There is nothing wrong with sleep training. You just have to time it correctly. From what you describe, now is not the time to do it. The four month sleep regression can last for a wh...

King Arthur Flour's blog recently had a great recipe post about dinner rolls and how to make in advance. There's info about making the dough and shaping as well as info about parbaking.

We inherited a 1970s chest freezer large enough to hold a couple of cows when we bought our house. I found that the organization wasn't an issue as long as I kept like items together- meat in one d...

If you bake a lot of bread I recommend the lift head. My tilt head lock broke, which renders my Kitchenaid pretty much useless for kneading.

ohjodi- We have a living room downstairs with a conversation area and piano. Toys aren't kept downstairs so we end up spending most of our time in our upstairs parlor with the kids when we're at ho...

Thank you for all of the suggestions! Before I get to sketching a floor plan, a few responses: The fireplace is our main heat source in the winter. It heats the second and third floors...