Home-Ec Guest Dear Home-Ec 101, What is the most effective, economical and safe way to get rid of roaches?? Signed, Mrs. Wasp* Ivy says: In the many houses I have lived in, I have only had trouble with roaches twice, luckily. In one house, the roaches moved in my apartment when my neighbor moved out, and when …
Ivy says: My husband usually does the laundry in my household. However, that wasn’t working out for us, and since he had surgery last month, I’ve been taking over the laundry responsibilities. I’ve learned many amusing things while doing the laundry, but the overwhelming thing I have learned is just the fact that we have …
Ivy says: You know the Thanksgiving drill. After Thanksgiving there’s all these leftovers, especially turkey. Turkey pot pie, turkey ala mode, turkey sandwiches, turkey ceviche. Okay, maybe not the turkey ala mode or turkey ceviche. But we all have been there, sick to death of turkey and all the myriad leftovers that come after Thanksgiving. …
Ivy says: Are you having enough people to your house this Thanksgiving, that you need to put leaves (or, extensions, whatever you call them) in your table? Where *are* those leaves, anyway? Did you put them in the attic or the garage? Or are they in the hall closet? Don’t leave finding them until Thanksgiving. …
. Ivy says: Every once in awhile you come up with an idea that is so simple, you wonder why you didn’t think of it before. I was trying on outfits and hating most of them. The shirts were too short, the pants caused camel toe, nothing was right. And then I thought, “Why in …
Ivy says: Why, yes, I could use $500,000 for a dream house, thank you very much. Or 50 grand for a kitchen makeover. Heck, it’d probably only take $10,000 to make my kitchen fabulous. It’s awfully small. 😉 How do you win? Go to the Dream House giveaway website for official rules, but it’s pretty …
Ivy says: Since the weather is finally changing from hot to cold, now’s a good time to go through all your kids’ clothing and get rid of the stuff that doesn’t fit or just generally looks like crap. I use two methods to do this: at the source (drawers and closets) and during laundry time. …
Ivy says: The holidays are coming up, and with them come the floods of visitors. Nobody wants to come to hot, miserable Nashville in the summer; so I go visit everyone up north in the summer, and all my Yankee relatives come see me in the winter. It works out. But when the guests get …
Ivy says: Southern Beale brings us the news that Peg Bracken, author of the “I Hate To Cook Book”, has passed away: I was surprised and saddened to read Peg Bracken’s obituary in yesterday’s New York Times. Peg Bracken wrote the “I Hate To Cook Book,” a huge bestseller that became a staple in the …
Ivy says: I have several great posts to point out to you guys today! Check it: You know you want some cheap date ideas! Go on over to the Frugal Law Student to check them out. Kacie at Sense To Save has a great post on keeping your heating bill down to a semi-reasonable level. …