Archives for February 2014

Making a Bufferin Bucket List

This is not the first time I’ve made a bucket list. I made a bucket list a very long time ago. I’ve always wanted to do certain things in my life. I don’t have a certain time limit for completing the items on my bucket list. I’m just interested in getting them crossed off my list at some point during my life time. Why? It’s really a fun thing to do. I think everyone should have a bucket list, even {Read More}

Johnsonville Sausage and Couscous with Apples

It’s almost Mardi Gras! So, take out your decorations and start planning a menu for celebrating. Mardi Gras is March 4th. In our house, we love a good celebration. Who doesn’t love a time to entertain, eat, dance and decorate. I’m a southern girl from Mississippi. I went to school about 3 hours away from New Orleans. A lot of my friends at college would drive down to New Orleans for “Fat Tuesday” or Mardi

Storing Plastic Grocery Bags

When it comes to storing those plastic grocery bags in our house, I normally just stuff them in the side part of our closet or pantry. (Do people really say pantry these days?)  I don’t have a large kitchen closet for storing my groceries.  I know that some people like using the reusable bags and not using the plastic store bags when they’re shopping, but I like the store bags because I used them as liners for my garbage cans {Read More}

Homemade Glass Cleaner

I ran out of Windex cleaner for the mirrors in the bathroom.  I could run out quickly and get some but it’s cold and I hate to run an errand for only one or two items.  So, I’m making a glass cleaner to clean the mirrors.  Glass cleaner is not that expensive to purchase, but I found out that it’s not that expensive to make, either.  Plus, when you’re in a pinch, you can easily make it at home with {Read More}

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Yesterday, I opened a can of chicken noodle soup and had some with a slice of homemade cornbread. It was so good! So, of course, you know what I was thinking.  I can make this myself.  Who needs canned soup when you can make it homemade.  I think what really made it so good was the homemade cornbread.  In our house, you can’t have soup, unless you have homemade cornbread.  It goes