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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...

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Pantry 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...

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Reviews: 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...

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3-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...

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My 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...

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My 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...

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Dinner 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...

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For 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...

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How 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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My 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...

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When 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...

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Invite 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...

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Your 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...

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Photograph 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...

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My 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...

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Genealogy 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....

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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...

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3-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...

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Dinner 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...

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How 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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