{home & garden} 5 new favorites (& giveway)
Have you been following along the past 5 months while I've been trying Arm & Hammer's products for their The Switch & Save Challenge?  Have you entered for the $25,000 Giveaway over on The Switch & Save site yet??  Ummmm, worth it...SOMEONE has to win, right!?!?  I can think of a WHOLE LOTTA stuff that $25K would be good for! This final post (and the last $25 Visa Gift Card...
{home & garden} just a little project…a few books
In the spirit of doing "just a little project". Something that has bugged me to no end is the TV in our bedroom. I know there are 2 sides of the fence for whether or not a TV needs to be in the bedroom. For us, it's a necessity. Our bedroom serves as the only real place we can escape to be alone, and honestly, there is nothing quite like...
{home & garden} Just a little project
My life over the past few years has been super limited on time, and at times overwhelming (I know I'm preaching to the choir.) Recently, I was talking with a good friend, and we both admitted that we felt caught in the "function" of the day more and more. Meaning we go through the motions, but we just feel like we're walking through mud sometimes. Not to say the day...
{home & garden} yet another gold star! Giveaway!
So we return from being away for a month.....and the kids seem stuck on the fact that we should be on an airplane. Like it's TOTALLY normal to just walk outside and get on a plane everyday.  So the other night as the kids said they were playing "airplane" and needed to pack a "few things" in their "vacation boxes", neither Hubs nor I batted an eye.... Wow. We shoulda....
{Home & Garden} Baking Soda, more than a pretty face
So last check in with Arm & Hammer's Switch & Save Challenge I got to share a fab s'more cookie recipe....one where we can all say "Thank You!!" to Baking Soda for it's existance and ability to give us yummy cookies! But here's the thing...did you know all the OTHER stuff that baking soda can actually do?? (more...)...
{Home & Garden} Piper’s Paint Color
I get asked for the paint color in Piper's Room and the Play Room all.the.time.  But I'm a little disorganized and a little scattered and a lot lazy. The paint lives in the garage, in one of Hubs childproof/mom proof cabinets, in cans that have numbers...and whenever I've needed more paint I've just called our painter and he takes care of getting it for me. See?! Lazy. But Hubs was...
{Home & Garden} Garden Fence
I completely love House Beautiful. Without a doubt EVERY SINGLE TIME I have a design decision to make, it almost always has the answer for me. Take for instance our Vegetable Garden fence.  Now we do not have a large garden like this. We do not have a dinner table in the middle of our garden, and we do not live in the Hamptons. Nor do we have deer that...
{Home & Garden} A multi-tasking dryer sheet & GIVEAWAY!
I've talked about using Arm & Hammer Essentials Fabric Softener Sheets to help with your linen storage, and also here. And also share the tip I learned about cutting them in half can save a few pennies in your budget without sacrificing. But did you know there are a multitude of ways you can use dryer sheets? I really do love when one product can multi task for so many...
{Home & Garden} Cost Savings Tip
Cost savings.  Everyone wants to save, right? I would personally rather use my extra dollars for lattes or margaritas rather than laundry detergent, but that's just me. A few weeks ago I read this post with a great cost savings tip...get ready for this, it's big... Cut your dryer sheets in half. Told ya, big! OK, maybe not big, but a very smart idea.  And since we've been talking about...
{Home & Garden} Halloween Fun with Yum! GIVEAWAY!
So fun!!  Loved seeing this on the news stand this week!  (I hinted about it ages ago...) Last Thursday I was sitting in the salon chair of the fabulous Tera Stephens.  And she happened to say "Hey, I saw the Halloween party article in Yum for Kids magazine. Did you know it was out? So fun to see you and your kiddos having so much fun." The record screeched to...