From Our House to Yours Wishing You and Yours a Very Merry Christmas And a Joyous and Prosperous New Year
When our youngest was little he loved to put on puppet shows. The couch was his puppet theatre of choice. He’d hide behind it and then up, over the back would pop his two bear puppets and the show would begin. This year, my husband’s grandson is about the age our youngest was when he started putting on puppet shows. …
This week Money Saving Mom and her friends at $5 Dinners and The Homespun Heart got together to create a series on how to host Thanksgiving on a Budget. Today they’ve opened it up to their readers to post their budget saving Thanksgiving ideas. I grew up in Alberta, Canada and it wasn’t until we moved to the States 8 years ago…
This week my Kroger has Tyson boneless skinless chicken breast on sale for $1.99/lb. This doesn’t seem to be an advertised sale, but check your Kroger to see if they are running it too. Here’s how I cut up the chicken breasts to make them ready for use in meals. Each breast provides several different cuts that can be incorporated…
When making bread, the cooler the temperature of the room, the longer it takes for the bread dough to rise. Rather than turn up thermostat, turn on the oven light in your oven and place the bowl of dough inside and close the door. The oven light provides just that little bit extra warmth needed for the dough rise.
Today is Veterans Day in the US and Remembrance Day in Canada, the UK and other Commonwealth countries, so take a moment to remember and be grateful for the sacrifices made by our armed forces both now and in the past to secure our freedom.
My husband and I each like to sleep with two pillows. So on our bed we have two king size pillows and two regular size pillows. Most sheet sets only come with one set of standard size pillow cases. Rather than buy cases for the king size pillows, I sew them. Pillowcases are quick and easy to make. If you…
Food Lion has London Broil on sale this week for $1.88 per pound so I thought I’d share with all of you how we save money on a variety of different cuts of meat by cutting and wrapping our own. The last time London Broil was on sale we bought nine roasts over the course of three shopping trips. The…
And while you’re celebrating with family and friends take a moment to reflect and remember the sacrifices made by our veterans.
Last week we made our annual trip up to Canada to spend a couple of days visiting our girls before coming back across the border to renew our Visas. Since both girls had to work Friday, Dave and I and our son spent that day doing things around our oldest daughter’s new apartment to help it feel more homey. At the…