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I LOVE sunflowers! I planted some red ones that are blooming now. They just make me so happy. They bring birds too, so it's a win-win.

Unbelievable. I wish there were a bad experience list to put these stores on. If they're harassing you guys and the other poster, they're bad news and we should be warned of their behavior.

I absolutely ADORE Cottage Living magazine. I love it even more than Dwell and that's saying a lot, lol.

Wanted to see the chocolate on crepes, but the link doesn't work.

Great. It's dark and hot outside with thundershowers on the way. Oh well, it'll still be a decent holiday.

My word, those strawberry dumplings sound spectacular.

We're having a potluck. My dish is the absolutely delish Martha Stewart recipe for mac and cheese. Gruyere and white cheddar makes it expensive but it's totally worth it. I use sourdough bread to make the breadcrumbs out of and man do I get the compliments when I make it.

I made a to-do list/chart and I made it for a week at a time. There is no way I can get everything on the list done is one day and still have a life worth living, but with it being a week long list, I can get everything on it done at least once. I staple a month's worth of charts together at a time and date each chart. That way if I keep putting off a chore, I can keep track how long it has been since I've done it. The frig hasn't been cleaned in over a month, lol, but at least I know how long its been.

I hate lists but I've noticed if I don't use the chart, things start to look rather ratty around here. Sometimes I stay up an hour or two later than I would have just to get a few more things done on my list. I go to work later so I still get the sleep I need and things that need to get done get done.

Doesn't work for everyone but it works for me.

I made one about a year and a half ago, as a way to beat the heat in my kitchen. We had just moved so I used a couple of moving boxes to make the solar oven and I went to the dollar store to buy cheap metal cookware. It worked fine with things like carrots, which were made extra sweet by the long slow cooking with no water. I had a hard time keeping my cardboard solar oven over 215 degrees, so I didn't trust it to cook meat but it cooked vegetables just fine. I ended up using my slow cooker plugged in outside for meat. When we moved into our new home the following spring, I was too busy working on the house to resume use of my solar oven. Now that the days are getting hot again though, I just may resume in a couple of weeks.