How to Make Homemade Woolen Dryer Balls, eliminate dryer sheets for good!

Do you want to eliminate commercial dryer sheets? The same ones full of chemicals and paraffin? We did too. I made the switch and we have never looked back! And the best part? Your clothes are just as soft when you take them from the dryer...From the DIY Homemade Household, side of the blog!

Homemade Wool Dryer Balls. 

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 07.17.2026

Hello and welcome to another great weekend! 

And what better way to enjoy it, in full, than with a visit to Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! for July 17, 2026!

What makes this link-up special is that we encourage you to link up not only your current posts and good ideas, but also the great stuff in your archives! Yes, let's all show some love for those great posts resting in the archives, until you share them again.

Casey's Blue Cheese Vinaigrette, a restaurant favorite, now made at home.

Casey's Blue Cheese Vinaigrette. The house dressing served at a small family-run Italian café in California. Where they proudly served pasta covered with their own fresh homemade red sauce, and always a salad of tossed greens with this house dressing...

Snacks to Satisfy and Nourish. Because snacking can also be good!

My husband is a snack-er, as am I. And while he tends to head toward snacks of a sweeter nature, I try to head towards those with fiber and a bit more nutrition. There is a reason for nutritious snacks, one is for those with small appetites' and two, smaller eaters often get hungry before the next meal. 

So why not offer snacks that are just as nutritious as the meals you serve? We love all of these, come and take a peek at our healthy snacks roundup. This round up offers snacks with protein, fiber and almost no refined sugar. Real food for real hunger...

Welcome to The Senior Salon Pit Stop #419

Welcome! The Senior Salon Pit Stop is now open! 

We invite you to come and take a look at all the wonderful recipes, craft and upcycling ideas in today's line up. Along with thrifting treasures, photography and a wonderful assortment of family friendly articles being shared. I can guarantee that, you will be pleasantly surprised, with all the good stuff you are about to find…so I invite you to come and take a look. And while you are here to visit, I hope you have brought along some ideas of your own to share with all of us as well!

 

Just Say YES to Popcorn and Other Healthy Snacks!

Snacks will either make or break your overall nutrition for the day. Wait, did I did use nutrition and snacks in the same sentence?...I did, because you can in fact snack and add good nutrition along the way. Most of these snacks we offer are crazy easy as well as delicious, today we are making popcorn...

Weekend Traffic Jam Weekend 7.10.2026

Hello and welcome to another great weekend! 

And what better way to enjoy it, in full, than with a visit to Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! for July 10, 2026!

What makes this link-up special is that we encourage you to link up not only your current posts and good ideas, but also the great stuff in your archives! Yes, let's all show some love for those great posts resting in the archives, until you share them again.

Welcome to The Senior Salon Pit Stop #418

Welcome! The Senior Salon Pit Stop is now open! 

We invite you to come and take a look at all the wonderful recipes, craft and upcycling ideas in today's line up. Along with thrifting treasures, photography and a wonderful assortment of family friendly articles being shared. I can guarantee that, you will be pleasantly surprised, with all the good stuff you are about to find…so I invite you to come and take a look. And while you are here to visit, I hope you have brought along some ideas of your own to share with all of us as well!