New computer isn’t quite ready; I’m transitioning now. Coming down with something, stuffy and feeling yucky. General Tricks Bring back a closed tab We have dedicated a section to web browsing further down below, but this one is too useful to be missed. Accidentally closed a tab? Simply press Ctrl + Shift + T to […]
I don’t shop on Black Friday. I like shopping, but I really don’t like crowds. It’s why I avoid malls too, unless I just can’t get what I want anywhere else. The hubby though — he went out and braved the masses of people to do some electronics Christmas shopping. Except that he is giving […]
A while back I read Bunches and Bits idea of creating a parent-teacher conference survival basket. I thought it was such a great idea, that I stole it for gifting our teacher (Teacher N) when our conferences finally rolled around (yesterday). I decorated a basket with some pretty ribbon and filled it with shredded paper. I included […]
This week Open Ended Art is Non-Open Ended Art — Lets see turkeys. I decided to do a re-make of an activity we did a few years ago. Sadly, I couldn’t find any pictures of the finished product last time; it would be neat to see then and now! Once again only about half my […]
Here’s an example of the bentos I have been doing over the past week: Plus, there was a side car with cottage cheese and diced tomatoes. This was probably the cutest of the lot, some of the others weren’t even packed this tightly. Certainly as little variety.  Just not worth posting for the most part! […]
I didn’t have a menu plan last week, and it really showed. Between no plan, and the hubby’s 3 day in a row craving for fillet o fish — well, we didn’t eat that well!  There were also no bentos this week. Well, there were lunches packed in bento boxes, but not packed well, […]
A few months back, Family Fun Magazine had a project to create the “Ultimate Homework Station“, using a tri-fold display board (often used for presentations, found in office supply stores). Thier version was designed to actually store all the supplies needed for homework, and then to fold up for easy storage. I don’t really need […]
 Week 12 – Danny Boome  This week’s chef for the Food Network Chef Cooking Challenge is Danny Boome. Never heard of him! I checked out his food network recipes as well as his recipes from his UK show. I was just uninspired. I’d wanted to a beef recipe to use up some of the […]
I was tagged by Bunches and Bits to share what I do with the bits that are leftover after prepping a bento. I did a post on this a while back! I’ll copy that over and update it with my current changes.  Bento-ing can be contrary to my current frugal goal of tightening up […]
As you might have noticed, I did NOT get my menu plan done this week (yet?). I shopped for lunch stuff for kidlet, and that’s about it. All I know for sure is that Monday or Tuesday I will be making Roasted Carrot and Parsnips for the FNCCC. I wanted to do a beef recipe […]
