Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year? Do you know that there are only 3 weekends between Halloween and Thanksgiving? Start your heavy duty holiday cleaning now to minimize stress—your family will thank you! If you get to go to someone else’s clean home for Thanksgiving, follow this plan anyway and you’ll be one step ahead […]
Halloween Books for Kids: Edgar Allan Poe and Book Suspense vs. Screen Horror
It’s Halloween time and I’m exploring 31 Great Books to Read to Your Kids—what better author to share with your kids than Edgar Allan Poe, the master of suspense? Homeschooling post updated 10/29/2023 Reading a well written suspenseful tale—even one that includes murders—is nothing like watching a gory scene on TV or acting one out […]
Advice from a frugal mom during coronavirus #5: Two sanity savers in stock on Amazon
Most families are not used to this quantity of quality time. Everyone in your home may be going a little nutty after 3 weeks of lockdown. We are blessed here in Phoenix to have gorgeous weather and a big yard, with half a dozen semi-stocked grocery stores (excepting toilet paper, of course) I could throw […]
Advice from a frugal mom during coronavirus #4: Yep, you’re a homeschool mom
This is the funniest Mommy War I’ve seen to date: “Real” homeschool moms against “Schools are closed” homeschool moms. It’s sad-funny, non funny-funny. Here’s a simple test to determine if you are a real homeschool mom: Question 1: Are your kids at home because their school buildings are closed? If you answered Yes to Question […]
30 Rad Movies from the 1980s and 1990s You Can’t Watch with Your Kids—and 7 Movies That Might Be OK—on Amazon Prime Video
I’ll keep the chitchat to a minimum because you’re looking for the best 1980s and 1990s movies to watch on Amazon Prime Video. These 37 teen movies from 1985–1995 might not be classics, but we rented them over and over on VHS. If your dad ever hooked up a rented VCR and let you stay […]
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