I'm writing today in response to the "how do you do it all" emails. I'll tell you this... I don't do it all. No one does. When one thing excels, another suffers, no matter how much of a rock star you think you are. BUT, I do find it very helpful to learn how other...
I love Instagram. But what does that have to do with my Homemade Laundry Detergent with Whitener Recipe? Allow me to backtrack. I posted in my "Debt" post the other day that during our plan of attack I got rid of my cell phone. I hated that thing anyways, I was...
The time had come. Twice a year I clean my copper. I do love the patina but by the time half-a-year rolls around it's time to spruce it up a bit... I mean wow. Those pots and pans take a beating. Bacon grease... dust... daily use. Did I mention bacon grease? We eat a...
I love aprons. I love the mess of them hanging on my laundry room door. (Hello! - I love the stencil on my laundry room door.) I love buying them, old, stiff and starched to the nines, I love making my own starch and pressing mine, patiently with a fire-hot iron, I...
How to clean a mortar and pestle? Kitchen gadgets thrill me and I LOVE my mortar and pestle. I see out reasons to use it. Back story - We raise organic chickens for meat here on Half-Way Farm... la Ferme a Mi-Chemin and we barter with other people for some of the...
"I don't know how you do it with four, and one on the way. I have one and I am loosing my mind." Someone said this to me about three weeks ago. I stuttered. I didn't know what to say. It's not like I have NINE children. I mean, anything you say is just going to...
Many people want to know, "How is it with three kids?" As if I am going to buckle under the pressure or regret one of them... want to shove them back from whence they came... sometimes... regret? Never...Life is, in one word, BUSY right now. Getting...
Domestic Goddess Tip #1This may seem a stragne one to start with but I tried it last week and it seemed to work well on my kitchen counter, let alone if one was to store them properly in a root cellar for the winter. The tip then is this, dip the stems of your pears...