Home-Ec Guest Ivy says: The past year has been one of vast changes for me. Some have been beyond my control, like the death of my grandma. Others I have initiated, like my weight loss/exercise program. All of it reminds me of how people approach a pool that’s somewhat cold. Now, I like to swim in water …
Ivy says: Congratulations to Shauna of Opishposh for winning the Build A Bear $25 gift card giveaway! Lucky #52 got it this time: Click to make bigger. Congrats, Shauna! I’ll be in touch to get shipping info! Stick around, Home Eccers, more awesome giveaways are right around the corner!
Ivy says: Whoo, the gas shortage in Nashville has apparently shorted my brain out. That’s all I can figure, because I totally forgot to tell you guys when the Build A Bear giveaway ends. Oy. It’ll end at midnight on Thursday, September 25th. I updated the post to reflect that, and also I added a …
Ivy says: Last week Build A Bear Workshop sent my daughter one of the new Hannah Montana bears. I’d show you a picture of the joyousness that accompanied her getting the bear, but my camera cord has gone the way of Nate’s missing shoe. So for now, you’ll have to imagine it until I can …
Ivy says: I always am slightly perplexed by people who have strong feelings about which way toilet paper should be installed. Should the end of the toilet paper go over the roll or under the roll? Me, I don’t care. I’m happy just to see toilet paper on a toilet paper holder, since I apparently …
Ivy says: Man, do we ever get some weird Google searches that lead people to us. I guess everyone else adheres to my “when in doubt, ask the internet” motto. It appears people have stranger questions than I do, though. Let’s take a look: Home remedy for pregnancy test– I’ve heard of ways to do …
Ivy says: When I was getting my youngest son ready for preschool this morning, we could only find one of his shoes. My house apparently eats shoes, because when Heather was here last, her youngest son’s shoe got lost and they couldn’t find it. We found Heather’s youngest son’s shoe (in a bookshelf, of all …
Ivy says: That’s right, Home Eccers, it’s time for another awesome giveaway! Up for grabs is a $50 Visa gift card you can spend on anything your little heart desires from Scott Common Sense. Scott Common Sense is a neat website with lots of cleaning and organizational tips submitted by users like you. How can …
Ivy says: Seriously, if one more person calls my house and just says “Where’s (someone that lives in my house)?”, I am going to scream. Or, “Is (whoever) there?” which is not exactly impolite, but it just drives me nuts. I’d like to say, “Yes.” and nothing else. I am HUUUUUGE on phone manners. I …
Ivy says: This steps out of the Home Ec category a bit, but I thought it was important enough to put here. And, it does have to do with personal finances, so there is that. Recently a dear friend of mine emailed me about watching her mom work two jobs to help finance her adult …