Astur's Profile

I feel sick just looking at this. I can appreciate it, but really can't handle glass floors.

I do this myself but everyone might not like it. I am not a personal fan of drier potatoes, like baking potatoes, as many people are so I like a wetter texture, but, some people might not like the wetter texture that the potatoes get as they steam themselves cooked in the crockpot. If you like a dryer more actual baked texture this could be a problem.

I call them soft drinks. Really can't help that i cringe at any other name aside from saying the actual soft drink name.

I use carafes. They are about liter size and I place them on costers down the table so that guests can reach usually. I try to fill them and put them in the fridge beforehand so they can indeed be taken from fridge to table. I sometimes intersperse with mineral water bottles.

I adore the baking spray. I don't use the other kinds often though. I am bothered by them but the fillable ones do clog and it's obnoxious. I do need to work on that though.

I have 6 cookies sheets for a reason.... I could use more even since I bake large batches of cookies at one time. Running under cold water really isn't a good idea. It may not warp them the first time but I can happen some time down the line.

I didn't register for a china pattern when I married but that is because I am an only child and stand to inherit about a dozen (no joke) sets of fancy china. Since the type of pattern that I would have registered for is about identical to something my mother has already - and her mother before it seems ridiculous. BUT, I went in another direction and began collecting silverware for myself. I have a couple sets and it makes me feel special using it with the white dinnerware that I have. Switches up the table some for company and much easier to store.

I only add the cream when i am serving, to each individual portion. That way it doesn't separate if I am reheating and then you get a slight cool down of the hot soup making it easier to eat.

I am very sad for the neighbors because their property value went down. Many people wouldn't want to move near a home like this so their home will not only sell for less but be harder to sell. There are ways to have kept the inside as it was but make the outside more fitting with the neighborhood. If you don't like the way a neighborhood looks when you are thinking of moving in then it really isn't a good fit for you and you should think about another location. I would say the same thing if a cute little cottage went up amid a number of contemporary styled homes.

First we divide the food evenily.

Then we try to steal the other's food when we think we can get a fork in.

It all works out in the end, sometimes with a few extra fork holes in your hand though.