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I didn't read the article but the premise immediately reminded me of a friend who just bought a place and who is decorating and finding it very stressful. She does read AT and other blogs and is having a hard time reconciling her ideals with her budget. Looking at all the gorgeous rooms and homes on this site, it is easy to feel inadequate because you don't have the money, time or eye for decorating.

Some of those are really beautiful, but I agree with imnessg, it would be a mess to transfer the honey from the original container into one of those. Also, because honey is so sticky, you would loose some honey in the transfer. I guess these would be good if you bought honey in bulk. Those open containers wouldn't be so practical in my house because we have some ants, and they would just throw themselves at the honey.

I enjoy my own cooking more than most meals I eat outside of home. I find most restaurant food doesn't stand out that much, unless it's a really good restaurant.
I do find my mom's cooking is the best, I think because of the memories it brings. And alos because my mom is a great cook.

goat cheese and plum jam on multigrain bread
hummus and aged cheddar

I live in a neighborhood with a lot of food options. There are several grocery stores, an organic co-op a nice fruiterie, a farmer's market twice a week and several bakeries, a fish market and a butcher a bit further away. I sometimes take the metro to go to a big farmer's market a bit further away but that is about as far I will go. I don't have a car so going to the suburbs is out of the question and nothing in the suburbs is as nice as what I can get in town anyways.

We pay between 3 and 5 dollars for eggs at the farmers market and from friends here in Montreal. I do find that eggs from some vendors are of better quality than others. That is still cheaper than getting organic free range eggs at the grocery store (those are over 6 dollars). A friend of ours raises exotic chickens as a hobby and sells eggs for 5$ a dozen. They are beautiful eggs, all different colors. Getting them is a real treat. I love cracking really good eggs in a bowl and see that their whites are all really well defined. So cool. I also love the deep yellow color of scrambled eggs made from pastured eggs.
I really love my eggs!

My husband and I made this meal for a block party yesterday. It is very good and we really enjoyed making it too. It makes a ton of food, so next time, I would probably half the recipe.

This is interesting. I have never put peanut butter in the fridge and never gave a thought to it. We use natural peanut butter and don't use it very fast and I have never had it go rancid. It does get a little bit messy when the oil separates and the jars is full.

Like many others, I prefer soap bars, because I find gels smell too strong and to reduce packaging. I buy Aleppo soap and put it in a soap holder out of the water stream so that it lasts long rand doesn't leave a trail of soap scum down the wall. It works for us. Interesting to read everyone's opinion on the matter.

I am also in the top sheet camp. I'm surprised some people don't use a top sheet, I would never have considered it before. Not because I think it's wrong but because that's just not what I'm used to. I live in a place where the weather varies widely during the year. In the summer, we only sleep with a top sheet most nights. In the winter, we use a top sheet, a blanket and a duvet because it gets quite cold.

We sent printed invitations for our wedding, which was fun and felt like an old timey ceremony. For any other event in my life, I would never consider using paper invitations. Calling people or sending emails is more efficient. I know sometimes for family events we receive them because some older family members do not use the Internet.