How to Make a Snow Day Fun When You Are Stuck at Home

What is the difference between a snow day that everyone remembers fondly and one where everyone is climbing the walls […]

How to Keep Road Salt From Eating Your Car This Winter

Road salt does not rust your car in one winter. It rusts it over five, quietly, from the inside of […]

The Fall Deck Cleaning Routine That Protects the Wood for Years

Most decks do not fail because of the weather. They fail because water sat on them through a winter and […]

The 10 Minute School Morning Routine That Ends the Chaos

Last September I had a morning where my kid ate half a waffle standing in the garage, put his shoes […]

Why You Should Have a Plan for the Hour You Get Back

You get an extra hour every fall and most of us spend it awake anyway, because our bodies never got […]

How to Defrost Your Car Windshield Without Damaging the Glass

I once poured hot water on a frosted windshield because I was late for work. The glass cracked. Twelve hundred […]

How to Keep Your Houseplants Alive Through Low Light Winter

I lost three plants my first winter in this house. A pothos, a rubber plant, and a fiddle leaf that […]

How to Make a Fall Wreath From Stuff You Already Have

I made my first fall wreath from a bag of leaves my kids raked up and a wire hanger, and […]

The Cozy Reading Nook Setup for the Darkest Months

Every November I set up a chair by the window with a lamp and a blanket, and every January I […]

The Cold Weather Walking Plan That Keeps You Moving All Winter

How many winters have you told yourself you would keep walking, and then stopped by the second week of December? […]