There needs to be a specific place to put those shopping bags, so they’re handy when you need one. Organizers all over the world live by the Benjamin Franklin quote, “A place for everything, everything in its place” Once you have a set place for an item, it’s easily found, maintained and the house looks…
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Our Best Tips for Working From Home
You may not know this, but the entire Between Carpools operation is run from our homes. Most of our other work is from home, too. So between the five of us, we’ve accumulated quite a bit of experience being a WAHM. We had a conversation where we put together some of our best tips and…
Basics: One Bowl No Mixer Cupcakes
There is one basic every family needs. Why cupcakes? Because cupcakes are always a last minute thing. Need to send something to school party? Forgot someone’s birthday is coming up? Kids bored on Sunday? Cupcakes always come to the rescue. When we decided we needed a cupcake recipe for BCP I didn’t have to go…
The Best of IKEA Can Now Be Brought To Your Door!
Until recently, if you wanted all the good Ikea bargains, you had to take a trip to the store. We all know that once you enter the maze, that’s half a day erased from your life. It can be a fun half day, but we don’t always have that kind of time to spend on…
We Love Card Games. Storing Them in This Case Has Something To Do With It.
Eliminate the boxes and you’ll be willing to play more games! Card games come in all sorts of boxes these days. There are metal tins of all shapes and sizes, large cardboard boxes with inserts to hold the cards in place, and flimsy cardboard ones that tear when you open them the first time. So…
Ever Wondered What BCP Readers Buy?
These are the most popular items BCP readers bought and used in 2019. It’s hard for us to know exactly what all of you buy and use from day to day. However, Amazon does let know know what items BCP readers buy online. We don’t know who is buying what, or where the items are…
Cleaning The Menorah Glasses Doesn’t Need to Be Hard
Here’s what you need to know to take this task from tedious to easy. Cleaning those burnt, greasy cups might make you want to give up and chuck them away altogether. No. You do not need to do that and buy new ones next year. Instead, just read on here. All you need is a…
30+ Phrases You Can Include in Your Thank You Cards for Teachers and More
Sometimes it’s hard to write a card, even if your heart is full of thanks. Having certain keywords or phrases can make it a lot easier. Did you ever sit in front of a card, stumped as to what to say? Yeah, we’ve all been there, many times. Often, though, once we think of one…
What We Learned So Far from “Dropping the Phone”
How shutting down the phone has opened our minds. This is how the drop the phone campaign affected our families and our lives. Renee: I learned that anything and anyone can wait. Nothing is as important as I once thought it was. Nothing happens when I don’t answer right away. I learned that I really…
Why Didn’t I Ever Think of Using This in My Ice Drawer?
It’s so simple and obvious. Get this scoop for your ice drawer and your fingers will be cold no more. Some hacks are so simple, that when you see them, you think to yourself, “This isn’t really a hack, this should be self-understood. Yet, then why didn’t I ever think of doing this?” It’s like…
