Hello. So as you can see, I’ve redesigned the site a bit. I wanted to make it cleaner and easier to use, plus add some new features and bigger pictures in the post in the process.

At the top, I have put all the categories for the site. These are the same categories that have always been there, but now you can click on them on the bar under the header:

The categories are Cleaning/Decorating, DIY (do-it-yourself projects), Food/Drink, Gardening, Kids, Money (focusing on frugality and saving money), News, Pretty/Cool (products I like), and Recycling.

I’ve also added a section on how you can more easily follow this blog. You can do this through the RSS feed, Twitter, or Facebook.

Side Note: lots of you have asked me for a mailing list so you can follow Savvy Housekeeping via e-mail. I’ve heard you on that and am planning to add that in the near future. Stay tuned.

Let’s see, what else? There are some other features to check out, including a “Top Posts” section and the new “About” page if this is your first time here.

Other than that, it will be business as usual. Hope you like the changes!

Oh, thanks to Liam Boylan for help with the header and to Mr. Savvy for help with the Wordpress stylesheet.

Hey, guess what? Savvy Housekeeping is now on Facebook!

Click here to visit the page.

To start out, I put up some best-of posts that you can view in this album.

Starting Monday, I’ll start putting the most recent posts as updates on Facebook, much like I already do for Twitter. That means, if you “like” the page, you can use Facebook to keep track of all the recent happenings around here.

And here I’ve come to the last post of the year. I’m going to Kentucky for Christmas, so I will not be updating again until 2012. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Blogging will resume on Monday, January 2, 2012. I have big plans for this blog next year, so I’ll see you on the other side of the holidays.

Happy Thanksgiving!

What are you grateful for?

[Courtesy Pixdus]

Mr. Savvy and I are off to New England for a couple of days on a little vacation. We’re going to Massachusetts, Vermont, and Montreal, Canada. Any suggestions of what we should check out?

Blogging will resume Tuesday, October 11, 2011.

No post today as I am spending the day in Napa, California to celebrate my wedding anniversary. See you guys tomorrow!

Savvy Housekeeping is now on Twitter!

I will be putting all the current Savvy Housekeeping posts on Twitter, plus additional cool links and thoughts. I hope you will be my Twitter friend! (Is that the lingo? I’m new to this.)

Click here to follow Savvy Housekeeping on Twitter.

You have one more day to enter my giveaway of Drink of the Week’s new recipe book DIY Cocktails. To enter, click on this link and leave a comment telling me about your favorite drink.

I will announce the winner tomorrow, April 13, 2011.

My long-term partner in cocktail making, Drink of the Week, has a book out called DIY Cocktails. They have been so gracious as to give me a copy to give away to you guys!

In DIY Cocktails, the editors of Drink of the Week not only give you plenty of recipes to try out like the Tomato Martini or the Italian Sparkling Citrus Punch, they teach you how to make your own cocktails using a system of ratios. But don’t worry, this isn’t about math, it’s about drinking! In fact, the book works a lot like the Basil Mojito we just made up, where you substitute one ingredient for another–in our case basil instead of mint–for your own creative spin on the drink. DIY Cocktails also has lots of cool “mixology” tips, like what edible flowers make great garnishes or how to make your own cocktail onions.

So! I have one copy of this book to give away. To win, leave a comment below telling me about your favorite drink. In spirit of the book, I’ll pick the one that sounds the most creative.

Make sure to leave your e-mail so I can inform you if you won. I will also put the winner up as an update on this post.

I will announce the winner on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Good luck!

UPDATE:

We have a winner! Congratulations to Christy Gardner for telling us about her Scurvy No More, which sounds quite tasty. We’ll be getting the copy of DIY Cocktails in the mail to her soon.

Thank you to all the people who entered the giveaway. I really enjoyed reading about your favorite drinks. This was fun.

Learn more about DIY Cocktails here.

[Currant Event Cocktail from DIY Cocktails]

Cool! I’ve been awarded a Stylish Blogger Award from Ronda at Lilacs In May.

Thanks Ronda.