Ah, that would be the time when I invited my dad over for dinner in a "new" house. Unbeknownst to me, the old propane stove had hot spots. And not-hot spots. The same pan could be hot in one sec...

Amyrosa, I was trying to mentally salvage this but now can only think of tighty whiteys! Thanks for the laugh. And yes, awful. I cannot for the life of me think of a good use of this...

I gotta love the Eeyore doll, with his terrified eyes peeping over the piled mess of covers. As a control freak (and friends call me a neat freak, though I swear I'm not), I would us...

I think we overpay a bit based on what I have since learned about the area, but we calculated the cost of moving to a cheaper apartment versus the knowledge we will only be here 1 more year (10-12 ...

Lovewantgimme... very hot.

That white lamp is the exact model of my nightlight from my childhood- it's a three way lamp that lights with a key turn! Maybe I shoulda kept that one...

I loved my first and third apartments, both corner units, for all the above reasons. The cross-ventilation alone was worth it. Actually, I also had a corner dorm room that I loved too, esp since ...

Anyone else see the Solar Decathlon this year? I read those are 800 sf houses, and some of them are so nice that I'd move in tomorrow if I could.

Yes, indeed. Pfau's in West Hartford Center. Lots of hardware knowledge with a good dose of random stuff (kitchen supplies!?). Walking distance for most of the apartment dwellers.

I hope this'll still be there whenI visit next week. I've got major ick-problems with spiders, but this is amazing.

Love Darlingcaro's poem. For ants, we lay down cayenne. That helps a lot.

Ah ha, timely! I am down recovering from a badly broken arm. A week after the accident, while still in the cast and sling, I got the flu. Not fun, do not do. We decided to hire a ma...

Whoever made the Portuguese comment is SO right! I thought my Portuguese relatives had the choke hold on the creepy crocheted dollies. Even now, the picture gives me a memory of that old-lady sme...

Didn't anyone else notice the scientific equipment and the body ..er.. doll? in the last one? Wonder if its a commentary on the standard american diet!

The first picture is reminiscent of an installation I saw at the Hirschorn a few years ago- I think it was called "Red Dress", essentially a gigantic red dress which was just draped all about the i...

I always had container gardens that went gangbusters (tomatoes, peppers, and herbs). This was the first year we tried a community garden plot. Next year, we'll ask for better placemen...

Have I mentioned often enough how much I love ours? Yes it's expensive, but we use it multiple times a day. (Instead of buying 2 and more cases of seltzer a week.) Love, love, love. And since t...

I hate doilies. I just hate doilies. I hate those frilly insipid pieces. I hate making them, using them, cleaning them, and seeing them. But you must give me that couch right now for...

They also make it in a wipe. I've kept these in my office for two years now. They work just fine.

Being down with the flu, I was overjoyed to discover this BRAT-friendly cold thing. Now I wonder if the grinder attachment on a stand mixer (which demolishes cranberries for cranberry relish) migh...