As part of my September savings, I gathered up some ingredients I had stocked in my pantry and set out to make something I never had before.  Soup. So here it goes.  OK...something else I really don't do is line all of my ingredients up for a picture but since photos are the rage on these blog posts I thought I'd try it and of course, I screwed it up!  See that vinegar in the photo?  It said 'red wine' on it so I grabbed it.  Surely though, I needed the cooking wine, not the red wine vinegar.  The photo ...

Every year around early fall and also in mid winter, I get the bug to stop spending money.  This is probably because I'm so into my home projects that I go crazy in the warm and sunny months completing as many projects as I can. This summer was no different.  I completely re-decorated my downstairs and also redid all non-carpeted flooring in my house and one bathroom.  While I made sure to never go negative on my spending, I'm ready to go positive for a few months and get that savings back up. Here's what I've done in the past ...

Happy Labor Day everyone! Who's getting up and making some breakfast for the family today? With that in mind, today's post is all about BACON!  MMM  Bacon, bacon, bacon. Childhood Days: When I was growing up, bacon was one of those things that didn't happen very often, and for good reason.  My parents would always cook it on the stove top with one of those splatter shields.  It was a huge pain, literally.  The grease would splatter out of the pan causing little burns to whomever was cooking, the grease would also splatter all over the stove which was a ...

This month went quite differently than last.  Last month, the blog was the only thing I ever wanted to think about.  I was constantly commenting on Facebook groups, reading other blogs, and doing everything I could to 'force' traffic to my page.  This month, I focused a lot more on using multiple social media outlets rather than posting on multiple Facebook posts. I opened a Bloglovin' account and claimed my blog, created a Facebook page, and reclaimed my old Twitter account.  For the first two weeks of the month, I posted in every Facebook thread I could find so I ...

  I have the smallest backyard ever!  At least, one of the smallest backyards in my neighborhood.  One of my biggest issues with my backyard is that I can't turn the lawn mower around while mowing the lawn. So, after three summers of using a freebie lawn mower that was on it's last leg when I got it, I've decided that this is the last summer I will struggle with the large lawn mower. My search began with browsing my standard internet sites, Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot.  I decided on the type of lawn mower that I wanted.  A small ...