A great baking tidbit from a dear friend of mine!
Used by permission
As I was cleaning my sewing room tonight
and tossing out close to empty spools, a memory was triggered. My
sister LONG ago showed me how these plastic spools with spokes can be
used for pressing cookies (like peanut butter)....to make the cutest
little flowers on top! If you come across a spool....wash it up and toss it in your
baking drawer for next time! I just did.
by Lois Breneman
This is the time of year when we try to have an ample supply of calendars for our home.
Years ago I bought more calendars than I really needed because they were super cute and very inexpensive. Not a money-saving tip! I thought I would use them as gifts, but then I changed my mind. So I hung onto them, which IS a money-saving tip, because of the following information! Some of the nice calendars that we had used were not marked up, so those can be recycled.
I have four very nice specialty calendars with lovely pictures that I'll need to pass on to a younger person though. Why? Well, because the next year they will match up, I will be one hundred years old! I doubt I'll be needing them. If I'm still alive, I probably won't know what day it is, even with a calendar! Although I do enjoy saving money, sorry to say, this was *not* a money-saving measure!
Thanks to the perpetual calendar chart, we can find out other years that those calendars can used! http://www.vpcalendar.net/20th_21st.html
For the following five years in red, a calendar from those previous years listed will work, which means you don't need to buy more calendars if you have any from these corresponding years!
This link works even better when searching for a specific year so you can find out how it can be used again if not marked up:
http://www.whencanireusethiscalendar.com/
2017 - 1978 - 1989 - 1995 - 2006
2018 - 1973 - 1979 - 1990 - 2001 - 2007
2019 - 1974 - 1985 - 1991 - 2002 - 2013
2020 - 1964 - 1992 (Leap Year means less corresponding years)
2021 - 1965 - 1971 - 1982 - 1993 - 1999 - 2010
So don't toss out your old calendars. Simply refer to a perpetual calendar. I plan to label my old calendars to use in the future, since they're in perfect condition.
Used by permission from the author, Jennie Scott
November 30, 2016
http://www.jenniegscott.com/2016/11/30/encouragement-mom-regrets-said/
When I learned my second pregnancy was with a little girl, I
immediately had visions of tutus and hairbows. Parenting up to that
point had consisted of Tonka trucks and John Deere tractors, so the
thought of dressing up a little girl fascinated me. I left the
ultrasound and went straight to the store, needing to buy something pink
and prissy to hang in her closet.
Today, that little girl is nearly 10 years old, and although I
dressed her in pink and placed the biggest bows I could find on her tiny
baby head, she did not turn out to be a prissy girl. She is athletic
and strong, and she would rather wear running shorts and t-shirts than
dresses and tights.
Her dark brown hair cascades down her back, and a ponytail has become
her signature look. But that dark brown ponytail has become the biggest
argument-inducer between the two of us. She hates to condition it,
hates to dry it, and hates to brush it. If she had her way, her hair
would always air dry and be full of tangles and knots. We’ve gone around
and around about it, and every night I find myself asking, “Have you
brushed your hair yet?” I always know the answer.
After a busy night recently of her gymnastics practice and her
brother’s football activities, we rushed to eat dinner, make lunches,
take showers, and get everyone ready for bed. It wasn’t until I tucked
her in that I noticed her hair. Unbrushed. Wet. Tangled.
I wish I could say I handled it calmly, but I didn’t. I was tired and
harried, and I let my frustration over her actions direct my handling
of the situation. I fussed. I criticized. And I made her cry.
“I’m sorry,” she tearfully apologized, adding, “I’m so mad at myself.”
And in that moment, I became mad at myself, too.
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