Years ago Dove stopped making my favorite moisturizer.  Nothing- within my price range- has come close to being as amazing.  I'm s...

We live in the middle of a dessert and almost all of the roads are dirt.  A 4-wheel vehicle is almost a necessity.  So we saved up our p...

My toddler got a hold of a permanent marker and applied her lovely new makeup product to her nose and cheek.   I did worry what her face wou...

I have a toddler who would live off of chocolate if I'd let her.  Decided to make a snack tray offering a variety of snacks she could ea...

We just moved for the third time this year!  Thank you summer job and my husband's new career.  Good thing we saved our boxes. I post...

How to Make Moving Cheaper As every person who moves knows, you need boxes, sometimes a lot of boxes.  It's amazing how much junk one...

It was one of those mornings, the ones where you are half asleep at breakfast. I placed a good spoonful of peanut butter on my pancake and ...

Carving Pumpkins means seeds!  They normally are not my favorite, however I found a way to make them that passed the test of everyone in my ...

Experimenting with different ways to wash my hair, was something I have done in the past.   See oatmeal shampoo. It's not my favorite ...

Baking Soda and Vinegar never cease to amaze me.  I love them! You know those expensive fruit and vegetable washes you see in the store?  ...

For those itchy mosquitoes bites. Mix a tsp of baking soda with a little bit of water (just a little) until it makes a paste.  Add more ba...

Hand and Face Wipes Moisten strong paper towels with water.  Store in an air tight container.  Safe and gets the remains of lunch off a li...

I have never had a facial, but I knew you could do them at home and wanted to try. I experimented with different facials and face scrubs.  F...

While talking with acquaintances from Japan, the topic of mouthwash came up.  (You'd be surprise at how many random topics can creep int...

Olive oil on a cotton ball or moist cloth Yup, and nourishing to hair and skin too. Goodbye expensive cosmetics.

With Spring here the ants I tried to deter from my home last year have returned with vengeance. I tried vinegar,  peppermint oil, and caye...