One of the things I always look forward to during summer is the abundance of fresh corn in the supermarket. Huge bins of the produce are set in the middle of the fresh food section in our local grocery. I often see people standing by these bins, patiently dehusking the ears of corn before putting […]
Life is always busy. Housework is never done. And yet…
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time”
~John Lubbock
This is what I need. […]
One of the reasons I don’t shop online as much as I probably could is that I like being able to hold merchandise, check its quality, try it on, and basically just get a feel for it. This is specially true for clothes. I have a hard time figuring out the correct size for me, […]
I recently discovered Domino Magazine. This may be old news to some of you, but this is the first time I’ve come across this resource.
There are lots of decorating ideas at Domino’s. I want to show you these mix and match dining rooms. Tables and chairs don’t have to match to make it work!
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I’m finding lots of homemaking tips from bloggers lately. Here are useful posts from two of my daily reads:
Stacy Julian talks about how she keeps her home of 4 boys and 1 baby girl organized with clipboards and popsicle:
1. She made a summer fun clipboard showing her family’s plans for this summer.
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Did you know that Amazon.com has a grocery store? This means that those gift certificates aren’t just for books anymore! Baking supplies, coffee and tea, herbs, pastas, and bath supplies are just a few of the categories in the grocery.
Here’s a rundown of what’s cool about it:
* more than 22,000 non-perishable grocery items, including popular […]
You know that experienced cooks recommend that you write notes on cookbooks. I do this whenever I can, and yesterday, I found a rather funny note in one of my recipes.
As I was preparing to cook ribs for our dinner, I rummaged for the recipe I’d prepared once using my pressure cooker. It was in […]
I’ve been tagged, by Dexie of She Knows Best, to do this meme about seven random facts about me. I’ll try to keep to the theme (theme, meme! hey, they rhyme!) of this blog, which is keeping house, homemaking and general everyday stuff.
1. I own five mops, including a Swiffer, a sponge mop, and one […]
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