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20 Uses For Old Sweaters

April 11, 2013
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Once you’ve finished spring cleaning your closet, you may find yourself wondering about uses for old sweaters. Sure, donating them is one option, but what about those sweaters that even your local charity wouldn’t want? Try these creative ideas and turn your old sweaters into creative, fun and frugal projects for your house. No-Sew Uses [...]

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How To Care For Wood Spoons

April 10, 2013
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Although most of us have at least one in our kitchen, not everyone knows how to care for wood spoons. Rather than gleaming, our wood spoons start to look dull and dry, then shaggy, and then they splinter and crack while we’re cooking. But here’s the thing: these aren’t just great cooking tools, they’re economical, [...]

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How To Tuesday #17

April 9, 2013

Remember last week when I showed off my new puppy, Bella? She’s been terribly ill since Saturday, and has been staying at the veterinarian’s for the past two days. Needless to say, I’m a wreck from worrying about her. But since I spent most of the weekend with her sprawled on my lap, and most [...]

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Homemade Pita Chips Recipe

April 8, 2013
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Last week I shared with you my recipe for homemade whole wheat pita bread using just four simple ingredients. Now, although we love pita pocket sandwiches, the truth is we love homemade pita chips even more. Like my bacon garlic cheddar crackers, my guys love these so much that they’ll polish off an entire batch [...]

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How To Tuesday #16

April 2, 2013
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It’s How To Tuesday again. Wow, that last week seemed to fly by! I started organizing our paperwork so I can do our taxes, something I’ve put off because, well, it’s boring. For a while, the weather warmed up, and I thought about starting our Spring Cleaning while it was nice enough to open the [...]

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Homemade Whole Wheat Pita Bread Recipe

April 1, 2013
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Homemade whole wheat pita bread is one of my regular Saturday projects, since we love both pita chips with hummus and pita pocket sandwiches. In fact, today I’m looking forward to a lunch of the last bit of our Easter leg of lamb tucked into a pita pocket with some tzatziki sauce. Although I plan [...]

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How To Store Winter Clothing

March 29, 2013
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When the weather finally starts warming up, it’s tempting to simply toss bulky sweaters into bins in favor of lighter-weight clothes, but taking time to think about how to store winter clothing can save you frustration next year when the temperatures plunge. Personally, I make winter clothing storage part of my closet Spring Cleaning routine [...]

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Easter Egg Tips Roundup

March 28, 2013
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These Easter Egg tips are all about my two favorite things: making time-consuming tasks easier, and saving money in the process. Using them, I’m able to “hard-boil” four dozen eggs in just over 30 minutes, decorate them naturally with stuff I already have in the fridge, then sit back and know not a single egg [...]

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HTT Link Party #15 and Features

March 27, 2013

Welcome to the How To Tuesday Link Party… on Wednesday. What, an entire day late? Yes, and we can all thank my internet service provider for that fact. No, I have no idea what caused the problem. It didn’t work yesterday, so I called and asked for a service technician to come out this morning. [...]

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