How To Get The Best Out Of Your Estate Agent
Are you looking to rent or buy a home, or rent out or sell a home you own? Real estate agents can be helpful with that. Here are some ideas from a reader about how to take the most advantage of your estate agent. Estate agents are the number one people you want to contact […]
Fridge, Hot Water, and Oven Drama
You know the phrase “When it rains, it pours”? Well, that certainly happened with our family recently. We all had a nasty cold (not corona, tested negative for that) and while that was raging in our family, we discovered that our refrigerator wasn’t cooling things as it should and things were getting moldy and spoiling […]
Fun Things For Kids to Do in Las Vegas
I was in Las Vegas once for just a day. I didn’t do anything there other than eat out at a restaurant and go grocery shopping and meet some locals for dinner. It was just our last stop on our family trip to the Grand Canyon as well as Bryce Canyon and Hoover Dam when […]
Best Return Gift Ideas for your Child’s Birthday Party
Where you live, are party favors and goody bags a common thing given out at parties? For us here at regular birthday parties such things arent given out, but at school parties we do give out goodie bags. These things, I learned, thanks to this post sent to me by a reader, are sometimes called […]
Spring Cleaning the Stockpile
I recently posted that I got some great deals from the scratch and dent store, but when I got home I had a hard time putting it away because the area under the stairs where I keep my grocery stockpile was a huge mess. As I looked at my pantry trying to decide what to […]
5 Ways To Help Children Manage Their Frustration
As parents, its really hard when our kids are upset and we don’t know how to help them. This post sent in from a reader gives some good suggestions as to how to help your children when they are frustrated. I hope you find it helpful! Teaching and mentoring children can be a rewarding yet […]
5 Tips to Make You Better at Gift Giving
Gifting is wonderful and its something I try to incorporate into my life regularly. It’s always nice to look for tips on how to be an even better giver, and these tips sent to me by a reader are wonderful. I especially love the first one- while I’ve heard the concept before, the way it […]
My Latest Scratch and Dent Shop
It’s been some time since I’ve been to the scratch and dent store near the open air market. I was in the area the other day, though, and since I’d heard from my friend Alison how awesome of a selection they had recently, I decided to go there. Of course I regretted not bringing my […]
Tips to find right interior painter
Are you painting your place? Here are some tips from a reader about things to keep in mind before you decide on how to paint it. The land of do-it-yourself can be a dangerous one, but even more dangerous is the prospect of hiring a professional, affordable interior painter! It’s important to consider a few […]
Accepting and Taking Care of the Me, Now
This post is a hard one for me to write. I am a public figure, and share lots of things that are going on in my life. But I do try to keep up a certain image, and not share my struggles with the world. But sometimes, sharing those struggles is important, because it helps […]
