Last year, right before my surgery, when I was in a lot of pain, I changed my beds every night, hoping that maybe a change of bed might give me some relief from the searing, unending pain. To be…
Category: Household Tips & DIY
Money and time saving tips on every aspect of Home Management
6 Ways to Make Your Yard More Welcoming
There are few things more relaxing than having a beautiful yard to walk out to. We spend a lot of time and attention making our home a comfortable place to live inside. However, the outdoors can be equally livable and…
Todays DIY Home Security – Smartphones, Sensors, Surveillance & More
Recently I was speaking with a Home Security professional and I realized not everyone can get a professionally installed home security monitoring system. Might be due to financial reatraints, or it could be a resistence to yet another contract;…
The Happiest Betta On The Bloc
There are plenty of ways to de-stress, one of the best ways to relax and add some joy back into your life is with a family pet. Pets, especially dogs, can be great companions that love you and are happy…
Guide To Pool Safety Covers – a guest post
It’s been a busy month for me in more ways than one. Lots of stuff happened, good and bad. I will keep the bad stuff for later, but the good thing is that we have had a gorgeous summer so…
The pond story – Easy Tips for maintaning a Koi Pond
The motor came to a sluggish stop, fourth time that day, as it tried its best to suck the mucky green water and spit clean water out , a futile attempt. The decomposing leaves from the fall broken down by…
Upgrading the Kitchen for less
Remember I posted an article on how to upgrade your bathroom for less? I had a L8H reader email me recently to ask about ideas on how to upgrade the kitchen for less. After my In my kitchen post, I…
How to Select a Mouthwatering Dinner Party Menu
I remember hosting my first ever dinner party. I cooked for about 20 people. The food was sufficient for about about five at the most. It was the most embarrassing affair of my life. Back in the days when I…
How to upgrade a bathroom for less
A few days ago I had posted about how we bought our first house and how ‘bathroom’ had been one of right on top of the list of my priorities before reality set in and we settled for more house…
Installing an Above Ground Pool
I have had quite a few queries from my readers on pool installations since my post on Salt Water pools here. Now, we bought this house with the pool already installed, and I have personally never seen a pool installation…
Recycled bottle tops to seal open plastic packets
Last month I came across a random facebook picture ( the kind that circulates itself through friends’ walls and you glance at it, maybe hit a like button, and then move on forgetting all about it 30 seconds later )…
Re-purposing a Bead Necklace
A cousin of mine is a known miser. Whenever it comes to giving gifts, he is known to count pennies and work out something that would touch the lowest rung of acceptable gift for any occasion. He recycles a lot…
Salt water pool and its advantages
Price of your own backyard swimming pool: $$$$ Swimming in that pool: Priceless Keeping the pool clean and debris free: Thankless For everything else, there’s Mom. The day our pool reopened for the summer, all my kids wanted to…
FoodStories Nominee for June!
I am thrilled. I have been nominated for a second time, for CJ’s June edition of Food Stories Award For Excellence In Story Telling, which is an award given for excellence in telling stories around food . Isn’t that super…
Meet Leo – our majestic German Shephard
If Leo was a man, he would be the kind who would draw chairs for women, or hold doors for them. Meet our gentleman giant of a German Shepherd, Leo.