Sounds like a tall order, huh. In fact, it seems impossible, and if you start to hyperventilate at the very thought of it, I don’t blame you. I’ve been there too, homeschooling five children (including two highschoolers) and nursing a baby. Rosie is getting ready to sell her house now*, and while she is super… Read More »
Simplify your To-Do list with sticky notes.
This is it, your New Year’s resolutions’ best friend — How to simplify your To-Do list with sticky notes. I’ve finally figured out a system for keeping myself in lists that help me get things done, rather than a system that exists for its own sake. Do you know what I mean? Those planners that require… Read More »
My secret to cleaning cast iron pans the old-fashioned way.
You know that I try to give “value added” around here. If I thought that the advice you got on other sites was sound, I wouldn’t bother giving you my take. But I don’t. I think the posts I’ve seen about cleaning cast iron pans are written by people who are too young to remember… Read More »
A Fun, Useful How-To!
I thought I’d do a special post on something I get a lot of mail about: Making Toast! Seems like these days gals just don’t know how to do important kitchen tasks like making toast, but fortunately, the collective memory won’t let you down! Fear not my pets! Auntie Leila to the rescue! Step by step,… Read More »
Ask Auntie Leila: Relocation priorities and the Desirability Quotient
Today’s question is one that actually comes up quite a bit, with variations. Let’s sit around the kitchen table and have a chat about it, shall we? Especially since dear C’s email keeps bouncing, so I can’t reply to her privately (those Mac.com emails are bouncing, huh?). She says, Dear Auntie Leila, I really appreciate all… Read More »