The Part-Time Housewife

I'm going to share a little secret of mine. I'm super cheap. Okay, maybe not so much of a secret, but I hate spending money on things that I know isn't going to last. The biggest thing I hate spending money on is books. Don't get me wrong, I love reading and I devour books so fast that it pains me to spend money on something that I will only use for a week. I'm pretty big on supporting my local library. There's just something about going in and picking out what you are going to spend hours on. Maybe it's my own retail therapy, in a way. Although, I admit, I have two kindles that I am fairly fond of as well. Most libraries now are connected with a digital library, and you can borrow (FOR FREE!) whatever book your heart desires and it gets downloaded right to your kindle and auto returned when the loan is up.  So this is great news, though there are some fallbacks. Like, sometimes, you have to put your book on hold, or you have to make sure you are done readi

Happy Friday! It's almost the weekend. For some of you that may mean going out and spending zillions of your hard earned cash on going out. First, there's dinner, then drinks and that thing called socializing which now means getting together and staring at your phones on social media. Unless you're a hermit like myself. The weekends are for some serious Netflix binge-watching. It's not my fault, really. I mean, why would someone just give me access to every season of every awesome show ever for nine bucks a month? This has inspired a new weekly recommendation post. While I do jump back and forth from show to show, my current favorite is Gilmore Girls, thus beating out for the first spot. Source The damn thing has 4 and a half stars! The show is about a mother and daughter and their sometimes crazy, sometimes boring life and tendencies. It's set in a small Connecticut town, where absolutely no crime happens, everybody knows every other body, and no one has an

Today is Monday. That means back to the daily grind. Back to the dreadful morning commute. Traffic. And to make it all better, it's raining. Don't get me wrong, I love rain. I love sitting on my porch with a book in my hand, the rain pattering down. I DON'T love the way traffic gets worse the second the pavement gets a little wet. Stop, Go traffic is only tolerable if I have some happy music to go. In honor of the rain, I have compiled a bunch of my favorite rain songs.

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For a while there, I got stuck in a lunch rut. Everyday I would bring a frozen TV dinner in my tote. After a couple months of this, I was so bored with lunch. But leftovers and PB&J were just as boring and going out to eat everyday was not great for my wallet. I researched ideas and have compiled a list of lists, if you will, of easy peasy lunches to make for work.  Here are 5 websites with quick, easy ideas to end your lunch doldrums. 1.)  Easy Work Lunch Recipes With recipes like Sesame-Ginger Soba Noodle Salad and Chicken Kale Salad, here are 17 unique lunches that'll beat your hunger. 2.)  Awesome Easy Work Lunches 27 various ideas for an easy lunch. Recipes include Three-Bean Pasta Salad, Chickpea Salad Sandwich, and Ham & Cheese Croissant. 3.)  Quick & Healthy Low-Cal Lunches Hawaiian Veggie Burger, Spicy Black Bean Burrito, and Caesar Salmon Wrap, OH MY! Delicious ideas with the caloric intake. 4.)  Cheap, Healthy Ideas At $3 or less per ser

So, I recently undertook the project of painting my front door. I moved in a little over a year ago, and every time I came home, I would just groan, UGH. I need to do something about that. The door was a dark green with so many scratches on it I couldn't bear to look for more than a few seconds. Fast  forward to the present, and VOILA! A shiny new (looking) door. The only problem was that there was sticky residue from the tape that I had used to help with my lines. I couldn't get it off no matter how much windex I used. Then I found a neat-o trick that has thus inspired me to write on an ever-popular topic. Life Hacks. Here are a few that I have found useful and save me more time to hang out with my family, watch TV, whatever I want. Clean sticky residue from tape off glass with canola oil. I have only tried this with canola oil, but I have read up that it works with a lot of other oils, olive, essential, even cooking spray. I simply pour a bit on a paper towel and use