I make these every Christmas! You can use other cheeses like pepper jack and I sometimes cut them out into star shapes. Other times we add in cayenne and I've even used the cheddar cheese straw dou...

That's a lovely attitude to take towards (even hypothetically speaking) people who would take time out of their lives and pocketbook to buy gifts and spend an hour or so showering you with presents...

Wonderful job!

The house and grounds pictured on here are actually lovely. This surprised me.

My husband bought me a new turntable for Christmas (the old Fischer Price record player just didn't sound so good anymore!). We play records for ourselves and the kids pretty often--vinyl sounds good.

My grandmother used to make this for us--it's divine!

I feel your pain! I always wanted so much more from bread pudding than it offered--fortunately I've had some good ones lately. Breakfast Casserole has also had the same effect--it neve...

My Delta crib (from Babies R Us) is a Jenny Lind. One side is fixed and the other raises and lowers. Hope that helps!

While this may be useful if you are in the bathroom with your kids, the bottom line is that infants and toddlers should not have free access to bathrooms AT ALL. So many children have drowned in tu...

Portraits, pewter serving pieces, pottery, deep porches, green lawns and beds of aspidistra, camellias, cannas, daylilies, magnolias, leland cypresses--almost all "pass-alongs" from neighbors and f...

I made a three layer cake using the joy of cooking's white layer cake recipe-- it turned out great! Honestly, with the gel food coloring, the amount of dye is negligible. It takes so little to get ...

Maybe you should hang your mirror lower--almost touching the top of the chest.

I loved my pogo ball. We played with them during recess when I was in 3rd grade--what a great toy!

Two suggestions: spray in insulation, for one--I think you can even just have loose fiberglass blown in which would be great if access to the pipes is a necessity. Secondly, this is ki...

Simply Slipcovers published by Sunset ( got it off of Amazon ) was a simply wonderful guide. I used it for my couch and it helped tremendously. It taught me how to "pin-fit" rather than to use a pa...

I still have mine--and some of my mothers: that's fifties, sixties and eighties--what a great idea! The 101 Dalmations is one of them and I think I'll be buying some record frames soon!

Perhaps that is what "those kinds of people" like and enjoy living with? Sometimes things are just cultural. That said, I think it's interesting that someone is using a hand-done technique to creat...

I use (per one cup) 1 TB Dr. Bronner's, and a couple of dashes of peppermint, tea tree and lavender oils. The smell is heavenly! I also mix up a batch and keep it in a spray bottle. When the messes...

And, roller shades are fabulously cheap. The store-that-shall-not-be-named had some for five dollars. : )

I am posting without reading previous posts, but you could buy some very inexpensive roller blinds and paint them with glorious colors. During the day they would all but disappear and let the light...