Category: Time savers

Remember the last project you completed that relied heavily on a hot glue gun? I’ll bet by the time you were done, it had lots of those dangling “spider web” threads of hot glue all over it. As careful as you try to be, those things just seem to be impossible to avoid. […]

As I’ve mentioned before, I went into super-organized mode while planning my wedding years ago, and as a result made several worksheets and checklists to help me get through the planning with a smile on my face. I’ve already told you about my wedding photographer worksheet and today I’d like to share another one […]

I’ve seen the lists before that you can put on your refrigerator for your babysitter. They include the basics such as emergency phone numbers, allergies, bedtime routines, etc. But I have found that when I leave my daughter with a new sitter, there is a lot more information I need to give him […]

Often when I’m cooking a meal and find myself short one side dish, I’ll go to my standby of caramelized pineapple. (At home, we actually call this dish “fried pineapple”.) It may sound a little crazy, but it’s really good and so easy to make.
All you need is a can of pineapple chunks […]

I’m a pretty organized person, so it’s probably no surprise when I say that during the planning of my wedding I went into hyper-organized mode and generated lots of checklists and worksheets for everyone involved with the ceremony. Every list I made and handed off was one more thing I didn’t have to worry […]

My husband and I love to camp, and if there’s one you thing you have to have for a successful camping trip, it’s a fire. We learned long ago that the availability of dry kindling will vary from campsite to campsite, so we now come prepared with our own homemade firestarters. These little […]