I am currently in day 2 of my 4 day garage Sale. I am running it Wednesday thru Saturday. I just want rid of all the extra crap around my house. Not Crap. I use that word entirely too much. Its just stuff I don’t want that is still in good condition that I…
Chores
Beyond the Bustle – Moving Timesavers
As a military family, we have moved a lot in our adult years so I thought I’d share a few tips that have helped keep me sane. We’ve done it just about every way; professional movers, partial do-it-yourself (DITY), and full DITYs so I hope these suggestions will help no matter what method you choose….
Eleven Things NOT to do with Backyard Chickens
As you may know, I embarked on my journey to a full-on backyard homestead with the purchase of six baby chicks last Spring. Six months later I have learned a lot, and thought I’d share some of it in case you ever think of getting a few chicken-little’s. Based on my personal experience I opted…
Beyond the Back Seat
I have a Mini-Van. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love that it does everything that I need it to do. It can haul 3 kids and 3 dogs at the same time to my mom’s house with room in the trunk for all the juice boxes and Coke Zero I require for…
Beyond the Dinner Table
I have made a couple of posts that included some insight into my cooking abilities (or dis-abilities?). I can NOT make biscuits, buns, rolls or cookies. By some inexplicable phenomenon they always come out raw on the top and absolutely burnt black on the bottom. I have tried lowering the oven temp, raising the temp,…
Crock pot heaven
Ok so my best friend (you all know her, it’s H) gave me an awesome gift for Christmas this year. This book: Best part was she added these tabs: As well as notes about which recipes were good, bad, needed extra of something and post it’s with her own recipes. Today I made this curry:…
How to Prepare for a Kid to Visit (Short Term) When You Don’t Have Kids
There was a point in time (100 years ago? Ok, really only eight) when I thought to myself “why can’t she just make her kid behave and stop breaking my stuff?” I thought this about a really good friend. Someone I had known for years before they had kids. I actually questioned her parenting techniques…
Beyond the Tax Time Dilemma
To view or download this article as a .pdf click here: Beyond the Bustle – Taxes January 31st is just around the corner which means that April 15th is closely approaching too! Whether you view your tax return with fear and loathing or as another Christmas present, you know they have to get done. I am…
Beyond the Bustle – Keeping Up with World and National Current Events
Checkout our latest article in the ‘Beyond the Bustle’ series of time-saving tips. This topic is close to our hearts because part of the impetus for the blog itself was to help other busy folks stay informed. We will continue to share current events with you as diligently as we can using our specific guidelines (find…
Fitness
I am sure you know that 30 minutes a day of high-level activity can reduce you risk of heart disease, stroke, obesity and helps to release endorphin’s. It’s only 30 minutes. Why can’t I seem to get it in? I don’t even need to do it everyday. Maybe if I just get it in 3…