This post contains affiliate links. I have a confession to make: I didn’t really care much for pancakes as a kid. I had my reasons, but as I got older, pancakes started to grow on me. I won’t say they’re my *favorite* breakfast food today, but I don’t mind having them sometimes, especially paired with…
Every new classroom is a blank canvas. When a teacher first sets foot in their new room, all they can see are possibilities. But with time, and effort, that blank canvas can become a full-blown piece of art, complete with color, style, nuance, and, most importantly, elements that promote a learning community. Setting up a…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned shopping at Dollar Tree, it’s that I never quite know what the extreme discounter is going to stock next. Sure, there are certain things I know it won’t carry — no lawn mowers, no swimming pools, no full-sized Christmas trees — but I’ve been surprised at the things DT…
This post contains affiliate links. Wax melts and wax warmers are popular with people who don’t like to burn candles for various reasons. They are an easy way to add pleasant fragrance to your home, and wax melts don’t produce smoke or soot like candles do. Wax melts also don’t pose the same type of…
Many retailers carry their own brands of milk, especially grocers. Walmart does. So does Kroger. And Aldi. And Trader Joe’s. Dollar General also carries its own private label milk under the Clover Valley house brand that is used in many other DG items. Clover Valley, it should be noted, is not a company but a…
Baked beans are a staple of many cookouts, barbecues, and picnic events. They go well with burgers, hot dogs, brats, and more. While you can make them from scratch, many people prefer to use canned baked beans because of their convenience. Of course, the most commonly known name brand is Bush’s, which is my favorite,…
In 1971, former Vice President and then-Senator Hubert H. Humphrey sponsored a piece of legislation known as Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Originally launched as a limited two-year pilot program, it has since expanded to a large, nationwide operation, known today as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. There are several…
Dollar Tree is a fascinating store to walk through. I mean, everything is a dollar $1.25. Sure, at that price you know things aren’t going to be of the highest quality, but there’s still a part of you that goes, “wow, they really tried to make something and sell it at that cheap price!” It’s…
Dollar stores such as Dollar Tree and Dollar General can be good for picking up staples such as toiletries, greeting cards, or snacks. One surprising thing about these deep discounters is that they can also be great places to buy inexpensive gardening supplies such as gloves, spades, seed starting trays, fairy garden accessories, planters, and…
This post contains affiliate links. One of the great shocks of my childhood was going to see Transformers: The Movie in theaters in the summer of 1986. Like many kids from the era, I’d grown up watching Transformers on television, which means I’d also grown up acquiring a lot of them, Autobots and Decepticons alike,…