Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!
Now that the kids are on summer vacation, you might be looking for affordable entertainment to break up the days. If you have older kids, you should check out The Cobbler. It’s got a great message and Adam Sandler humor. Let me know what you think if you decide to watch it–or if you have Read More >>
I love it when readers send in movie suggestions. It makes sifting through movies that will potentially rob you of two hours of your life a lot less of a gamble. Reader, Jen, recently sent me this suggestion: “Mavis, if you haven’t watched it, I recommend “The Giant Mechanical Man.” I watched it this week Read More >>
After seeing the original documentary Grey Gardens, I had my reservations about the movie version {free on Amazon Prime}, but I LOVED IT!!! If you haven’t heard of Grey Gardens, it’s about two women in Jackie O.’s family, who lived out most of their days in a dilapidated mansion in the Hamptons. Edith Beale and her Read More >>
I watched The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio awhile back and let me tell you, Bob, I love it. It’s based on a true story {and there is a book by the same name} about a woman who raised a HUGE family by entering jingle-writing contests for different products. It’s such a great story about Read More >>
This weekend The Girl and I are going to check out Fun With Dick and Jane. It’s about a suburban couple {Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni} who find themselves in financial ruin after his firm goes belly up. They decide that in order to make ends meet, they will start robbing from big businesses Robin Read More >>
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