Cheryl Moeller

Going Green in a Big Way: Recyle nearly Everything!

I'm going green in every way possible. I did it in the 1970s when I was a member of the Ecology Club at Kearsley High School in Flint, Michigan and I can do it again. We did a lot of good. Recycling containers, fewer roadside advertisements, and beans instead of hamburger. I washed cloth diapers for my children. Some of you are still using plastic diapers such as Pampers or Huggies, so here's a list of... (posted by Cheryl 3 years 251 days ago.)

10 Ways to Save Money on Graduation Gifts (By Preventing Graduation)

We have six children. Our third one graduated from college this month. Three down and three to go. It takes up so much money buying all those graduation gifts; I have decided to give you some tips on how to save money. If you prevented graduation, you would be free of all the worries that come with school. 10 Ways to Save Money on Graduation Gifts (By Preventing Graduation)... (posted by Cheryl 3 years 267 days ago.)

The Best Mother's Day Gift Ever: When Mom wins "Meal or no Meal?"

For Mother's Day week, I have added my own game show to the tradition of "Deal or no Deal?" I'm calling it "Meal or No Meal?" I think I can compete with "Deal or No Deal?" host Howie Mandel but I refuse to shave my head. My show works this way. I have just been on a field trip to measure the width at the widest spot in the Fox River , the pediatrician, the post office, the oil... (posted by Cheryl 3 years 289 days ago.)

It's Time for Spring Housecleaning

One of our most difficult choices was to sell a new home we had built a year earlier. No, we didn't have mold in the basement or obnoxious neighbors living next door; we just couldn't afford it. We were house poor and we were honest enough to admit it. Moving into a house half the size meant we had to swallow a great deal of our pride. Why was that so hard to do that one spring? Materialism teaches the lie that we... (posted by Cheryl 3 years 321 days ago.)

20 Things I've Learned from Raising Six Children

1) Salt, pepper and milk are not fish food. 2) It's a bad thing when your child calls from camp and asks if it's a bad thing if one foot is bigger than the other. 3) If you mow the lawn with the basement windows open the carbon monoxide detector will go off. 4) The ceiling fan doesn't hold more than a 40 pound child and is not a substitute for taking your child to Great America. 5) Two kids... (posted by Cheryl 4 years 4 days ago.)

Multi-tasking Uses for Diaper Genie By-Products

(Those long strings of diapers individually twist-wrapped in clear cellophane .) 1) Soak them in cement and use for building suspension bridges (another modern marvel). (posted by Cheryl 4 years 4 days ago.)