How do you help children celebrate the holidays when you can’t be there to make it special? Maybe you have grandchildren, nieces & nephews or other young children that live away and you really want to do something unique to make Christmas Eve memorable. How about a Christmas Eve gift box that gets delivered right…
Every quilt has a story. That’s why I love the Quilts of Love book series. Each of the books is written by a different author who has a unique story to tell. I have read many in this series and always enjoy seeing how the author takes the pattern or origin of a quilt and…
My family loves to visit museums throughout the course of the year. We have visited historical sites, art museums, taken food tours and done the full children’s museums. But recently I did something brand new – I toured a museum all by myself. Visiting the Dollhouse Museum on my own was an interesting experience. At…
Most people know this simple fact: “If you can’t find something easily, you won’t use it!” It’s not rocket science. It applies to the spices in our kitchen pantry as well as the extra toothbrush or deodorant in our bathroom closet. It also applies to coupons. I have used coupons for many years in varying…
If you are stumped on what to serve your family for meals this holiday season, take a look at one of the great programs that helps me plan my dinner meals. I use a meal planning service called eMeals. They send me a weekly emeal with dinner entrees and side dishes so I can find…
One of the things I inherited from my Dad is a love for books. So naturally, when I receive new books here on Hobbies on a Budget I often share them with him. Today he is beating me to this book. He read it and is posting his first review here on the blog. Thanks…
What is better than M&Ms by the handful or cookies baked with gooey M&M’s? How about Gingerbread M&Ms or cookies with these special seasonal M&M’s? I love the smell of Gingerbread cookies during the Christmas season and can’t wait to try these new Gingerbread M&Ms! But you also know that I hate to pay full…
As a Mom you have many treasured scraps of paper, school art projects, favorite costumes, photos of special moments. It’s impossible to keep them all. Most of the time the memorabilia gets moved farther back in the closet or under the bed each year and you just forget about it. But my Aunt and Mom…