You don't need to buy special microwave popcorn. You just need to use a lunchbag-sized brown paper bag. Start with a 1/4 cup kernels in the bag and fold the top over a couple of times, and on our...
No child should have a TV in their room. TV should be used sparingly and with family around. Teens can shut themselves away in their rooms enough without added incentives not to intermingle.
After years of making bread I have just recently added a new baking tool--an instant-read thermometer. I never really knew what that hollow sound was supposed to sound like. Now I know to take th...
Besides the bugs, spiders, mold and tendency of cut up trees to constantly shed small chips of wood and moss, there is the safety issue--all that fuel IN your home. That's why smart wood stove own...
On the whole philosophy of whether to tie chores to allowance I come down very hard on keeping these two separate. Everyone in our house does housekeeping chores to keep the house functioning; tha...
Yes, cooktine. Isn't that the tension we all have now. I would love to have the new low-flush toilets and bamboo towels, but to throw out the old toilets in my newly constructed house and the per...
Oh come on. I've had cats, dogs, kids and I have not had paper towels in the house for decades. Worn out t-shirts, kitchen towels and cloth napkins work just fine.
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There is also the LEGO timer which is ending up in a certain someone's stocking this Christmas.
You don't need to buy special microwave popcorn. You just need to use a lunchbag-sized brown paper bag. Start with a 1/4 cup kernels in the bag and fold the top over a couple of times, and on our...
No child should have a TV in their room. TV should be used sparingly and with family around. Teens can shut themselves away in their rooms enough without added incentives not to intermingle.
Ditto on the Borax. Inexpensive and comes in a cardboard box.
Having read the five reviews of this salad spinner on the Amazon site, it does not sound good. The OXO spinner sounds much better.
This is a terrific book--full of humor, common sense and good usable recipes. We are having the chicken-spinach meatballs tonight.
After years of making bread I have just recently added a new baking tool--an instant-read thermometer. I never really knew what that hollow sound was supposed to sound like. Now I know to take th...
$50???!!!
Besides the bugs, spiders, mold and tendency of cut up trees to constantly shed small chips of wood and moss, there is the safety issue--all that fuel IN your home. That's why smart wood stove own...
On the whole philosophy of whether to tie chores to allowance I come down very hard on keeping these two separate. Everyone in our house does housekeeping chores to keep the house functioning; tha...
Today is my birthday and with all the calls and cards I feel very wealthy. Perhaps this birthday glow will extend to winning some great wall art.
Yes, cooktine. Isn't that the tension we all have now. I would love to have the new low-flush toilets and bamboo towels, but to throw out the old toilets in my newly constructed house and the per...
Oh come on. I've had cats, dogs, kids and I have not had paper towels in the house for decades. Worn out t-shirts, kitchen towels and cloth napkins work just fine.