Category: Homekeeping

That trick where you cover the bathroom mirror with shaving cream and then towel the cream off, to keep the mirror from fogging up during a hot shower? It works!

Yesterday I went food shopping. I hit a few stores, Price Chopper, my health food co-op and Sam’s. I bought my normal four pounds of butter at Sam’s, but instead of the regular $5-6 I usually pay, I paid ten bucks for it! I am going to have to start baking my cookies with margarine… Continue reading Worth It’s Weight in Gold…Almost!

Food is our biggest bill. Granted, it is the bill that can be adjusted to some extent, but I think I have learned to adjust as much as possible. We do not drink a lot of milk. For awhile we used rice milk instead, but that is pricey as well. I understand the farmer’s need… Continue reading Rising Cost of Milk Prices

2A: Do not rest anything inflammable, such as library books, on the counter next to the stove. 2B: Do not rest anything else, such as plates, on the stove. 2C, the most important part: Do not store enticing goodies, such as cheddar-cheese flavored Pirate’s Booty, in the cupboards above the stove. I violated all these… Continue reading Peony’s guide to Fire Safety Part 2

OK, the stoneware and flatware I have been using since my wedding is dwindling. I think I am down to two dinner plates (out of eight), three forks, one cake fork, one teaspoon, but tons of salad plates and tablespoons. I just started looking online for replacements and discovered both patterns are discontinued. My stoneware,… Continue reading Oh, For Crying Out Loud

Well, actually kind of a bluish-greenish grey. A few weeks ago I mentioned taking Hambet to the pumpkin patch, and how Iris and I brought home some heirloom pumpkins. Mine was a bluish-gray thing, and I recently discovered that it is a“Jarrahdale” pumpkin. Last weekend I set about cooking and eating it. This was the… Continue reading It’s the grey pumpkin!

I have been working on Butterick Pattern # 3218, views B and D for Rosey Posey in a blue knit top and a matching striped skirt (made that today), Butterick Pattern # 3192, view B (center) for myself in a small whale beige corduroy, and Butterick Pattern #6286 (the jumper and little jacket) for Rosey… Continue reading Current Projects

This one goes out to Terry and the Summas: an alternate to wadding. Works well with hanging, too.