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Sour cherry jam is just heaven. I have to find some this year!

Ugh, we had pantry moths for a YEAR before we finally got rid of them. What finally worked? We scoured the old place and moved. Even then some came with us that were living inside of the couch. The only thing that killed them was a combination of hormone based traps, killing them on sight and cornmeal spiked with boric acid.

Connect to your router with an ethernet cable, (not strictly necessary, but more secure) and enter 198.168.1.1 in your browser to get to your router's settings. Should work for most routers.

Just don't mess with settings without your manual unless you know what you're doing!

I had the same problem with my Le Creuset stock pot! I would not recommend it. The glaze on the bottom inside and out cracked after just a month of use, and no heavy use, just boiling things.

if you find a glass (we use a cocktail shaker) that fits the blender stick well you can make quick and easy hummus out of different canned beans and flavorings.

I feel like the Ikea counter depth Whirlpool model we have is very quiet, but it's really the first modern fridge I've owned, so to you it might be loud.
Why not just walk around the appliance showrooms turning the fridges on to see how loud they are? Some of the ones near me keep them plugged in but off, so the light still goes on when you open them.

If you avoid slicing the root end until the very end it is much easier to slice the onion as the 'wedges' will stay together until you cut the roots off. It makes things faster and reduces the likelihood of cutting yourself if the onion slips.

You could also buy new plates (Ikea has them cheap cheap) and avoid washing them the first go-round, or at least get away with rinsing and so save water and heat. Then you could sell them all as a batch online. Lather rinse repeat, and they'll all match. My friend actually made money doing that. She sent batches of dishes home with pre-designated guests who put them through their dishwashers and returned them as a wedding gift.

Bead for life teaches women in Uganda how to make beautiful jewelry with recycled paper. Women around the world host bead parties that friends and family attend. The money they raise goes right back to the beaders and their families. I've got several necklaces, and a friend has gone to Africa to visit their village. The goal is to have each woman own her own business or otherwise be self sufficient in 18 months. They provide entrepreneurial training and loans. It's a truly awesome program.
http://www.beadforlife.org/indexS.html

We have a folding coated metal ikea drying rack, and the socktopus to go with it. It holds a good load and a half of laundry. When we move from our apartment to the house, we plan to install a clothesline for drying sheets and such.