We have cfl's in our whole house, except for 1 in our bedroom & 2 in the living room. So 3 out of 25 are incandescent. Not too bad. My huge green thing is that I scheduled the insula...

Picked up my csa winter share yesterday & I have a busy weekend ahead! I'll be making some chicken stock & reserving the meat in the freezer for later use. Probably make some butternut squash sou...

Excellent post! Whenever I host a party, I create a huge master list at least the week before (quite often 2 weeks before) with the breakdown of jobs by day. The day before & the day of, I have a...

We are headed to a friend's house. They are amazing cooks & I'm excited to celebrate with them (instead of fighting traffic!). I am making the pumpkin pie (from the Southern Living cover this yea...

We have a set of cotton napkins from Macy's. They are too thick for my taste, but do the trick on an everyday basis. Line drying like k_mw suggests works well. Linen napkins get wash...

I inherited my great great aunt's fine china & I love it. I use it for dinner parties, holidays, & birthdays. The pattern (Tressmen & Voght TRV 15) has long been discontinued, but I have been abl...

Just started a modified no knead bread to bake later today. Also making Lidia's white bean soup & using the kale from the winter share. The winter share also provided me with some beautiful squas...

Sweet! Now I know what to make for lunch :)

Great idea! Do you make house calls? :)

I love the re-purposed bar! What happened to all the media stuff? That is giving us a problem... currently, the receiver & speakers are in the basement gathering dust. We now use our tivoli alar...

I just got my new Southern Living magazine & can't wait to try the cover photo recipe- Pumpkin Pie Spectacular. It has added ginger cookies on top of the crust & then as a decoration. Basic pie f...

And insert with a slice of country ham & pepper jelly!

More chicken soup. My family is all sick... so since I am well (fingers crossed I didn't just jinx myself) I am cooking like crazy. I made Giada's butternut squash tortellini on Friday- next time...

I use white vinegar in most laundry loads in the fabric softener holder (and put baking soda directly with the load)- now my towels always smell fresh. It keeps the bathrooms nice & sparkling clea...

Low flow shower head. Very easy installation & not expensive. Use baking soda & vinegar to clean i/o chemicals. Shower less frequently- bird bath wash instead.

Thank you for the inspiration to get mine cleaned off! Currently on the counter that shouldn't be- pumpkin muffins in a huge tupperware, loads of fruit (clementines, apples), avocados, squashes, o...

Carrot souffle! Peel & cut 2 lbs carrots, steam until fully cooked. Puree, add egg, sugar to taste, flour, cinnamon, cloves, pinch nutmeg, pinch salt, 1 stick melted butter. Puree again. In a b...

Sweep at least once/ day, depending on how crumbly the meal was. I have 2 children under age 5, so if I don't sweep often, it gets tracked thru the house. My husband's a much better mopper & he g...

Yoga is done indoors. Hopefully your home is properly insulated & you have triple paned windows. If not, that is the greenest thing you can do to update & stay comfortable.

Wow. Looks really nice & not what is expected. A new faucet would look good, too. And hopefully they will add a little more color in cool tones in accessories. That walnut on the doors & counte...