Potterychick's Profile

Could you give an estimate (in hours or days) of your total time spent on this? Even after reading through each step, I'm still unsure/amazed at how you managed to do all of this!

As someone with a life threatening food allergy that can be triggered by being in the same room as the food being cooked, I'm very aware of allergies and working to accommodate them. When having people over, I always ask if they have allergies or food restrictions, and I work around those. I also let people know before I go to their home for dinner that I'm allergic. I don't expect to have special treatment, but most people don't want to send a friend to the hospital. My biggest request for parties--label your food. If I can see what it's main ingredients are, I'm much more likely to feel safe eating it.

I love family/personal photos up in a home. I have many of my nephew, my siblings, my husband and me throughout our relationship, and a wonderful series of photos of me with my best friends every few years so we can track how gorgeous we are getting with age. I love when people visiting comment on them. It makes me feel like my house is a home and I'm surrounded by love.

I lived in an apartment for 3 years that had only one outlet in the kitchen, across the room from the counters. And, it could only have one thing plugged in at a time or a fuse would blow. In the 3rd year, we plugged an extension cord into our stove outlet (easier to reach than fridge), and that helped immensely. We also kept our toaster in the living room, on top of a radiator. As for the bathroom, I just did my hair in the bedroom. Extension cords and creative thinking are your friends in this situation.

This might sound crazy, but have you considered a potluck? A friend got married on a budget, and one of her bridesmaids created a Google spreadsheet of needs/wants and so many people pitched in to create a wonderful evening. She had about 200 guests and we all felt such a part of the celebration. There were dishes to meet dietary restriction needs, family recipes, and all kinds of fun foods. Maybe your wedding guests (who aren't from out of town) could be up for it!

You can always do a local search on Etsy to find people in your area who make ceramics. Or, on vacation, discover a place so you have a functional and beautiful souvenir!

Since when is hose water so terrible for you? Did no one else grow up drinking water from the hose because they didn't want to go inside? I think this is a pretty good idea!

I drank pasteurized milk until I was 14 when my family started raising cattle and we started drinking raw milk. When I went to college at 20, I went back to drinking pasteurized. I never noticed a difference, never felt like I was getting any different nutrients. There are inherent risks in all our food handling and production. I do think that pasteurization kills good bacteria, as well as bad, but there are other products on the market that can fill those gaps.

I am often the DD in my group, so I abstain, and when asked if I want a drink, I explain with that answer. As I've gotten older, I've found a simple "no, thank you" suffices. I chalk the rude, probing questions up to lack of manners, but that doesn't mean I have to behave in the same way.

One of my favorite pieces is a sketch a friend did of me while I was studying in college (I had no idea, so I look very natural). She gave it to me as a gift, and when I took it home, my mom pulled out a photo of her in the exact same position while she was studying in college. Having both of these works makes me happy, and it also shows how similar my mother and I are, when we're captured unawares.