5 Years of Home Ec 101 Awesome

Heather says: Five years. Can you believe it? I can’t. Five years and two weeks ago, Home-Ec101.com was nothing more than a little pipe dream, a what if we -you do remember Ivy, right?- started a site where we shared all the information we wish we had learned about running a home and cooking, without …

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Clean Cabinet Corners with Q-Tips®

Heather says: Some of you are like me and stuck with white cabinetry. From a distance, unless you’ve really let things go, white cabinetry almost always looks pretty clean. However, over time, even the most fastidious housekeepers will notice gunk building up in the corners. Q-Tips Precision Tips®  and isopropyl rubbing alcohol are great for getting …

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Friendly Travel Reminder

Heather says: I am currently on my way to Nashville, TN for the annual BlissDom Conference. If you are attending, please say hello, if you happen to see me. Please just be aware I’m actually very introverted and can get overwhelmed in large crowds. I’m a lot more outgoing than I was five years ago …

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Real Estate Ready?

Dear Home Ec 101, I am trying to get my house on the market to sell.  Any cleaning/organizing advice?  My house is atrocious!  I hope you can call that comment a “Sunday Confessional”.  I have a 20 month old baby, work full-time, and no one in the house cleans up after themselves.  I can’t keep …

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Sunday Confessional 2/19/2012

Heather says: People new to Home Ec may wonder what this series is about. I started the Sunday Confessional a few years ago when I realized how it was way too easy to only share the best parts of life. Most of us tend to compare our personal, absolute worst with everyone else’s best foot …

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Spots on a Smooth Top Range

Dear Home Ec 101, I have a glass (or maybe ceramic?) range that came with our house. It was new in June when we moved in. I have never had one before and am puzzled by some strange markings which have appeared on it. I use a ceramic cooktop cleaner on it about every other …

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