Advent is the perfect time to begin to see what I meant by saying — surprising even myself — that the home is a place for order and wonder. THE question, the one I started blogging to try to answer, the one I despair of finding time or brain cells to answer (because I’m just… Read More »
Ask Auntie Leila: How can I be hospitable to my kids’ friends, foodwise?
{To all you dear commenters on my last post, I will undoubtedly not be You Tubing anything, gosh, but I am certainly going to hit you with an Advent post. I see that all over the internets people have already done their Advent posts, but I am never on time with Advent. I will be… Read More »
Make menus. Really.
{Here are all the posts in the “making menus” category!} Do you realize that everything hinges on knowing what is for dinner? What is the difference between getting some housework done and living in a pit dug out by spatially challenged warthogs? Between being able to have a good homeschooling day and feeling like… Read More »
I’m a furniture hacker.
Do you remember this Sturbridge Village reproduction shelf I inherited? Please do not judge me. I spray painted it. Suzanne (aka Suki, aka Sukie) told me, the last time she was here, that I should. So I did. It was on that day that we got a lot of projects going, only I didn’t show… Read More »
Five things that are worse than being in debt.
When I got married, I had never heard of saving money, being frugal (although I did know about finding old furniture and fixing it up), or in any way living within one’s means. Or if I had, I certainly wasn’t paying attention. And I married someone who basically couldn’t say no to his little spoiled… Read More »