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Watermelon Mint Ice Cream 28 May 2011 | 09:44 am
I just love watermelon and I love buying a whole one, especially when they're out in abundance at my local warehouse store. Unfortunately, though, the Rickster and I can't eat it fast enough before it...
Drying Strawberries - Literally 31 Jul 2010 | 02:15 pm
Just saw this idea from America's Test Kitchen on how to dry your strawberries after washing them without bruising them: put them in your salad spinner, along with a few paper towels on the bottom. I ...
Fool Proof Sweet Tea 6 Jan 2010 | 04:15 pm
For whatever reason, whenever I've made sweet tea in the past, it has sucked. My mom has told me several times how she makes it (which I enjoy - she includes lemon, a must for me), but I've never recr...
Firstarters 30 Nov 2009 | 04:15 pm
If you have a wood burning fireplace or like to camp, you may find these neat little firestarters useful, and cheap to make. Besides, what else were you going to do with all that dryer lint? Thanks to...
Give Leftover Mashed Potatoes New Life 29 Nov 2009 | 07:17 am
I love mashed potatoes. Generally speaking, when I go to a restaurant, a big part of my entree choice depends on whether or not mashed potatoes are involved. Sometimes, I even request them as a substi...
Amen, FlyLady Kelly 24 Nov 2009 | 01:22 pm
In one of the bazillion emails I received today from my friends over at FlyLady.net, the sage words of advice below were found. While I'm not hosting Thanksgiving this year (or any, thus far), she was...
Watch Out for Deadly Comet 7 Nov 2009 | 03:26 pm
If you haven't already heard of EWG.org, it's a website sponsored by the Environmental Working Group. They do studies and perform tests on a myriad of consumable products in order to gauge those produ...
Whoops – I'm a Moron 7 Nov 2009 | 07:10 am
No surprise there. But I was wrong about getting dumped from Working Moms Against Guilt's blogroll – turns out I was never on it (insert nervous chuckle here). I'm listed as one of their friends (and ...
If You Want Something Done... 3 Nov 2009 | 06:01 pm
Forget "right". There are just a gazallion things around this house that need doing one way or another. Here's an example: After over a year of waiting for my dear husband, Rick, to put the hardware b...
Fifteen Minute Friday Night 31 Oct 2009 | 03:24 pm
One of the Fly Lady's mantras is you can do anything for 15 minutes. Tonight, I put it into practice while baking some of my Schwan's Monster Mania Cookies. The cookies are supposed to bake for 19-20 ...
