I do like smoothies but it's a pain in the butt to wash my blender (and I hate my immersion blender). For the past week and a half, my breakfast every weekday morning has been a creamy vanilla yogu...

-Bag of Goldfish crackers (emergency sustinence) -Vanilla coffeemate -Random loose herbal tea bags -Gum -Peanut butter (in fridge) -Tangerine/grapefruit Crystal Light ...

I cancelled my cable a year ago and only briefly re-connected it. I don't have an online video game subscription so that's neither here nor there. My home phone is the nex...

I have a favourite veggie sandwich, from a local lunch joint here in Ottawa called Gooney's: Sauteed mushrooms, cheddar/swiss/provolone, lettuce, onions, grilled eggplant, hot peppers,...

Thank you for the reminder to get rid of "the box". "The box" has been staring me in the face for awhile now.

No - and oddly enough, you'd think I would because the storage in my kitchen is so lacking. But I don't. Maybe I should, at least to keep my casserole dish in there. It doesn't fit anywhere nicely....

My chocolate microfiber sofa will probably go out of style fabric-wise, but it's a well-made sofa with clean lines (not to mention the comfiest napping-couch I have ever owned), so it's always an o...

Mint! I mixed peppermint essential oil (NOT extract) and some cheap vodka in a spray bottle and doused where the mice hung out - under the kitchen counter. I had to re-spray about... every four mon...

LED lights especially disturb my sleep. I can sleep in the sunlight and that's fine, but all electronic lights have been banished from my bedroom. I don't even have an LED alarm clock anymore - I u...

I live just on the outskirts of Chinatown in Ottawa - a quick Saturday morning walk to little ethnic markets (Asian and Italian!) and a great farmer's market. The surrounding neighbourhood is hip w...

Also, get unnecessary stuff off your counter or corral it! I find it really makes your kitchen look dirty when there's random stuff on the counter. I saved a clementine crate from Christmas as a co...

This kitchen makes me so happy. It's peaceful, and just begging for the aroma of fresh-baked bread...

My great-aunt Kaye, may she rest, dressed-down my mother one Christmas when I was a kid, for changing the toilet paper roll when she was in the bathroom - because my mom put it on underhand, and Ka...

For the vodka - do you slit the vanilla beans open at all? Is any straining required? I'm going to have to try this.

Always organic - usually local. Skim or 1%.

I'm looking for a USB stick drive that has a lot of storage and is nearly indestructible (I'm hard on my electronics) - does anyone have any suggestions?

I have a skin for my old iPod but it's mostly to keep it from scratching. Everything else is as the manufacturer intended it.... my laptop is a Dell, and I chose the pattern on the lid specifically...

Making single-serving quiches tonight and maybe a bread pudding. I also want to make some muffins so I can avoid stopping for breakfast on my way to work.......

Pasta. Brown rice macaroni butter/margarine Italian seasoning fresh parmesan. If I have any vegetables that will go with this dish (mushrooms and zucchini are a favourite) I'll saute them in ...

There was a period of a few years when everyone bought me candles, because I liked interesting, handcrafted candles..... all of a sudden I had more votives from the dollar store than I knew what to...