Aldyth's Profile

Wonderful on a baked potato with some cheese sprinkled on top.

I always take the unopened bottles of shampoo, etc. They look very nice in a basket in the bathroom my stay over guests use. I've also bundled them up and given them to my young nieces. They get a kick out of the tiny bottles and miniature bars of soap.

I accidentally stole a hairdryer once. My roommate at a conference left a day earlier than I did and I found a bag with a hairdryer in it in the bathroom. Since the hotel didn't have hairdryers affixed to the wall and I had brought my own, I assumed it was hers. I e-mailed her the next day to tell her I was going to mail it to her.

She responded and told me it was the hotel's.

Oops. It never did show up on my credit card. It isn't a particularly nice one, but I've got it stashed away for the next time mine gives up the ghost.

A fourteen year old boy's wet dream.

I love yellow walls in a kitchen. Kitchens are so broken up with cabinets and appliances, it would be hard for the yellow to become overwhelming. It's sunny and cheerful.

Mine belonged to my grandmother. For something that must be at least sixty years old, it still slices and egg or tomato just fine.

When I lived near Chicago, my car had to be tested every year for pollutants. In the rural area I live in now, it never has to be tested. That part's not good, but it speaks to the quality of the air 150 miles away from The Really Big City.

I'm most decidedly female and I want that as my retreat.

Every single poster has made an excellent point for what they do or don't do.

My system works best by doing meal planning. I shop every other week, unless there is something stupendously on sale during the off week - such at $1.99/pound asparagus. Unless the milk sours, I stay out of grocery stores until it is time for the regularly scheduled shopping trip.

That keeps incredibly yummy looking pastry impulse purchases down to a minimum.

It is practical. Large enough to hold soup or a portion for lunch, but small enough to fit in my lunch container.

It has the blue thing on top that you can pop to let steam vent when you use it in the microwave. The only problem is that when the food is hot and you pry the whole lid off, it can end up splattering you with hot soup or steam. I've learned to take the top off and rest it on top of the container when I'm heating something. It'll catch the splatters without splattering on you when you remove it.

I've found that reusable containers meet my needs for most storage. I have some plastic wrap in my house, but only use it when I make soap to wrap it as gifts.

I use lidded roasting pans, so I don't need foil as a cover. I put silicon baking sheets on my flat pans when I'm roasting something that needs more of a sheet pan.

I've had the same rolls of aluminum foil and plastic wrap for years.