I do! I'm no gardener, and with my allergies I don't keep a lot of flowers around anyway, but I just cannot resist lilacs. My grandmother lived in a 100-year-old house with a whole row of 100-year-old lilac bushes.  They were huge and beautiful, and the tops of these lilacs reached her second-floor windows (a Continue Reading

My first-grader has recently discovered Bakugan. If you don't have an elementary-school child, you may not have seen these toys before.  They're about the size of a ping-pong ball, but they're part ball and part "Transformer."  When you toss the Bakugan on the floor or pass them over a metal item, the ball will spring Continue Reading

There's a duck without pants hiding somewhere in this post.  Think of it as a scavenger hunt, but with coupons--and even a bonus recipe.  Hey, we aim to please here at our Ultimate Coupons regular Monday feature:  Weird Holiday Monday.  We match up some great savings opportunities with some wacky holidays and bring them all Continue Reading

JOB TITLE:  Perfect handbag for my sister REQUIREMENTS:  Must be large enough to hold wallet, The World's Biggest Keychain, at least one pair of sunglasses, a kajillion hair elastics, a book, a water bottle, a cell phone, some tissues, all the stuff her kids give her to hold, and possibly small pieces of sports equipment. Continue Reading

For the past two weeks we've been hand-washing dishes because the dishwasher broke.   It would wash the dishes just fine, but the handle snapped off, so we were unable to open it to get the dishes in and out. I never realized just how dependent I am on the dishwasher.  I still do a Continue Reading

My skin can use all the help it can get.  I thought that teenage skin would be a thing of the past, back when I entered my twenties, but no!  I've been clipping Clearasil coupons and they're not for my two teenagers.  Does anyone know if it's safe to use both "Oil of Old Lady" Continue Reading

Last week I got an email from a friend I haven't seen in almost three years.   Our children attend different schools now, and we stay  (sporadically) connected through email.  She wanted to alert me to a great bargain she had found at Pier One Imports.  Shopping will never cease to be a common bond Continue Reading

It's back to school and work for everyone around here--except for me.  I should be heading off to the kids' school library today, since I volunteer there every Monday morning.  But instead, I'm on the way to the doctor's office, since I've got pinkeye.   It's not cool to bring that to school! There is one Continue Reading

My seventh-grade daughter claimed to be the only one in her class who didn't have a cell phone yet.  While that didn't bother us too much, it was socially unbearable for her. For a while, her best friend was in the same boat.  The two of them, each time they got together, would compose little Continue Reading

...or maybe not.  No sooner did I start going through my closet and dresser, taking out the shorts and short-sleeved tees and putting away the heavy sweaters and turtlenecks, than Mother Nature turned on me and sent in the big chill. I never time this job right. Maybe that's why my kids keep their shorts Continue Reading