We haven't been on the receiving end, but we recently gave a friend's 1 yr old daughter this great Melissa & Doug frog pull toy that we found at a local toy store. They also sell other similar toy...
I split the difference by getting a bunch of reusable Recycline Preserve plates & cups for a 20 person BBQ I was hosting. They're great b/c you can buy a large quantity (I found them at Whole Foo...
@teacase, I heartily agree. My husband & I are fortunate to be debt-free (after some work at it), with the considerable exception of our student loans. The best I can recommend is setting up auto...
I rarely drag out my food processor for slicing since I'd have to clean it afterwards. If I had a few pounds of potatoes to slice, that's one thing, but I've never dealt with enough asparagus at o...
I snap and never peel & trim. However, if I have a lot of asparagus to prepare, I'll just snap a couple & then chop the rest based on a rough estimate of how much I snapped off. If it seems espec...
i take about 10 minutes to shower, unless i have to shave. we have a radio with a clock in the shower, so i'm usually well aware of how long i've spent...also, i stay in bed until the last possibl...
i went through this process a little over a year ago, when i gave away all of my cheapo pans. i bought a 12" stainless steel skillet, a 2 qt enameled iron sauce pan, a 4 qt enameled iron saucier p...
i arranged books & cds by color. we separate our fiction & non- & it works great for fiction -- we have a bookcase as soon as you walk into our house & guests often seem pleasantly surprised when ...
i often reduce recipes so i need less than an egg (like sunday morning pancakes for two). i just whisk the egg a bit & eyeball it & throw the rest away. @sillyputty's approach is even better, alt...
pudding & pancakes were the first two things i learned to make in the kitchen as a kid. growing up in a (mostly) junk food-free house, i found it truly amazing that i could make chocolate pudding ...
this is a cool piece...and yet, i would hesitate to call anything a desk that you can't scooch your chair up to/under. you can sit near it, but not *at* it. nice as a standing craft station thoug...
i second @lerche regarding the less-expensive harmony universal remotes. i use the 670 & really love it (found it for significantly cheaper than msrp).
it's relatively easy to progr...
i have a lot of cds & have them shelved in my living room. if you think albums look cluttered, you *might* consider...arranging them by color.
yes, it sounds blasphemous & way too f...
A jar of molasses, from the top shelf of a cabinet to the kitchen floor. It took *forever* to pick all the shards of glass out of the sticky mess, but after reading these posts, I'm feeling lucky ...
@insanity_pepper - i totally agree about real simple -- i used to have a subscription but really there's only so much one can say on the topic of organizing your life. now when i flip through it a...
my resolution this year is to conquer eggs. right now, my egg repertoire consists only of: scrambled, fried, omelette (sort of), and quiche. oh, and hard boiled.
so at minimum i wa...
what prevents you from putting up a curtain rod on that white wall above the doorway? i'd go with white curtains if i didn't want to draw attention to it.
i use the mesh paper trays pictured above as a charging station, with a power strip & the devices on top & the various cords clamped with binder clips & tucked underneath. i use bits of colored ri...
just last night i made a pumpkin sorbet with canned pumpkin, pumpkin pie seasoning, a small amount of brown sugar & molasses, and almond milk. delish -- and more for me tonight!
as of now, it's been pretty much business as usual for us so far, except for the desire to eat out less for health reasons. that being said, we went for many long months on one income at the begin...
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We haven't been on the receiving end, but we recently gave a friend's 1 yr old daughter this great Melissa & Doug frog pull toy that we found at a local toy store. They also sell other similar toy...
I split the difference by getting a bunch of reusable Recycline Preserve plates & cups for a 20 person BBQ I was hosting. They're great b/c you can buy a large quantity (I found them at Whole Foo...
@teacase, I heartily agree. My husband & I are fortunate to be debt-free (after some work at it), with the considerable exception of our student loans. The best I can recommend is setting up auto...
I rarely drag out my food processor for slicing since I'd have to clean it afterwards. If I had a few pounds of potatoes to slice, that's one thing, but I've never dealt with enough asparagus at o...
I snap and never peel & trim. However, if I have a lot of asparagus to prepare, I'll just snap a couple & then chop the rest based on a rough estimate of how much I snapped off. If it seems espec...
i take about 10 minutes to shower, unless i have to shave. we have a radio with a clock in the shower, so i'm usually well aware of how long i've spent...also, i stay in bed until the last possibl...
i went through this process a little over a year ago, when i gave away all of my cheapo pans. i bought a 12" stainless steel skillet, a 2 qt enameled iron sauce pan, a 4 qt enameled iron saucier p...
i arranged books & cds by color. we separate our fiction & non- & it works great for fiction -- we have a bookcase as soon as you walk into our house & guests often seem pleasantly surprised when ...
i often reduce recipes so i need less than an egg (like sunday morning pancakes for two). i just whisk the egg a bit & eyeball it & throw the rest away. @sillyputty's approach is even better, alt...
pudding & pancakes were the first two things i learned to make in the kitchen as a kid. growing up in a (mostly) junk food-free house, i found it truly amazing that i could make chocolate pudding ...
this is a cool piece...and yet, i would hesitate to call anything a desk that you can't scooch your chair up to/under. you can sit near it, but not *at* it. nice as a standing craft station thoug...
i second @lerche regarding the less-expensive harmony universal remotes. i use the 670 & really love it (found it for significantly cheaper than msrp). it's relatively easy to progr...
i have a lot of cds & have them shelved in my living room. if you think albums look cluttered, you *might* consider...arranging them by color. yes, it sounds blasphemous & way too f...
A jar of molasses, from the top shelf of a cabinet to the kitchen floor. It took *forever* to pick all the shards of glass out of the sticky mess, but after reading these posts, I'm feeling lucky ...
@insanity_pepper - i totally agree about real simple -- i used to have a subscription but really there's only so much one can say on the topic of organizing your life. now when i flip through it a...
my resolution this year is to conquer eggs. right now, my egg repertoire consists only of: scrambled, fried, omelette (sort of), and quiche. oh, and hard boiled. so at minimum i wa...
what prevents you from putting up a curtain rod on that white wall above the doorway? i'd go with white curtains if i didn't want to draw attention to it.
i use the mesh paper trays pictured above as a charging station, with a power strip & the devices on top & the various cords clamped with binder clips & tucked underneath. i use bits of colored ri...
just last night i made a pumpkin sorbet with canned pumpkin, pumpkin pie seasoning, a small amount of brown sugar & molasses, and almond milk. delish -- and more for me tonight!
as of now, it's been pretty much business as usual for us so far, except for the desire to eat out less for health reasons. that being said, we went for many long months on one income at the begin...