This is a fantastic pasta dish! It’s a must-try. Simple ingredients and so delicious. It’s a nice dish to make and take for lunch. Serve as a main dish or as a light snack. Ingredients: Angel Hair Pasta 16oz 2 medium onions, chopped Frozen Vegetable Mix 16oz 1 Can of Whole Kernel Corn 15.25oz Italian Seasoning Lemon Pepper Olive Oil butter sugar (optional) salt and pepper Pour in about 3 tablespoons of olive oil or enough to coat bottom of {Read More}
How to Make a Jewelry Display Board
November 22, 2017 by 1 Comment
I needed a jewelry display board for my thrift store boutique. I didn’t want to pay a lot of money for one. Trying to save money as I go through my first year journey of opening a store. This turned out perfectly! This would be great if you wanted to use this as a display board to hold your jewelry also. Here are the quick and easy steps. Items Needed: Peg Board (Home Depot) Probably not the actual name of {Read More}
How to Defog a Window
November 15, 2017 by 6 Comments
So, I recently opened a Thrift Store Boutique. Yay! The selling point for this location was the boutique-styled windows. When we moved into the store in August-September, the weather was nice and warm. Had no problems with the windows. Then, in the month of October, the weather turned cold and this was my view from the inside out. Not to mention that potential customers couldn’t see on the inside when passing by the store. Well, that was not good. It {Read More}
Delicious Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream!
July 28, 2017 by 1 Comment
So, I decided to try my hand at homemade vanilla custard ice cream…that’s what us southerners would call it. If you yearn to have that taste of old-fashioned vanilla ice cream during some point in your life, you definitely will want to try this. One thing I noticed about making the old-fashioned ice cream is that it takes you back to your childhood if you grew up on this wonderful homemade dessert. Give it a try. Makes about 4 cups {Read More}
Best Overactive Bladder Product to Manage Bladder Leaks
July 15, 2017 by 3 Comments
I was asked to write a post about Always Discreet. My first thought was….I can’t do that! Nobody’s talking about bladder leaks. Especially me. That is so personal. However, I couldn’t pass it up because it is so me. Perhaps, it’s you. I’m sure that I’m not alone. First of all, I didn’t even know that 1-in-3 women experience bladder leaks or that 1-in-2 African-American women experience bladder leaks. For instance, raise your hand if you’re the person that sneezes, {Read More}
DIY Choker Necklace
August 4, 2016 by 7 Comments
My daughter loves to wear necklaces, specifically, the choker necklaces. Makeup and necklaces go hand-in-hand in my house full of teenagers. So, I made a couple of necklaces for her today. Quite simple. Quite inexpensive. Items Needed: trim or ribbon clasps needle and thread Directions: First, measure the size of the neck. Cut trimming to desired size. Fold under edges. Stitch down. Attach ends of clasp to each side using wire pliers to press down tightly. That’s all there is {Read More}
DIY Running/Walking Armband
July 23, 2016 by 2 Comments
Need an armband when you’re running or walking? Try making one from a headband. Pretty simple and inexpensive. Just follow a couple of steps below. Items Needed: Headband Needle and Thread or Sewing Machine Directions: Measure the armband around your arm. Make sure and measure it tightly, but not extremely tight. Pin. Sew down on machine or use a needle and thread. Finish edges on the machine to stop material from raveling. This part is optional. Top stitch to securely {Read More}
Oatmeal Raisin Walnut Cookies
August 16, 2015 by 8 Comments
These cookies are a staple in our house. We make them on a regular basis. They are simply delicious! We recently found out that by substituting the regular butter for unsalted butter, it made the cookies taste even better. If you make them, be sure to make a lot of them. They are soft and really tasty. Ingredients: 1 stick of unsalted butter 1/2 cup of brown sugar 1/2 cup of white sugar 1 cup of flour 1 egg 1/2 {Read More}
Cleaning Refrigerator’s Exterior with Toothpaste
August 12, 2015 by 14 Comments
If you’re looking for a neat tip to help you clean the exterior of your refrigerator, try this one! Finally got around to cleaning my refrigerator’s exterior this past weekend. It was covered in a lot of grease splatter, among other stuff that I won’t mention. So, I tried different things to help me clean the outside of the refrigerator. Some didn’t work as well as others. Who knew that I would end up going with using toothpaste. Just {Read More}
Ripening Mangoes in a Paper Bag
July 24, 2015 by 5 Comments
While strolling through Walmart yesterday, I passed by a stack of mangoes. Of course, I squeezed them to see if they were ripe, as I always do. They were not ripe. Really hard. Typically, I would just keep going, but they were on sale and I really wanted mangoes. So, I decided to test out if mangoes would really ripen with the paper bag test. First time trying this. How did it work out? Just for good measure, I {Read More}