Whether your child is a freshman in high school (like mine) or a freshman in college, they want to be able to record these exciting times. Photos work both to capture the good times and to help remind you to cherish those times. Photos provide comfort and they can serve as great decoration too! That […]
Cool Plastic Bottle Crafts For Kids
Rather than sending your used plastic bottles to the recycling bin, gather your children and come up with a list of clever ways to reuse them as free craft material. Once you start brainstorming, you’ll soon realize there are endless creative ways to repurpose them. To help inspire you, I’ve included several plastic bottle crafts […]
Techniques for a Breathtaking Autumn Garden
After all the bloom and activity of the spring and summer vegetable gardening, autumn is often a moment of calm in the garden. If you’re lucky, the first few weeks of autumn will be an Indian summer. As the summer heat slowly gives way to the crispness of autumn, gardeners everywhere are eager to bring […]
How To Can Tomatoes In Jars
If you’ve had a successful garden crop season, you may be harvesting more produce than you can consume! A great way to prevent that food from going to waste is by storing it away for the fall and winter months. Tomatoes are one of those in-season fruits that can easily be preserved. If you are […]
How To Take A Break From Social Media In Order To Ease Anxiety
Parenting, in fact, living has been changing and evolving so much in the last twenty years. I sometimes feel like we are all involved in some grand experiment about how computers and smartphones will affect society. It seems I use my smart phone a million times a day and social media is the most addictive […]
Green Benefits Of Living In A City
My friend recently visited me in Nashville and was amazed at what a green city it is. Her observation made me reflect on the many things I take for granted here, that are, in fact, pretty cool benefits. Often, we don’t think of cities as being “green,” but there are many green benefits of living […]
Why You Should Start Bulk Food Shopping [Surprising Facts]
Most people are aware that shopping in bulk is a great money saver. Did you know that shopping in bulk is a green choice too? I use the term bulk food shopping to refer to buying goods from bulk bins at the store. I also use it to include buying in bulk packages. Shopping in […]