by Robin | Oct 7, 2008 | Exercise in Frustration, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Personal, Recipes, WFMW
This afternoon, I planned to do two things I rarely do: watch daytime TV and iron. I figured one made the other endurable, though really, I’m not sure which one I disdain more. Some friends of ours were on Rachael Ray’s talk show today, and...
by Robin | Sep 30, 2008 | Favorite things, Personal, Photos, WFMW, Wordless Wednesday
It’s the little things in life that give me reason to smile. When I’m washing my trillionth dish, whimsical rubber gloves almost makes me forget I’m workin’. Almost ;). Do you have a tip for making household chores fun? One...
by Robin | Sep 9, 2008 | Advice, WFMW
Try this with the next book you read: use an index card for a bookmark and have a pen handy. Use them to: Record words you don’t know (then look up when you’re able). Write out quotations you like. Write down page numbers with paragraphs...
by Robin | Sep 2, 2008 | WFMW
I’m in a rut. You know the one–the one where the same four side dishes are recycled over and over and OVER. Ad nauseum quite literally, thank you very much. While I’m all about recycling plastics and paper and glass (oh, my!), I’m...
by Robin | Aug 26, 2008 | WFMW
Wanna avoid the flakey white stuff that accumulates on your clothes when you use spray starch? Let it soak in just a few seconds before ironing and it won’t be a problem. Seconds DO matter in this case. Iron on the "wrong" side of the...
by Robin | Jul 23, 2008 | Food and Drink, Product Review, WFMW
More often than I’d like to admit to myself or to you, when my kids were young, I often relied on the "kid’s meal" for an easy, inexpensive lunch option. I don’t know if they THRILLED to these happy meals because they tasted good or...