Buy Gifts At Local Craft Fairs
Troy OH (north of Dayton): Brukner Nature Center Winter Arts & Crafts show - Saturday December 6 from 9-4 Theres always a great selection of gift items - appliqued sweatshirts, pottery, pictures (framed & unframed), nature items, jewelry, etc.
Donations Instead of Gift Giving?
A couple very worthy groups to consider: soldiersangels.com and fisherhouse.org. I think the sites may have lists of needed items as well.
Budgeting for a Family of 5?
Check out www.hillbillyhousewife.com if youre looking to eat good food for not a lot of money. Her website is amazing.
Cleaning Grape Vine Decorations?
You could try using compressed air (like for cleaning computer keyboards) - take the decoration outside and use short bursts of the air to blow the dust off.
Grass and Weeds Growing Between Bricks
You can also add salt and dish soap to the vinegar...the dish soap helps the vinegar to stick. make sure you shake it up before spraying.
Tips for Moving Into a New Home?
Congratulations! 1. You can get sturdy packing boxes from Kroger/Meijer if you ask one of the managers...ask for the gallon water jug boxes. They dont have much of a lid, but are great for packing oddly shaped or larger items. 2. Label each box (on each side...
Crockpot Reviews?
I love my Presto kitchen kettle. You can use it as a slow cooker and also fry things in it - it comes with a fry basket. The ceramic insert also comes out if you are taking food to a gathering.
Save Money on Printing
Office Depot will either give you a free ream of paper or $3.00 off a new ink cartridge. They will only do that for one cartridge at a time though, so if both cartridges run out...take them back one at a time!
