I didn’t really plan on hosting a bbq on the 4th of July. The lawn hasn’t been mowed, I didn’t have a much food in the fridge, bbq’s out of propane, no decorations or fun things planned. But when some friends were all excited about getting together to celebrate, we pulled it together and bbq’d [...]
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Thrift Score : Descoware Casserole
I snagged this Belgian Descoware casserole at the thrift store, and it almost exactly matches my bathroom tile. Yellow? More like YELLOW! As soon as I saw this in the pile of cheap aluminum pans, it was calling my name. I had never heard of Descoware before, but a quick googling told me all about [...]
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>Organizing the Cupboards
>I must admit, I cropped out the top shelf in the above photo, that’s where I keep the brownie mix ;) I had quite a collection of boxes and packages in these kitchen cupboards. Seeing the array of canning jars at the hardware store, I grabbed some wide mouth pint jars to decant some of [...]
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>Impromtu Clothesline
>I was looking out the window this afternoon, thinking how nice it would be to have a clothesline in the backyard. Five minutes and a length of rope later, I’ve got a load of laundry worth of line between the apple tree and the crepe myrtle.I couldn’t find all my clothespins, so I had to [...]
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>The Internet Wants Me To Plan Dinner
>I’ve been thinking about meal planning for months. Dinner is an issue for me, I go through weeks when I just can’t get it together and we end up eating sandwiches and going to restaurants. This year, though, after checking my 2009 count of how many times we went out to eat (186), I’ve been [...]
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>Domestics :: Laundry
>Besides the dusty floor, the laundry area should look something like this, always. But the laundry is usually the first thing to get totally out of control. Dirty clothes overflowing out of the laundry basket, all over the floor, it’s not pretty. Nothing to be done about it except to just keep on top of [...]
>Domestics :: Dishes
>Besides laundry, dishes are what I am constantly fighting with. Sometimes it feels like I’m baling out a rowboat with all these dishes. And since we’ve started having real dinners at home much more often, there’s a pan, mugs, glasses, utensils, etc., for each meal. But, as part of my home maintenance rhythm, I’m getting [...]
>Domestics :: Bed
>This week I’m trying get into the rhythm of keeping the house tidy and maintained. It seems like I’m always fighting the laundry and dishes, the coats and shoes that pile up in the entry. We had the house cleaned this weekend, so I’m starting off with a clean slate. And what better time than [...]
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