Back when I was in middle school, my mom’s first cousins put together this awesome family cookbook. It’s really neat because it even has recipes in it that are from my great-grandparents. Since I am a sucker for preserving recipes for the next generation, it has made me sad that my parents very well-loved cookbook …
A couple of weeks ago I had purchased a new bag of pecans from Costco (the cheapest store I’ve found so far to buy nuts for baking) and I’ve been a little lazy at getting them vacuum sealed. However, since my dad also gave me a gallon bag of them when I was down for …
We have this coat closet that is a complete disaster area. Within hours of getting cleaned out and organized, especially in the winter, it looks like this. As you can imagine, it drives me completely crazy! So I decided that I wanted to re-do it and in doing so maximize the space. The closet is …
To see phase one, and the before pictures, of this project, go here. I wanted to have my cake (a second pantry for all my canning supplies), and eat it too (still have an area for the coats/backpacks/mop/broom). I was able do both by nixing the idea of having a bar to use hangers to …
Phase 1: Before Pictures, Gutting, Patching, Baskets, & Shelves Phase 2: Hooks And Tool Holder Well, here it is! My ultra organized coat closet that is now also a pretty second pantry for my mason jars and all the canning supplies. It really doesn’t need many words, just scroll through and see. The very bottom …
I know that financial experts say that no one should be getting a tax return because you are basically giving the government an interest-free loan on all that money through-out the year, but most people I know rely on that little boost (us included) to help them get a little ahead at the first of …
