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Some people are just so mean and it makes me so sad. If you don't have anything nice to say it might just be better to say nothing at all. Thumper had a good lesson.....

I think that it looks lovely and like a home that people live in. I do like show homes and but I like real ones also and it is nice to see a home where people very clearly care about their family as a whole. Pictures like that wouldn't never appear in a home that didn't.

So I don't understand something. I see quite a few people saying that they don't send invitations via postal mail because they don't have the addresses. So how in the world are you sending thank you cards? Regardless of how invitations play out, a thank you will never go out of style...

It's all me. Everyone that stops by loves our home. When I walked into the house my husband owned before meeting me the living room walls were red with purple sponge paint over them. Considering that he won't shop for home decor, paint, put anything together, clean up, etc. having a say isn't so much of an option. He used to flip out at first and now he just sort of goes with the flow. The person doing most of the work should indeed have most of the say.

Niche - Just to be fair, people will notice, but, if they are polite they will not say anything.

Why a canning jar? Because they are strong and durable due to their makeup for canning use. they have a thicker glass making it possible for it to be jostled around a bit without breaking. It can be reheated and reused over and over and take the abuse that a standard jar just can't. I use the glass freezer jars personally and have never had a casualty.

Depends on what it is for but I tend to seed tomatoes sometimes like for salads. Sometimes they are unfortunately just to watery and it can make certain dishes watered town and less taste. I don't dislike the seeds though, just certain applications.

I've been wanting to try one of these for a while now. Hopefully soon!

My mom is one that it must be her way. I hated every Christmas when it came to tree decorating. I was not allowed to help with the tree because I was told that I wouldn't make the tree look pretty. As a tiny child I was allowed to stick a few ornaments on the tree - in the back of the tree where no one would "have to see them". They were the ones that I had made in school or that had been given to me as a baby. My mother didn't want anyone to see them. When I was just in grade school my grandparents gave me their old little artificial tree. My mother gave me ornaments that she didn't want, because they were ugly, and the things that I had made/were given me and sent me down to the basement each year and made me decorate this tree. I was upset and embarrassed each year. I don't have kids but if I did my mothers idea that everything must be perfect would be to hard for me to break and I am not sure that I could let them help. I am really glad that I don't have kids to pass these horrible things down to.

I feel this article has some truth to it. Friend nicknamed me Martha Stewart a long time ago and it hurts me because I feel like I need to live up to the image, but I really can't. I want nothing more than for my home to look perfect which isn't easy to achieve. We hope to sell out home in the near future and I hope that it will be a starting point for something much better and happier for me in a new setting

DD Lizzy, that guideline doesn't apply to things like veggies. Also if the food it completely cooked through such as in soup it is fine. You just can't thaw things out and then refreeze without cooking fully.

Tip one works well for me because weather the soup is fresh, or being reheated from whatever state adding a little cream after reheating helps get it to a temp you can actually eat it at!

I will be making some soup soon. I just lost everything in my freezer last night due to the door getting caught and not closing all the way. Everything in there was melted and had to go. So sad!