This closet used to be a pantry -- see where the shelves were? Now, it's holding my new water heater instead. This tale might be of particular interest to those of you who live in condos, apartments, or townhouses where your current water heater is already a tight fit in the existing space. As we learned …

Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 2/25/16! It’s more traditional to meal plan on the weekend, but since our Chicago grocery deals mostly flip on Wednesdays and since midweek is when many of us start to run out of steam, we buck the trend here. In Midweek Meal Planning, we plan dinners …

This post has been sponsored by YardSales.net. All opinions here, however, are my own. As we get closer to yard sale & garage sale season, here are my top five yard sale tips. We have a yard sale just about every year, because it's a great chance to clear some of the clutter out of this house and make a …

Deliciously fresher than store-bought (with no added sugars or other unnecessary ingredients), Homemade Seasoned Salt is super easy to throw together! Today we're whisking up a batch of Homemade Seasoned Salt: I make just mine just a bit at a time for optimum freshness, but you can easily double or triple the recipe if you'd …

Welcome back to Midweek Meal Planning for the week of 2/18/16! It’s more traditional to meal plan on the weekend, but since our Chicago grocery deals mostly flip on Wednesdays and since midweek is when many of us start to run out of steam, we buck the trend here. In Midweek Meal Planning, we plan dinners …

Welcome back to Sunday Scratchups, weekly recipes from scratch around grocery sales and affordable ingredients. This week we're kind of stretching the definition of "from scratch," but I thought it would be fun to show you how I've been making these copycat Gluten Free Dairy Free Pizza Lunchables for Junior High Guy. Plus, there are …