May 22, 2013

Everything Easter Egg-stravaganza – Name Your Tune Giveaway, Family Fun Ideas and Recipe

Today we have MORE great fun at the Everything Easter Egg-stravaganza – First I want to tell you about an Egg-citing LIVE event to be held right here at www.247moms.com. On April 6th from 1:00-3:00PT we will host a LIVE web Easter Egg-stravaganza giveaway – 2 hours of giveaways, Easter ideas and Mom conversation. Mark [...]

Real MOMS – Organization Tip, Lego Deal and Simple Meal

Real MOMS dream of Fancy organized homes, Cheap Lego deals, Simple meals to prepare – Ok, at least this REAL Mom does and today I have a few Real MOM ideas for you. Enjoy! Real MOM Tip:By: Valerie White Do you have a mud room?I have always dreamed about having one of those beautiful rooms [...]

Let’s Make a Meal – weekly meal plan

Planning meals can sometimes be difficult in my house with a variety of eaters. To solve this dilemma I have my family help me in planning our weekly meals during our family planning time. Fortunately they like simple meals which makes my chef role easier. Here is this weeks Novotny meal plan. Monday Night – [...]

Simple St. Patrick’s Day Ideas

2 Days and my world goes GREEN. The excitement is growing in our house as we begin the building of our very own Leprechaun trap. (thanks to the ideas I found in the Family Fun magazine). What about in your house? Has St.Patrick’s day gone from your childhood memory of making sure you wore green [...]

Let’s Make a Meal with a Cheesy Chicken Pot Pie.

I have been on the hunt for a new Chicken Pot Pie recipe that is simple to make and I think I have finally found one. Trish Berg who is the Queen of simplifying motherhood via her great recipes and mom tips shares today’s Cheesy Chicken Pot Pie recipe with us. Cheesy Chicken Pot Pie [...]

Time for Dinner – Let’s "Plan It" at the "Organize It Party"

What’s for dinner? These are the three famous words I hear on a daily basis from the members of the Novotny tribe. They do not like to hear my three word response: “I don’t know,” which usually means mom is now stressed out because she has no plans, is unorganized and has not been to [...]

"Organize It " with Supper Swapping

Time for more Party fun. Before we move to Meal Planning I have a few more pantry organizing tips to share with you from Dena Pasis About.com’s guide to Personal Organizing. How To Keep Your Kitchen Pantry OrganizedBy Dena Pasis, About.com Guide to personal organizinghttp://personalorganizing.about.com/od/kitchenorganization/ht/KitchenPantry.htmhttp://personalorganizing.about.com/ Empty Everything Out of Your Pantry: * Assess Each Item:Many [...]

Simple Quick Meals

Did you make any new meal plan goals for 2009? My 2009 meal planning goal is to find new recipes my kids will enjoy that are quick and easy, using ingredients I can keep on hand for crazy, chaotic days. Here are two simple recipes that Cassie Boorn sent to 24/7 MOMS. They are both [...]

Scones for frugal moms

The word FRUGAL has become an every day word in the Novotny home, as we continue to find ways to stretch our dollars. My kids are big scone eaters, especially the Fisher scones that I make using the boxed mix. I used to purchase my boxed mixes at the local Grocery Outlet store, and even [...]

E- Cookie Exchange continues

Today we will wrap up our first 24/7 MOMS E- Cookie exchange. It was so much fun receiving all of the great yummy mom tested recipes this year and I look forward to 24/7 MOMS 2009 E- Cookie exchange. Here are a few more MOM Tested cookie and baking recipes in case you are looking [...]