Inspiration for a simpler, love-filled life

Fast Easy Banana Salad

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Things I Love Thursdays: Fast Easy Banana Salad   While we were staying in Arizona two summers ago, before we actually moved here, I stumbled onto a quick and painless way to incorporate some bananas into a breakfast side for   Read More »

Friday Fast Fix: Forget About Those Baby Bibs!

Friday Fast Fix: Forget those baby bibs! Try this instead.

Here’s a fast tip for all of you mamas out there with babies learning to eat: Skip those baby bibs! We stumbled on to a better solution for us, and never looked back. I’ve never really liked baby bibs for   Read More »

How I Kicked Mastitis Overnight Without Antibiotics

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mastitis: always convenient Don’t you just love it when you come down with mastitis on a Saturday night? When all the doctor’s offices are closed, on the night before your church picnic at the park, the one your children couldn’t   Read More »

Things I Love Thursdays: Apps Gone Free

For those of you out there using iOS devices… wait, surely there’s someone out there, right? I want to tell you about the most helpful, most frugal free app on my iPad and iPhone. Apps… Gone Free? Apps Gone Free.   Read More »

How to Strain Bacon Grease for Kitchen Use

One of your kitchen’s best assets, flavor-wise and health-wise (yes, it’s true!), is going to be bacon fat, also known as bacon grease. It’s ideal for frying eggs, sautéing veggies, and makes every biscuit better. I use it as the   Read More »

The Frugal Way to Clean Your Dishes

Who doesn’t love opening their dishwasher to lovely, shiny, sparkly dishes?  The Story… When we moved into our “new” house, it came with a nearly-decade-old generic dishwasher, a far cry from the Kenmore Elite we had back at our old   Read More »

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