Skills for everyday living.
So, it’s official. I’m on board with the whole Smokin’ Sunday concept. What I need to work on though is the timing.
If you want a look at the process, I used Instagram Stories to document the process, including the much longer than anticipated stall.… Keep reading...
What a morbid term, right? Well, it is what it is. How was your Thanksgiving?
Ours was nice and quiet. We traded food with my mother and stepfather and dropped off quite a bit at the gym where my oldest trains.… Keep reading...
First of all, everyone hates a meandering introduction. I know this. This is not an introduction. This is the methodology. Real quick, I’m sorry this was late, one of the kiddos was sick and with COVID and the holiday, stress levels were high.… Keep reading...
Do you know how teenagers will occasionally eat anything that is not nailed down? This week I planned for that and bought extra ribs. It was only my second time using the smoker, and then they took a lot longer than I planned, so all the teens snacked before dinner.… Keep reading...
Under normal circumstances, today’s mission would be to determine how long your turkey needs to thaw if it is frozen and your cooking timetable.
This year, we, unfortunately, have to add another big task to today. This task will be revisited over the next few days.… Keep reading...
Last week was a failure if you grade on sticking to the plan. It was a win if you judge by lack of trips to the store or drive-through. So, let’s call it a wash and move on to this week.… Keep reading...
I could really use some. This has been a tough week on quite a few fronts. For starters, one would think that having your air conditioner go out in November wouldn’t be too annoying, right? One would be wrong. It was 89 in my house for two days in a row.… Keep reading...
Dear Home-Ec 101,
Not Me and I Didn’t Do It struck again. Do they ever visit your house? This time Not Me threw a ball in the kitchen and I Didn’t Do It Either batted it with the broom handle into the microwave or the broom handle itself hit the microwave.… Keep reading...
Well, we survived the election. If you’re not in the US, I’m sure you heard that it has been a little tense over here. Some people cope by eating all the things. I, on the other hand, tend to cope with stress by not eating.… Keep reading...
Right now, we are going to look back at 2012 and take a moment and chuckle at how young and naive we were back then. Oh, what sweet summer, children we were. So young, so carefree, and full of hope, and in my case, so few children—there were three and my stepdaughter back then.… Keep reading...
We’ve down Countdown to Turkey Days in the past. There have been really fun years and really hard years. It doesn’t take a magic eight ball to predict that this year will be one of the really hard years.
For starters, unless you are extremely blessed to live in circumstances where everyone who would be on your list, is already in your bubble, it’s not likely that you will get to gather with everyone you want.… Keep reading...
October’s month-long menu was a big success. I fell off a little bit toward the end, but there weren’t any extra trips to the grocery store, and there weren’t any trips to the drive-through, it was more a rearrangement/iron chef situation, so I’ll call it a win.… Keep reading...
This week’s random pest question comes from Twitter:
Calling @HeatherSolos and her @HomeEc101 knowledge: How do you get rid of fruit flies? Note: There’s no fruit in the house.
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If I had suspected my friend had fruit flies, I would have suggested the following.… Keep reading...
October is wrapping up? I can’t believe it, which has nothing to do with the timey-wimey wibbly wobbly nonsense of 2020 and everything to do with it being hot and humid and not at all fall-like here in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.… Keep reading...
I work in email; I know better than to use a subject like the one above. If you see this email at all, it will likely be in your spam folder. Oh well, it gets the point across, and I’m in the kind of mood where I just don’t care.… Keep reading...
