Better Than Lipstick or Gloss: Lip Lacquer!
I’m trying to be more frugal in my spending, so when I ran out of lipstick this week, I headed out to Walgreens for these $4.99 Lip Lacquers (they cost a third what lipstick costs!), because I had read...
View ArticlePantry Organizer Giveaway
Today’s “Friday Fancy” is a pantry organization product that every gardening, food-preserving domestic diva will want to own! Check out the AMAZING product that the NewLifeOnAHomestead.com blog is...
View ArticleReviews: Genealogy Software for Mac
Why Mac? I switched to Mac computers back in 2008, after losing yet *another* PC laptop to another fustrating breakdown. In the past, each time my PC died or needed repairs, my Mac-using friends and...
View Article3-Ingredient Sweet & Spicy Winger’s Chicken
That’s right–only three ingredients and mere minutes required for this restaurant-quality chicken! Ever been to Winger’s restaurant? If so, you are in for a money-saving and tummy-pleasing treat with...
View ArticleMy Favorite Genealogy Organizer!
In the 20+ years I have been doing genealogy research, I’ve lugged with me all kinds of backpacks, totes, portable file boxes, and even those huge totes-on-wheels to the libraries, archives, and...
View ArticleMy Review: The Best Organizers for The New Year
I have five children, I work two part-time jobs while taking freelance gigs on the side, I have no “help,” and my husband is a doctoral candidate with a FULL-TIME job in addition to his university...
View ArticleDinner for 80+ at $85 in Three Hours
Yes, I really did this, and I’m posting step-by-step pictures and my receipts, to prove it! :) Last month, I was on a committee in charge of our local Relief Society Christmas dinner, and when I...
View ArticleFor the Book-Lovers: My Fab New Book Tote!!
Happy OrganiZed ThurZday! :) Nobody will believe that I bought this insanely awesome book tote for five bucks, so I have taken pictures of it with price tags still attached: If you are a reader of my...
View ArticleHow to Memorize the US Presidents
The ancient Greeks used loci (the art of visualizing objects to remind them of words) as a memorization strategy that enabled them to memorize hours-long speeches. I’ve found this to be an effective...
View ArticleMy Secret to Thicker, Fuller Hair
My hair in back As you can see from these pictures, most people never believe me when I tell them my actual hair is really thin. But it is! Just spend the weekend camping with me and you will see it...
View ArticleWhen Are You Ready to Publish?
I hear this question all the time: “I’ve spent years on my ancestors’ story. Am I ready to publish?” The best way that I’ve found to gauge an ancestoir‘s publication-worthiness is by applying part of...
View ArticleInvite Your Ancestors to Thanksgiving Dinner
This thanksgiving, are your ancestors invited to the celebration? Sure, you will be with your living family during the holiday, but you don’t have to limit your guest list to the living—Try inviting...
View ArticleYour Ancestors’ Lip Balm Recipes
” Chapstick Ad from Life Magazine, 11 Jan 1943 Last night I couldn’t find my chapstick. I can’t live without my Burt’s Bees lip balm, especially in winter. I ransacked my purse, all jacket and coat...
View ArticlePhotograph the Future for Ancestors Past
When writing an ancestor’s story, photographs provide me with textures, colors, props, clothing styles, hair styles, facial features, and apparent personalities that help my ancestors come to life on...
View ArticleMy Genealogy “To-Read” List
In commemoration of Pioneer Day today, I’ve posted below a list of my genealogy “to-reads.” These are the books I haven’t read yet, which I want to read or add to my library as references. What books...
View ArticleGenealogy Research Offline: 10 Easy Steps
Offline genealogy research is simple, easy, and a lot of fun! Here is how you can get started: ~ Why Go Offline ~ It will take several lifetimes to put all of the available genealogy records online....
View ArticleBetter Than Lipstick or Gloss: Lip Lacquer!
I’m trying to be more frugal in my spending, so when I ran out of lipstick this week, I headed out to Walgreens for these $4.99 Lip Lacquers (they cost a third what lipstick costs!), because I had read...
View Article3-Ingredient Sweet & Spicy Winger’s Chicken
That’s right–only three ingredients and mere minutes required for this restaurant-quality chicken! Ever been to Winger’s restaurant? If so, you are in for a money-saving and tummy-pleasing treat with...
View ArticleDinner for 80+ at $85 in Three Hours
Yes, I really did this, and I’m posting step-by-step pictures and my receipts, to prove it! :) Last month, I was on a committee in charge of our local Relief Society Christmas dinner, and when I...
View ArticleHow to Memorize the US Presidents
The ancient Greeks used loci (the art of visualizing objects to remind them of words) as a memorization strategy that enabled them to memorize hours-long speeches. I’ve found this to be an effective...
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