Tag: household

How to get your home life in order

Book Review: The Secrets of Happy Families

It’s January, and I can’t be the only person looking for inspiration.  Winter is magical in the Christmas season, with lights and sugar and warming cocktails and family gatherings and presents!  And then you hit …

Meal Plan Monday – August 23-29

  Thought I’d pop in to share what our dinner plans look like this week.   A few notes: 1) I love the Cozi app (which I’ve recommended before).   It puts my dinner plans …

Ten Ways to Use Roast Chicken

The fantasy: Your house is clean. Your children have finished their homework and are playing by themselves quietly and without incident. You have the time to chop, sauté and simmer, and fill your house with …

Last Minute Tips on Hosting Thanksgiving

OK. Thanksgiving is tomorrow. Your turkey is brining, your pies are baking. It’s too early to cook the sweet potatoes, blanch the green beans, or roast the turkey. So we have time to cozy up …

Polishing Silver

This method of cleaning silver, which I have dubbed the "No muss, no fuss way to polish silver" requires no special tools, no expensive pastes, and best of all NO elbow grease.

The Care and Keeping of Strawberries

Springtime is strawberry season! And even though the strawberries aren't quite there yet (the heavy rains we've had in California have really impacted the flavor), that hasn't stopped me from buying and eating pounds of …
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