Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year? Just bringing a dish while someone else hosts the big day? Holiday cooking and the planning that goes into it can be stressful. The hardest thing for most people to figure out is how much food should you prepare for the number of guests you are serving. When we …
I love everything about the Christmas season. From the shopping to the decorating. All of the delicious food and amazing smells. Sometimes, I want the house to smell like Christmas without having to whip up a pie or a batch of cookies. Let’s be honest, freshly baked treats smell amazing, but who has time for …
One of my goals for this year was to start making my own beauty products; particularly my own soap. I’ve already made a luxurious foaming hand soap, so now I want to make an equally luxurious bar soap. There are many soap bases available online and in craft stores. When you use a melt & …
Chocolate milk is the perfect way to satiate a sweets craving. Up until recently, we’ve had the quintessential brown squeeze-bottle in the fridge next to the milk. Then my son asked, “Can’t we make homemade chocolate syrup?” It caught me off guard at first because I was so used to just buying the chocolate syrup, but …
Thank you to the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium for hosting my family for an incredible day trip! You can learn a lot from books and educational programming, but sometimes you need to just get out there and experience things first hand. This is why schools host field trips. It’s also why homeschooler tends to …
