Is your “white” trim actually white? Before we moved into this house, I thought the trim was white. Then, we discovered the leaking washing machine three weeks after moving in and reconstruction started. During all the repairs, new baseboards needed to be painted. That’s when I figured out the current baseboards were more pink than […]
Kitchen Shelf Hack – Create More Storage Space!
This somewhat obvious solution for adding kitchen storage is easy to overlook. But, if you’re struggling with space in your kitchen cabinets, have you considered adding more shelves? How about corralling little items into baskets (they’ll take up less space than when they’re spread out)? This week I set out to add shelves and get […]
ASK MARY ANYTHING #3 – Meal Planning Teaser (& a little Kitchen Organizing)
This week’s Ask Mary Anything Video was in my kitchen. I’m slowly getting used to doing these videos. Matt says this is my best one yet, though I’m not sure that is saying a whole lot. I give a brief overview of how I meal plan and then … Since today kicks off week one […]
4th of July Menu
I love the food on patriotic holidays, actually every holiday. I know the days are about so much more, but I should just admit that I show love through food. If I love you and you are at my house, I WANT to feed you. So, it makes sense that food is always such a […]
Strawberry Almond Salad
A few years ago I talked about our Sunday Dinner Jobs. Every Sunday, my 3 girls rotate different jobs: help make dinner, set the table (fancy), and help make desert. In that post, I showed a picture of my daughter helping make one of our very favorite side-dish salads. She’s grown up so much since […]
Easy Ribs
Warning: If you’re a gourmet cook easily offended by easy and convenient recipes, look away right now and don’t continue reading. Anyone who has eaten my ribs at barbecues or holidays makes the same comment – “Oh my goodness, these are sooo good. How do you get them so tender?” Um, I make some vague […]
Instant Pot Baked Beans
My kids really loved baked beans. I usually buy a lot of cans of the stuff at the store, because making beans from scratch is usually too much of a pain. Then I got an Instant Pot, with its promises to cook up DRY BEANS without soaking first. This means I can dump all of […]
LEGO Day! {Tips For A Fun & Easy Day}
I think there were a couple specific things that made our Lego day so awesome. Yesterday, we didn’t go anywhere and spent a relaxed day at home building with LEGOS. At one point, one of my kids said “Thanks, Mom.” I was confused what she was saying thanks about, so I asked. She said “For […]