planning kit that includes 20 weeks of menus, shopping lists, recipes, extra menus for parties, holidays, and a shopping list for kids.
First of all, I was very impressed by the quality of the product. It is easy to read, colorful, and [...]