Prevent frantic calls from the pet or house sitter with a simple Continuity Binder
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
Cooking lists will inspire, save money, lower stress
Cooking has always been something of an aspirational pursuit for me. I'll see some recipe in a cooking magazine - or just an Instagram...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
ICYMI: 'Must Read' articles for April, 2021
One of the benefits of having wide-ranging interests and well-curated social media is discovering little gems that will inform as well as...
- Mar 30, 2021
- 6 min
Don't let Spring Cleaning add to your stress levels
Do you still 'Spring Clean'? I don't, mainly because being organized in my approach to weekly cleaning seems to lessen the need for it....
- Feb 26, 2021
- 7 min
The power of Being Prepared: The Legal stuff.
Who gets to decide what happens to you, and your stuff, when you can’t make that decision anymore? Is it important to you to die at home?...
- Feb 15, 2021
- 9 min
The power of Being Prepared: Part One - Overview
Are you a world-class worrier? I am. Occasionally. We all are at times. Especially in the middle of the night. That's when worries really...
- Jan 30, 2021
- 3 min
Swing-top bottles are my space-saving, money-saving favorites
Once upon a time, I thought Swing-Top (aka flip top, or bail, brace or E-Z Cap closure) bottles were just for beer. Then, I started...
- Jan 12, 2021
- 3 min
Empty out those bags of frozen vegetables so you can see what you've got!
It's one of my pet peeves: Buying a new bag of frozen vegetables only to later discover a partially used one - with a sad little...
- Dec 22, 2020
- 5 min
Is 'scarcity mentality' eating up your time and resources?
It started with toilet paper. Then, the cleaning supplies ... and Clorox disappeared. Canned goods were next. The 'scarcity mentality'...
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
Protect yourself and the grocery delivery person
Until the pandemic, I thought only very busy professionals - think Manhattan - had groceries delivered. Now, I find myself having...
- Dec 8, 2020
- 6 min
Pare your kitchen down to the right essentials
Years ago, I couldn't seem to get enough gadgets and gizmos. I had two different types of pressure cookers, a rice cooker, one of those...
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
Keep those shirts and jackets off the closet floor.
My husband just can't button a shirt on the hanger. They slide off onto the floor. Same with the lighter weight jackets. Well, it's not...
- Nov 22, 2020
- 6 min
These 10 simple kitchen hacks will prevent dinner-time meltdowns.
We've all been there. The clock marches up to the dinner hour and you have that wide-eyed 'deer in the headlights' look. Uh. Oh. What are...
- Nov 14, 2020
- 1 min
Corral all those tea bags, Ma'am!
I'm a BIG tea drinker. And, I have a LOT of different kinds of tea. It's a lot to corral and keep track of. Shuffling around random tea...
- Nov 8, 2020
- 1 min
Kitchen Equipment: Measuring cups
I've got several measuring cups, beginning with the tried and true Pyrex models in three different sizes. They're durable, and like mine,...
- Nov 8, 2020
- 2 min
Kitchen Equipment: Funnels
I grab for a funnel several times a week. To pour the newest batch of home fermented Kombucha into the Grolsch bottles, ground flaxseed...
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Mason Jars Are Your Kitchen and Pantry Savior
File this under what I used to believe: that I needed specific kinds of containers for different pantry items. And, then specific...
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Buying The Wrong Things In Bulk Is No Bargain.
We've all done it. Spent an afternoon wandering the aisles of Costco or Sam's Club, and whoops! How'd we manage to buy all of that? But,...
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