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Kim, I have a lot of dry goods stored in canning jars. I put them in, put the lids on, and stash them in the freezer for a few days. That kills any unseen critters or eggs. Then I take them out and store them in the pantry. It's that easy. I don't bother with oven canning, but if it's possible I...

I was making something for dinner many years ago, and my kids were demanding to know what was for dinner. I finally yelled, "Glop! And you'll eat it or go hungry!" Well, they loved it, and now regularly request glop for dinner. It's simple: Cut up an onion or two, dice 3-4 potatoes, add a pound...

Here's a weird one for ya... My son wet the bed until he was 10. Heavy sleeper, plus `he has Asperger's, and socially he just didn't care. He has a lousy sense of smell, so to him it was just water. I made him do the laundry, took him to bed at midnight, etc. but nothing worked...until..I'm not...

Since I have health issues, I only dry about 1/2 of my clothes on wooden racks in my laundry room, which is in the basement. But I compensate for that, because I vent the dryer into the house instead of to the outside in the winter...why should I be sending warm, moist air out to the...

If there is a Mormon cannery nearby, they will often sell wheat to you if you "can" it in #10 cans yourself. I do that, then grind as I need it. Whole wheat lasts forever, but the flour doesn't!

My college-aged son has gone dumpster-diving tons of times. He would come home with a lot of baked goods and produce that had been thrown out. When someone caught him at it (rarely), he would say he was looking for boxes. Once a guy caught him red-handed with a 20-lb bag of potatoes. The guy...

I saw about 10 minutes of that show. It kind of cracked me up. A couple who a few times a year go on "fasts" where they spend no money for a week. I thought, hey, I do that all the time, what's the big deal? And by the end of the week they were "desperate" because they had no food and refused to...

We have a running joke in our family. When my daughter was 2, I was awakened about 4 a.m. by the sound of her sobbing hysterically. I went running into her room and found her lying in bed, tears running down her face. I urgently asked her what was wrong, and she sobbed, "Crunch berries! I want...

I would give anything to go on disability, but my check amount wouldn't be enough to even cover my mortgage, let alone living expenses. And I have terminal cancer, so that would be an automatic approval. I will likely work until I die. It's a crappy world sometimes.:(

A year or so ago, my brother was walking home from the bus stop and a neighbor's dog was on the sidewalk, growling at them, unleashed. My brother said, "Hey lady, can you get your dog?" The woman responded, "He is doing EXACTLY what dogs are supposed to do!" and refused to do a thing. My brother...

I have never heard of a cob house before, and I was also thinking of some corn-cob insulated house! I'm so impressed, I love the pictures I've seen. :)

Farmerchick, I've never heard of selling crafts at farmers' markets. I don't think we have anything like that around here, but it sure would be nice. I think I'm just a bit too close to the suburbs. And yes, Bimpnottin, that's what I was thinking. I've seen on Etsy people who charge...

I'm kind of surprised that so few people can meats. I've canned all sorts of meats and it has been great. I've canned ham, beef, pork, chicken, etc. The most convenient is canned ground beef. What a lifesaver it's been during September when I go back to teaching and have no time. Things I've...

Well, I'm an English teacher, so it comes with the territory that some things will annoy me. I had a teacher once who said that he would FAIL a student if they used the word "up" in a phrase. According to him, you don't stand up, you just stand. You don't finish up, you finish. Etc. So I asked...

I make my kids' costumes, but figure since I'm doing all the work, they'd better be useful, so the rule is that they double as pajamas...usually from sweatsuits. One year I used a pair of old sweats and sewed netting and a few extra "arms" under the arms and turned it into a spider. One year...

I don't know if any (or how many) of you have done craft fairs? I did it years ago, and started getting back into it since I'm poor. :D I've only done one so far, but I 've found some interesting things: First of all, I'm surprised at how few real crafters there are. Most of the people there...

p.s. I always thought of knitting as pointing the needle up towards the ceiling, while purling points the needle downward more.

Well, even if you're doing it "wrong," one good part about it is that it won't curl. I've tried making scarves in stockinette stitch and the edges always curl in. Your stitches will result in a nice scarf, whatever you want to call the stitch!:D

On the good side, our local landfill takes everything and recycles as much as possible. There are "stations" throughout the whole area where you can dump large/small appliances, computers and tech equipment, all plastics, glass, etc. The bad side is that they will not allow picking. My son used...

I have a bunch of dry goods in #10 cans. Technically, they can't be reused, but I use the plastic lids that came with them, so they can sort of be reused. I love them because they're just the right size for my family and they stack really nice. Even though I live in a very humid area, I haven't...