Arieloforange's Profile

Wow, it's perfection.

At work we taped a sharpie to a string next to the fridge and had a note that unlabeled and undated food would be removed and that anything over a week old except condiments would be removed. Then when it was time to clean the fridge I could throw away things without guilt.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5615873_paint-over-mdf-thermofoil-cabinets.html

But I think non matching white cabinets would look fine too

My inlaws will do things like make chicken soup the night before, cover it and serve it the next day, with no refrigeration in between. They're from a rural part of Mexico without refrigeration. I worked for a grocery store and was trained as a food safety specialist. We've lived with them for a few months at a time several times. It's not a pleasant situation. Over the years though I've relaxed and eaten many things they've cooked and never gotten sick. They never get sick from them. I'm more cautious with my children though and won't give them anything of grandma's that wasn't freshly made. It's a tough situation. I agree with the above poster who said they'd suggest putting the food away.

I know a lot of filipinos and have been to the Philippines 3 times. Don't mess with the rice! It needs to be plain white rice or it isn't a meal. We have a filipino preacher who stays with my family sometimes and he hates most US potlucks because he just wants some plain rice and if he finds any it's in a casserole.

Another thing is make sure there's ketchup on the table, or banana sauce. If you want you can make it pretty by putting it in a dish, but it's a necessary condiment.

Good luck! I was engaged to a filipino guy but the only cooking I did for his family was making guacamole which they declared gross ;-) I do agree that avocado milkshakes taste pretty good though.

If it fits you best at this time I'd go for the two bedroom. We had secondary infertility with our second, 3 years later than planned he'll be born.

We were in a two bedroom apartment when he was conceived, which we were fine with till 18 months as the baby would just share a room with us, and now we find we're moving from California to Texas for work and we'll probably get a 3-4 bedroom there. There's no predicting where life will take you. If you're not buying I see no reason to get a bigger place than you need right now.

No picture, but this sounds like them

http://www.ehow.com/how_4898249_make-swirl-lollipops.html

I love to cook

I think it's cool that some fans of Trader Joe's put together that book. It's not by Trader Joe's though and sadly, a lot of the ingredients have been discontinued. There's still quite a few good ideas in there though.

I'm normally car free as my husband takes our car to work and since we work opposite shifts I'm rarely home at the same time as him. This summer however he's taking classes two days a week and there's a bus that can take him to school. It worked out perfectly that a mom from my son's preschool organized a playdate at a different park every Thursday, which is one of the days I have the car. My son and I are really enjoying visiting a new park every week.

There is something to be said for having a park that's "yours" though. Our apartment is next door to a park and we tend to see the same people every time we go so we have his "park friends"