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My daughter REALLY didn't want to use this (she was 9) but during a particular bad bout of bronchitis she gave in. She was surprised that it was "no big deal" and used it on her own throught her i...

It had been so long since I used my bread machine that I moved the giant thing off my counter. I much prefer the no knead bread so I just do that now. Also we don't eat that much bread. We eat m...

Hooray to someone from KC! I'm in the metro area too, though I'm over the border in Kansas. I'm definitely checking out Cates though! Thanks and good luck!

I use a microfiber cloth and nothing else. Maybe a little water if needed and then follow up with a dry cloth. My windows have never been shinier.

I live in the suburban sprawl of a metro area and I got tired of phone books on my porch every few months so I called the company and insisted they send out the person who delivered it to pick it u...

Love Sunset!

Well talking about ants brings to mind the movie THEM!!!!!! I love it when they bring the little girl out of the tunnel and she points and screams THEM!!!!!!!! Cheesey but addictive. And I would...

Already have blue as a bedroom color and a queen size bed!!! Love to have it!!!

Something similar but a bit cheaper is at millerpadsandpaper.com for only 2.99 right now for only 60 pages, but the pages are larger

from Apartment Therapy - think.jot.draw on October 13, 2007 02:48AM

Drive to Lawrence KS and you'll have the Farmer's Market of your dreams. I live in the Kansas City Metro area and we have several very fine farmer's markets including one devoted to organic growers.

I wonder if Lorna Doone cookies or a shortbread would work as well as Vanilla Wafers. I'm not that into vanilla wafers.

I have downloaded these for my kids since they started. They are fantastic and my kids love them. And frankly, so do I.

from Apartment Therapy - Kiddie Records Weekly on September 18, 2007 09:47PM

You can buy window cling printer paper. What about creating a collage in Photoshop as described in another comment, printing it on window cling paper and using it to cover up unsightly views?

from Apartment Therapy - Slide Lights on September 5, 2007 12:25AM

Zuchini Cake. I have a great recipe from my childhood and my kids absolutely love it. I blogged on it on my blog at

We have a card so that we watch HDTV on our computers which are attached to a TV and a projector. It's great.

from Apartment Therapy - Survey: Do You HDTV? on August 28, 2007 11:20PM

This cookbook is also a favorite of mine and I recently posted on it as well at www.praiseworthythings.blogspot.com. Jill

from Book Review: More-With-Less Cookbook on July 30, 2007 10:00PM

We have a projector in our basement for movie viewing and my husband found out that the material used for lining curtains makes an excellent and affordable screen. I'm thinking that for outdoor vi...

from Al Fresco Films on July 5, 2007 04:41PM

My great uncle always tossed his into a big hot fire if they got rusty. I have done the same sort of thing by putting it in a self cleaning oven and turning on the cleaning cycle. It will come ou...

from How to salvage a cast iron pot on June 14, 2007 08:30PM