Saturdays are for….

…making laundry detergent. (I followed this recipe)

Meal Planning (part 2)

You ladies really are such a great source of information and knowledge. I really was blown away by the responses I got on the last meal planning post I did.  If you haven’t read the responses, do go check them out. I read, and reread each and every response many times. There really is some [...]

Homemade Dishwasher Detergent

The place we are currently living is the first home where we have had the luxury of a dishwasher. It didn’t even cross my mind until browsing Pinterest one day that I would save a lot of money, and waste, if I made my own detergent. I didn’t follow the recipe I found on Pinterest. [...]

Meal Planning

Two years ago I started on the idea of menu planning. I was going to school part time, painting full time, and at the end of the day I was fresh out of ideas or energy for dinner. Most nights we would end up getting burritos and hungrily devouring more than half our share of [...]

Establishing Routines

Since becoming pregnant I have begun to think about all the things that I need and want to get done before the baby arrives. I have a lot of goals I want to accomplish and a lot of projects I want to finish. I also know that very soon I will have a lot less [...]