by Simple Life and Home | Jun 4, 2013 | Celebrating, Money Savers
It’s June, which is getting close to “birthday season” at our house. Our birthdays cluster around the second half of the year, right along with all the typical fall celebrations…and Christmas, of course. All that celebrating could potentially...
by Simple Life and Home | Jun 1, 2013 | Life & Home
It’s been a busy time here at Simple Life and Home, hence the “late” in our late spring garden report. For starters (or finishers, depending on how you look at it), we wrapped up our fourth year of homeschooling. Woo hoo! Of course, we’ve been working steadily toward...
by Simple Life and Home | May 1, 2013 | Menu Planning, Organizing
Happy first day of May! I hope you’re enjoying the warm spring weather as much as I am. There’s just something about the sunshine, green grass, and budding trees that brings new life to my soul. And now that some of our daily activities are coming to a close, I have...
by Simple Life and Home | Apr 29, 2013 | Laundry & Stain Removal, Life & Home
Once again, life has provided me with an opportunity to research how to remove some obscure stain. This time, it’s how to remove art pastel stains from clothes. (Aren’t you happy that we’re such a messy family? Because chances are, if you’ve found this web page...
by Simple Life and Home | Apr 17, 2013 | Cleaning Tips, Life & Home
I’m so excited to share these tips for clearing clogged drains (with no harsh chemicals)! Like most bathroom drains, ours gets clogged from time to time. (It may have something to do with my long hair…or the natural body scrub I’ve been trying out, but...
by Simple Life and Home | Apr 15, 2013 | Cleaning Tips, Life & Home
Instead of titling this post “five cleaning shortcuts that will make your bathroom shine,” I could just as easily have called it “how to cheat and get away with it!” Normally, I don’t advocate cheating, especially when it comes to tests—or taxes, for that...