Home Life

Everyone benefits from staying active, but senior citizens need it more to keep their brain stimulated and to reduce the risks of developing dementia. It’s a proven fact, healthy and active seniors live a much more happier and fulfilled life. They are many benefits to living a healthy lifestyle. It improves your cardiovascular health, lowers... [Read more...]

When it comes to breakfast, I love to make homemade food items for my family such as waffles, pancakes, french toast, eggs, omelets, etc. I am not a huge fan of store bought breakfast items as I feel that you can make your breakfast up during the weekends and then freeze it for use during the week when you have less time to spend in the kitchen. Here... [Read more...]

There are many health benefits of consuming fish on a weekly basis because of their omega-3 fatty acids content. Fish is rich in omega-3 fatty acids. They help prevent the formation of clots by making them less sticky. It decreases the risk of embolic and thrombolic strokes. Other benefits of omega-3 fatty acids guards against hypertension, breast cancer,... [Read more...]

When it comes to putting together a home sewing box or kit, it is important to be prepared for all of those home mending jobs. You can store your mending items in a large metal tin, a shoe box, rubbermaid or plastic bin or go out and purchase a box that is specifically made for housing sewing supplies. Here are the items I feel that every home sewing... [Read more...]

Over the weekend I was hungry for some homemade chocolate bark candy so I decided to make my own. Here are the ingredients you will need to make some delicious chocolate bark. 1 full tub Baker’s Milk Chocolate Discs 1/2 cup mini marshmallows 1/4 cup broken pretzel bits 1/4 cup broken graham crackers 1/4 cup chopped peanuts Follow the directions... [Read more...]

When it comes to making Valentine’s Day crafts with older kids, this is a quick and easy project that will cost less than $1.50 to make. I recently made this project with a group of girls that range in age from 8 to 11 years old. Here is what you will need: red and pink craft felt red embroidery floss with blunt tip sewing needle 2″ wide... [Read more...]

When it comes to nasty winter weather, are you and your family prepared? The time to think about preparedness is before the winter storm hits which for me…is at the beginning of the winter weather season. Here are 10 wintertime snow emergency tips that I think you will find useful the next time you are preparing for a winter snow storm. 1. Have... [Read more...]

When our daughter was little, every year we would sit down and make our own handmade Valentine’s Day greeting card holders. Since this holder was only used for a few days every year, we would always try to make one with items we had around the house… aka…the frugal way of doing things :) Here are a few ideas that we did over the years. 1.... [Read more...]