Tips, Solutions and Humor for Moms
I found the coolest thing while working on our home energy project with The Home Depot – a light switch that turns off automatically. This is genius, People! We got one ($39) and the hubs installed it in the playroom. Why there? Because that is the one place the kids ALWAYS leave the light on. [...]
Got a great tip from a mom I was talking to at Girl Scouts the other day. She said instead of buying clothes and accessories directly from the American Girl Doll company, to buy doll clothes and accessories from Target’s line of 18″ dolls Apparently, a friend of hers had a daughter who wanted an [...]
You know how some sales advertisements say “the more you spend the more you save?” Well, when it comes to home energy improvements, your investment doesn’t just pay for itself once – it pays for itself year after year. And you don’t have to spend a fortune to see a return on your investment. Here [...]
Want to make your home more efficient, but don’t want to pay for an in-home energy audit? No problem! The Home Depot has a home energy audit online (for FREE!). Just click on your state to get started. I’ve been getting quite the education from the folks at The Home Depot lately. Here are some [...]
I hate being responsible for bills, but after abdicating the role of CFO (Chief Financial Officer) for many years, it’s kinda my turn now. I don’t like it and I am not great at it. That’s why the latest from Digitwirl looks promising. It would take an absolute miracle for me to actually sit down and [...]
Who wants to save money? Me-e! Me-e! Well, one way to go about that is to avoid Target have a home energy audit and make your home more efficient. I must admit, I had to borrow $5 for this image from my four-year-old’s wallet. He got it from his grandparents in a Halloween card. And now [...]
Living on one income means our home improvement budget is…well, there pretty much IS no home improvement budget. But, you know I don’t like “no” so I do my best to make it happen anyway. The silver lining is it forces me to be more creative. A plastic surgeon I am not (or I wouldn’t [...]
Have you ever had greeting card sticker shock? I have, especially when buying them to go with birthday presents for little kids. So, here are some ways to save money on birthday cards. 1. Think inside the box! I picked up this box set of 30 birthday cards for $9.99 at Ross. That makes the cards [...]
Another affordable and memorable Father’s Day gift idea is to interview your child about their father and record their comments on paper. If your child is in school or preschool, at some point they may have come home with a list of questions and answers about mom or dad. And if they have – you know [...]
I don’t know about you, but Father’s Day gift giving is always a bit of a challenge for me. So this year I am taking my cue from the giftee. One year when it was Mother’s Day, money was tight so I suggested a homemade gift. I was expecting artwork from the kids, but what [...]
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