I read this entry on 101 Cookbooks and tried it out. I strongly suggest one follows the recipe as written in the cookbook. It tastes much better with ginger ale than with club soda. Also, using Key...

I've been writing on my hand for decades. Rarely do I get comments about it and it's a really easy and fool proof way not to forget anything. I've done the list thing on paper; works fine as long a...

I love my dining room. I love the big wood table and the cottage type chairs that surround it. I've never had company come over and eat on it, to be honest. I've used it for coffee in the morning b...

My entryway is modest. I put a bench along the one short but full wall and we put our shoes on and off there. DH wants me to make a quilt to put on the wall. It's a project that I hope to do this s...

I LOVE her magazine. The recipes are awesome and the photography is pure eye candy. It is an expensive magazine, but it only comes out 6 times a year. When you compare that to the 12 issues of othe...

Youtube.com has a few videos on how to make naan. Makes for good viewing.

Now that the cost of gas and electricity and groceries are going up, bet a lot of people will be looking for smaller homes or be satisfied with not moving up. Property taxes in the USA has gone up ...

Love my fence. It's aluminum. My husband bought the sections off the internet and did the work himself. With the sale price of the fence and the free shipping, the fence cost us less than 2 grand a...

My Dad is an awesome cook. One of my fondest memories are of him making salami soup for us kids. Sounds awful but that stuff was the bomb. When my son was small, I made it for him too. Good stuff.

This is awesome.

When I was growing up, we moved into a house with an outdoor shower. I was there for 8 years and since there was only one bathroom for 5 people, whenever the weather permitted, us kids showered out...

Here in Illinois, Lantana is no weed. Last year I was so happy with my Dallas Red Lantana that I ended up buying 8 of them last month to plant in the front of the house. The winters here are too co...

I second the denture cleaning tabs tip. They're also good for cleaning the toilet.

These days, I think my blender is my favorite. In the winter, it's my cast iron dutch oven.

Ha. My husband is a minimalist when it comes to MY stuff. When we 'de-clutter', it's mostly my stuff that just has to go, while his is deemed uberimportant and must stay. So, yeah, my spouse is a '...

Sweet tea, at least the stuff I've had, is overly sweet. The word supersaturated comes to mind when I hear 'sweet tea'.

Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, roasted tomatoes, salad and sourdough bread. It's not quite spring food, but it hit the spot.

Planted 4 tomato plants, two of them are heirlooms. I pinched off the buds a couple of weeks ago. I want the plants to get bigger before they start fruiting. Can't wait to eat them bad boys. The su...

I love Spam. There, I said it!! They've begun selling slices of Spam in individual packages. They're perfect for people like me, who want just a small portion of it once in a while and not a whole ...

You guys are going to turn me into a lush, lololol. Not really but man, talk about temptation!