OT........When you want to say "Seriously ? You wrote that ??"
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Comments (17)Thanks guys. I'll probably be printing this thread out and passing it along. ;-D Well I think that for the next little while, every new client is going to entitle me to money in the bulb fund. I've been telling myself that I could gift some of the bulbs I'm ordering, but I may decide that its not reasonable to give them away before I've seen them bloom myself. he he In the meantime, I've cleaned up the far side of the house and set up shelving against the west wall so I have plenty of room to winter my seedlings. Genez...See MorePursuing Pasta Perfection
Comments (32)It is really interesting to read all the tips and methods that people follow. I did try the Bionature pasta and I really loved the texture of the whole wheat. We tried both the spagetti and the fusili and it was really good. A couple of kids who were visiting seemed to prefer that to the barilla version (I made both). I am very intrigued by the hydrated cold water pasta method. I am going to give that a try as DH is the dishwasher in chief and he is not happy when I pul out my 8qt pasta pot with the colander insert. Sauce coating the pasta - I feel that this is kind of important as I like to make pasta with just enough sauce - not too much. Have blobs of sauce on the plate that you can spoon up would be not nice in my books. I saw that with the bronze die pasta (Bionature), the pest kind of coated it better. I did not see the much uncoated surface of the pasta. The Barilla was not coated as much. It would be nicer to taste the sauce first and not the blandness of pasta.Whether the extra cost of the bronze die pasta is worth it or not is a personal call. Mileage may vary there and as someone suggested, it may be more important for some recipes but not others. Carrying the argument to the other extreme, a super slick pasta version might be rice noodles or one of those zero cal tofu noodles. Nothing sticks to that :)...See MoreOT? Homemaking when you're never home ...
Comments (26)Thank you all so very much for your thoughtful, moving responses. Wow - I'm overwhelmed to know that so many of you feel similarly, and also wowed that there at least a couple of you whose lifestyles are like mine - with your hubbies staying at home while you go out there and bring home the bacon. (It is an unusual lifestyle, and I've found, surprisingly, that even in this day and age of acceptance, many people still raise eyebrows at the choice that my DH and I have made in this regard.) I think that women just lean naturally more towards that nurturing instinct than men, which is pretty much what Red said. Not that there aren't men who make a home and do it beautifully (I think of my own dad, who adores making homemade soup and knows how to clean house down to the last perfect detail), but more often than not, home-nurturing is a feminine trait. Perhaps it is a combination of seasonal change and hormones and "the grass is greener syndrome" rearing up in me that's causing my feelings. We don't have kids at home, although 7 indoor cats are demanding and force constant cleaning vigilance around the house. I must admit, I'm thankful that DH is home to deal with the nastier aspects of this, as I have zero desire to wipe up kitty barf or clean up the misplaced "tootsie rolls" that magically appear on the rugs at times. In my past life (when I was married to my ex), I spent 4 years as a full-time homemaker, and I absolutely adored being at home. That was a period in which some of my fondest memories were made, as my mom and I got to enjoy hours of "girl time" together. We shopped, we lunched, we traveled, and on my own I decorated and gardened and cooked and sewed, and did not for one minute miss the outside workplace. After four years circumstances dictated that I go back to work full time, and I've now been at this job for 15 years. Just as I was thankful for my time off work, I'm also thankful for my job. I know it's enabled me to do much and have things and experiences that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to. A very important part of my life nowadays is traveling. DH and I love Mexico, and I honestly am not sure what I'd do if suddenly I were forced to give up our twice-yearly trips down south of the border. This thread has reminded me that there are indeed trade-offs, and I need to be increasingly thankful for what I do have and love and enjoy, instead of pining for what I don't have. I feel I'm rambling now. Just wanted to thank everyone for the wonderful input. There's so much to ponder here....See MoreCan you clean faux wood blinds with a garden hose?
Comments (7)in my last home I had 1" wood mini blinds. Living in the country creates lots of dust, so I went crazy trying to keep them clean. You couldn't just give them a quick wipe; every slat had to have your finger touch every speck of it to get them clean. None of the blind cleaning gizmos ever worked on them. Finally, after 10,000 or so cleaned slats over the years, I finally decided to hose them off. I put them on the lawn, squirted them, used a soapy brush on a broom handle, rinsed and hung them over the porch railings. I used a towel to get as much water as possible off and they were fine. didn't warp at all and they never had been that clean with so little effort....See Moreyoyobon_gw
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