Home Ec 101

Skills for everyday living.

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Household Oddities And Axioms: WTH?

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retrochick.JPGIvy says:

I’ve been thinking about all the household axioms: you know, cliches or “old wives tales”. I find some of them highly suspect and/or amusing. Let’s take a look:

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Well, yeah, some of them could die or something.… Keep reading...

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Grabbing Your Moment Of Zen Where You Can

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In case you haven’t noticed, life is stressful. Sometimes you have to grab your moments of zen any way you can get them. I try to catch little moments of zen, like the peace of a quiet bathroom with nobody else in it, or driving down the road and catching my favorite song, or perhaps just enjoying the scenery.… Keep reading...

Making Cleaning With Kids More Fun: Cleaning Ninjas

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My kids were joking recently that we had cleaning ninjas in our house. I had cleaned the kitchen while they were at school and they thought some cleaning ninjas had miraculously come by to clean it up. From there was born a fun way to clean house with the kids: the cleaning ninja method.… Keep reading...

Making Things Last Longer

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retrochick.JPGIvy says:

Okay, Home Eccers, let’s tap into your sources of wisdom. I want to know how you make things last longer. I’ll give a couple of examples: laundry detergent caps always have three lines to tell you how much to put in, and the bottom one is usually sufficient, but hard to see.… Keep reading...

It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!!!!!!!!!

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Yes, my post title does require that many exclamation points. I was away this weekend and it appears my husband and kids decided to trash the house beyond the limits of what I can stand. Awesome. Luckily, this year my youngest son goes to kindergarten so I’ll now have the house to myself and I can clean without a little destroyer right behind me.… Keep reading...

Household Management: Determining Your Management Style

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As I’ve said here about 50 million times, Mr. Ivy is a restaurant manager. One of the common themes in our conversations is how other people manage the restaurant and how it meshes (or doesn’t mesh) with his own management style.… Keep reading...

Some Things We Save, Some Things We Throw Away

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Our grandmothers knew a thing or two about recycling. Back then it wasn’t about saving the planet, it was about saving a dime or two. That’s one of the nicest things about the “green” trend, not only is it good for our planet, but it’s also good for our wallets.… Keep reading...

Mom’s Rules And How I Broke Them (And Why She Was Right!)

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I’m sure it doesn’t surprise anyone to learn that when I was a kid, I’d break the rules as much as possible. Finally, to keep peace in the house, I stopped breaking so many rules, but I vowed that when I had my own house, I’d not have any of those same rules.… Keep reading...