WFMW: My Mom Would Be So Proud!

This week’s WFMW theme is “Back to School.” I had already written up a lot of this post, and just decided to turn it into a WFMW since I haven’t participated in a while!
There are so many things that I miss being able to tell my mom, even dumb little things, and this is [...]

Saving Money on Your Taxes

I’ve known for a long time that when you donate items to Goodwill/Salvation Army/whatever, you can take a tax deduction if you itemize. I guess I just always thought it wasn’t worth the effort, since I usually only donate a box or two of stuff a couple of times a year and figured it [...]

Toy Review

I love reading reviews of things I’m considering buying when shopping online…especially on Amazon. When there are tons of reviews for an item, I usually give that some weight when making my decision. In lieu of posting reviews there, here are my reviews of this year’s best Christmas toys in our house, as [...]

Green Tips

Now, on this first one, please don’t think I’m crazy.  Or, you can think I am if you want, but don’t dismiss this idea without giving it some thought.  We’ve started using cloth napkins at meals at our house.  Not all the time yet, because I only have two “everyday” sets (that honestly, I don’t love [...]

Inspiring Young Minds

The boys and I went grocery shopping this morning (no major disasters, except I did frighten an old lady at the bananas with a stern “Keep. Your. Hands. To. Yourself.” that was meant for Luke, not her). At the checkout, I had my two Trader Joe’s bags that I use for groceries, and that amazingly [...]

Going Green(er)

OK, OK, I know it’s totally hip to be green. Even the tees at Walmart and Target are preaching it. And while I think Al Gore is dead wrong (have I mentioned that here before? I have? Oh, sorry), and that global warming is NOT going to kill us tomorrow, I definitely think that there [...]