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You know when you see an ad on tv, and you just know that it won't work as well in real life? Well I was proven wrong! I can't believe it, but I spent $4.99 on that Pledge fur sweeper. It really does a great job on my couches! But! Here's a quote from their website. "Do not try to empty or...

I'm terrible at making my own patterns, so I would wait until patterns go on sale for $1.00 at Joann's. Here's some I made recently, with ties that criss-cross in the back. The ones that go over the neck always bother me. I'm also working on some smock-style aprons that go all the way around and...

If anything, I was born to work in a small cubical, doing the same thing day after day, with minimal contact with people who utter the phrases "let me talk to someone who CAN help me, " or "Wal-mart has it cheaper." Oh, I found all my old natural gas bills from last year, and made a chart to...

So pretty! And right now I'm missing a wood stove so much. :( I miss my small home town, and small bit of property. Some people run from their childhood home/memories, and some like me, miss them and move right back!

Well my soap is ready! I love the rosemary and peppermint goat's milk one. I'm also trying to wait to go to the store until my mom visits, as she doesn't mind buying food. Trying to finish paying off my three year old desktop. Trying to pay my mom back for it, lol! Since my laptop is ancient, I...

I'm currently online watching this silly wave of precipitation blow in from the west... I'm curious to see if it's falling as rain or snow and hoping for rain! l love the snow, but I also have to be at work at 6:00 AM tomorrow, and don't want to slide all over like I did today! And I just need...

When I gave these to my co-workers they really liked them, and I didn't see a castille soap recipe yet, so here! This makes a low to moderate amount of suds, not incredibly hard bar, but is nice and moisturizing, and only has three different oils. "Real" castille soap is 100% olive oil, but I...

Okay, well I'm not dead or anything. I just can't find a good balance of internet use. Either I'm online all day, or not at all. Lately I've been paying bills, making purchases, or checking the weather and email, and that's all. (Thanks, Blackbird, for reminding me to post!) So here's some...

Thanks Farmfresh! It seems like such a small goal, to have chickens, but... Anyway, the eggs I had to buy are okay, but not great. The yolks are pretty pale. At work everyone kept complaining about how it's now unseasonably cold. And then they'd look at me and be like "....Why are you smiling...

At home, I had rum and Dr Pepper, and when I moved out, I discovered that the only kind I like is about $30 here. :he Maybe I'll try it closer to winter, when I really feel like that kind of a drink. ***Yes, it was my parent's rum, and yes they knew I had it. I think they were laughing on the...

Finally made some with "light tasting" olive oil. Um... Tastes like plastic. I smelled the bottle before I added, and did not notice any thing at all, but now that the bottle is empty, I can smell it. I added like a TON more spices to try to kill the taste (only worked a little). A lady at work...

Yeah I googled it, and I think it's normal. I transferred it to a clean bowl, because the other one was icky, and stirred in the hooch. Then added a bit of water and flour. It's only been an hour or so, and it's already bubbling again. They are kind of... Pushing aside the liquid. At least the...

Yeah, my mom owns it. I think it is a perfect home for either one person, or a couple. NOT cool when you have a kid. The upstairs is a loft, so growing up I had no bedroom door or walls for that matter. We did what we could with wardrobes and such, but it was still not fun for a teenage girl! (I...

Day 4! I'm so happy you said that there would be a little water on the top, or I would have panicked! There is water on the top today! What a difference from yesterday. Hope it's okay. So I can feed it? Just sprinkle some on the top or mix it in? And I would say that it smells better than...

It doesn't look like you'll go this route, but here's what my parent's did! They took a class on log home building, then built their own. Terrible picture, but it's all I have right now. (I've posted this before but it might be buried in my journal, so here it is again) It's basically...

It smells strong of bleck. I dunno, just strong and weird. I have no frame of reference other than store bought sourdough sorry. It would be called sour I guess. Now there are lots more bubbles, and it seems as though it's more liquid-y. I'll post another picture tomorrow. I still feel like I'm...

Farmfresh- It's so awesome that you've been able to hide your house! If I had to stay in my current one, it would be hard because of the split level behind my house. Their deck is perched over my yard, and they sit on it often. No hedge is tall enough, but they planted so extremely tall...

Okay, this is what it looks like now, almost in day three. The bubbles aren't from me stirring, as I only did that once, and so gently! But it's still a bit separated... It smells weird! I guess it's a bit sour, but right now it isn't like beer or yeast. Just odd.

So there are more bubbles now... I dunno if this is good or bad. So I wait two weeks before taking out half of it? I'm posting a picture tomorrow, I can't stand it!

Yes, their prices on alcohol are very good, which is why I buy wine (Lambrusco) there. But the store (at least up here, maybe this is not the case for all Trader Joe's) is mostly filled with prepared foods. Such as sushi, sandwiches, and frozen foods like their orange chicken. I'm certainly...