Ivy says: I don’t know about y’all, but it’s HOT here. It got up to 110 degrees today. It’s ridiculous. My air conditioner can’t keep up. I’ve been taking about 100 showers a day (okay, I took three today), loading up on water and lemonade slushes, and sitting in front of a fan. Here’s a …
Ivy says: Heather had her baby today at 5:29 PM Eastern time. It’s a GIRL! She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and her name is Elizabeth Suzanne. Everybody welcome her to the world, we’re sure excited she’s here. (And Heather’s sure excited to not be pregnant anymore, I bet, ha!)
Heather says: The next time a cotton sock goes missing, take its clean mate and fill it with uncooked rice, be sure to leave some room for the grains to move. Tie or stitch the end closed. You now have a a great hot or cold compress. To use microwave for 1 minute, check for …
Dear Home-Ec 101, We have two dogs and two cats, all dark-haired. Our house is COVERED in pet hair-hardwood floors, carpeted floors, tiled floors and counters. Even the back of our television collects HUGE fur-balls. Help! How do I keep this under control without having to spend 2 hours a day sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, and washing? Our animals are taking …
Heather says: The current heatwave has done a number on my allergies and the grass pollen has wreaked havoc with my eyes. One way I cope is to use teabags as compresses. When I brew a batch of tea, I store the bags in the fridge. When the itching gets out of hand, they are …
Heather says: First, I’ll apologize to everyone with preschoolers who now has a song stuck in their heads. There is no need to wait until you have been suckered into bringing something to a pot luck or picnic to make an appetizing fruit salad. With the recent heat wave, I thought a cool fruit salad …
Dear Household Goddesses, My nearly 2 year old daughter is many things. She is a clever, fearless, climbing artist who uses the world as her canvas. As hard as we try to keep any and all writing instruments away from her, she seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to finding stray pens …
Ivy says: It’s HOT! As I type this, it’s 100 degrees, and it’s 7:11 PM. You shall be reading this sometime in the future, but it’s forecasted to still be miserably hot, so this lemonade slush recipe should still be appropos. So let’s stop with the witty banter and just get to the recipe, it’s …
Heather says: As decluttered as I like to keep my home, redundancy is occasionally a good idea. For example, it is a good idea to have more than one alarm clock in the house for the night one decides to go kaput. Let’s file this under “Lessons recently learned.”
Dear Home-Ec 101, Ok, so I’ve noticed that I continue to get a build up of either laundry soap or fabric softener on inside top of my washer, the actual drum thing..I don’t know what its called. How do I keep that to a minimum… It seems like I need to wipe it down every …