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Restaurant Salsa for Under 1 Dollar in Under 1 Minute!

  No, I’m not kidding. I thought about naming this post “How to Get Your Very Picky Teenage Son to Eat Vegetables,” because that’s how it came about. For a child who has had a life-long aversion to vegetables and all things good-for-you, he somehow loves restaurant salsa and store-bought salsa in the jar.  In his mind there is no connection to vegetables here. However, if I buy tomatoes and chop them up to make fresh salsa, which is amazing, nope. He won’t eat it. Go figure. So…

New Year, New Look, New Site

Yay!!!  I made the move to word press from blogger, and as you can tell, the new address for Riggstown Road is riggstownroad.com.  I chose to do it myself,  (well, me and Google!) so it’s a learning process which will continue as I add new features to the blog. I thought I would start the New Year, New Look, New Site with a look at some favorite posts from the past year. First, everyone’s favorite food post: This $1/1 Minute Salsa   and everyone’s favorite parenting post (and overall favorite!): Consequence Chart…

Make a Chalkboard for Under $1 in Under 1 Minute – No Paint!

If you ask me, the BEST projects are the ones that take only a LITTLE time and money, but give you a result that you LOVE.  That makes this pretty much the best project ever.  🙂  How would you like to make a chalkboard for under $1 in under 1 minute, with no paint involved? I love it when cheap, easy, and beautiful all come together in a project, don’t you?  Years ago, a friend gave me this gorgeously framed picture, because she was moving. And while I love old pictures, I just never really fell in love with…