Everything Homemaking
Let the cooking begin! That’s what’s going on at my house – preparations for tomorrow’s big meal with the family. But just for fun, here are a few last minute tips to help your preparations go smoother: 1. While you’re cooking, clean as you go!!! 2. If you’re hosting, don’t worry about cleaning the house. Tidy, vacuum or sweep and touch-up the … [Read more...]
There are a lot of rude people out there and I’m one of them – at least as far as sending RSVP’s. I rarely RSVP when I receive an invitation and here’s why: 1. My life is so busy I don’t know if I’ll be free then or not. Even though the calendar may be clear, I know something will probably come up that I have to do so I don’t want to have to cancel … [Read more...]
Having a party or a bunch of people over but your table is too small and you don’t have enough chairs? You actually have lots of options but the easiest is to serve the food buffet style. Here are a few tips (learned the hard way, of course) for making your buffet style dinner party a success: 1- If you don’t have enough table space and chairs, you may not have enough dishes and … [Read more...]
Having guests for dinner? Sometimes having guests is more stressful than fun but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are 10 ways you can entertain and have fun at the same time. 1. Choose a simple menu. When you’re having guests is NOT the time to try new recipes and new techniques. It only increases your stress level. Simple menus don’t have to be boring or … [Read more...]
If you’re having Christmas dinner at your house, you might be thinking about doing a cleaning marathon so your house is perfect when everyone arrives. DON’T DO IT! We’ve talked about this before. There’s no point doing deep cleaning before guests come because they’re not there to check out your cleaning skills and it’s all going to get messed up anyway. Plus it makes you tired … [Read more...]
Christmas is coming FAST! There are only five days left after today. Wow! How did that happen??? Many of you are probably already finished with most of your preparations for Christmas. You had your Christmas early or you were traveling so you had to have everything done by now. But for the rest of us, we have five days left to get everything done. So to avoid getting stressed, if you … [Read more...]
I can’t believe Thanksgiving is already over! It came and went so fast this year. And as is our family’s tradition, we had a big get together at our house – 20 people this year, plus 3 little ones. Everything went well but I learned a few things I’m going to do different for Christmas dinner. Tablecloths. We usually set up two tables and cover them with fabric tablecloths. … [Read more...]
