Posts by justmama

frugalmama, did you try aiming a normal house fan at the vents on your computer to help cool it and prolong it's life. I know someone who did that for 6months before her laptop crapped out on her. But her fan in her machine was...

I did a little googling really quick and here's a quick review pamphlet for you: http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10026.pdf  

steel cut oats and applesauce is my FAVORITE breakfast of all time!!!!         Went yardsaling with my mom this morning and found a box FULL of legos for $10.  It's the box that a case of wine bottles...

I'm just updating in case anyone searches and comes across this thread.  After I posted, we went back on the Orapred for 4 days and she didn't wheeze at all for nearly a week and then it started up again.  I tracked it from...

My daughter tests positive for beech, birch, maple, oak, and sycamore allergies and she's been absolutely MISERABLE this year.  Her asthma has been really really out of control and I haven't seen her without a runny nose since...

I'm in New England but we've been seeing some unseasonably warm temps for the last month or so.  Yesterday it was nearly 80 degrees!  Today it was a more seasonable 62.  But so far everything has survived well and seems...

Speaking as someone who lives in a side-by-side duplex, I say be VERY careful who you rent to and think about putting a fence down the middle of the yard instead of a shared situation.  I used to live in a side-by-side with our...

^ What she said.       My ex and I settled things between us and submitted it to the lawyers to write up for our order.  We didn't have to negotiate in court or let the judge decide.  We are/were...

We do a bulk shopping on the first of the month for bulk goods like flour, rice, beans, sugar, oats, etc.  And then every week after that I do a perishables shopping from the perimeter of the store like milk, eggs, veggies,...

*deep breaths*  Just took my 8 year old to the orthodontist.  It's going to be $1428 AFTER her insurance picks up part of it.    And that's just phase 1.  That's the PRE-braces stuff that deals with her baby...