Sewing Tips For Beginners

Sewing has always been a great hobby for everyone, but many people step back because they don’t know the basics and have a little fear about it. Well, just to bring a smile on your face, let me tell that learning to sew is no big deal. As far as basics are concerned, we are here to help you with some sewing tips for beginners. You don’t have to ponder upon techniques and hurt yourself by trying out needles yourself. {Read More}

4 Tips For Having An Organized Home

There’s nothing so fun as to return home from a hard day at work to discover the sink piled up with dishes, the hamper full of dirty clothes overflowing, toys strewn all over the place, and towels dumped on the floor unceremoniously. Finding the time to stay on top of your housework can seem near impossible, but there are ways to be the happy owner of an immaculately tidy and organized house or apartment. Below you’ll find four tips to {Read More}

Yard Sale Tips

When it comes time for yard sales I cringe, I love shopping them, but having them myself is always a nightmare. It seems I start with a clean home, then half way in you can hardly walk! I typically don’t have many yard sales, I usually hoard everything or wait until I see someone on a local facebook group needing items and I donate them. However, if you’re in a situation where you may need a little extra money and {Read More}

Three Simple Space-Saving Tips for Dorms

For students planning to move away to college, that summer after finishing high school and before starting college is an exciting one. Figuring out the classes you’ll take, who your roommate will be, and how you’re going to get all your stuff to school are all major, first-time events. That last question is the one that often gets students hung-up, though. Most dorm rooms are smaller than the bedrooms students had at home, and given that they’ll be sharing it {Read More}

My Job Chart Tips For Homeschooling Families

My husband and I decided to homeschool our daughter a few months after she started kindergarten in the public school systems. There were several reasons I wanted to homeschool, however, we wanted her to get through a few years at the public school before we made our final decision. That didn’t work out as planned, we had several issues with the school she was going to and pulled her out three months after she started. One thing that I as {Read More}

5 Ways to Avoid Late-Night Snacking

How many of you are snackers? How many of those snacks are eaten right before bed? Yes, I am guilty of late night snacking. In 2013 I will be following the tips of Dr. Wayne Andersen * to help me avoid those trips to the pantry during the middle of the night. If you are wanting to lose weight and have these late night snacking habits, you to can make the same small changes to your nightly routines to help {Read More}

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