Never has the comment section overwhelmed me in a productive sort of way as much as the last post. All your ideas were brilliant and so very, very original. However, three of the top comments were energizing enough to get me off my butt and immersed in lemon. I had to try them immediately. And they are worthy! So worthy of praise and a dedicated blog post. But before I get to the three we'll highlight here, let's look at a few more fantastic ideas (and by no means are these the only good ... Continue Reading
Archives for March 2012
Tuesdays Outside the Box in April!
What can you do with a wooden spoon? Quick. Think about it. You can stir things, right? Like soup. Or pudding. Or pudding soup. But if you took a little more time, you crafty people could think of a million things to do with a wooden spoon. Maybe whack a sarcastic spouse playfully on the derriere? Attach it to the wall with a screw and use it as a towel holder? Hang a bunch from the ceiling as a rustic chandelier? Or just chop it into pieces and use it as kindling. You've already come ... Continue Reading
Wonderfully Simple Homemade Wood Polish Recipe
I hunted and searched through my brain for a funny and/or inspiring wood story to accompany this post. Perhaps something about trees and how they symbolize the seasons we all go through as human beings? Maybe something about the Virgin-Mary-shaped stain I left in our old wood coffee table from fingernail polish remover? Maybe no. Nothing was good enough or funny enough, because instead, my mushy brain decided to get the theme song from the Woody Woodpecker Show stuck on repeat. (ha ha ... Continue Reading
Community Question: What Would You Tell A Girl …?
Her name was Millie, the girl who sporadically made high school my personal nightmare. She'd stroll carelessly through the hallway with her pack of slightly quieter friends and go out of her way to brush by me and cackle out words like "pathetic loser," and "monster ugly" and other colloquial Kansas jibes about "breakin' the cam'ra when you get yer pitcher taken." In choir, she sat behind me, and when the director would ask me to try out a solo, she'd giggle and cough and kick the bottom ... Continue Reading
The Secret to My Successful Move: Cod Liver Oil
Moving makes it to the short list of the top 5 most stressful things you can do in your lifetime. Since leaving the warm, safe womb of high school I have moved 16 times. That is not an exaggeration. 16 times. I used to say it was because I adored change, but it really has more to do with my fear of commitment. I doubt that I'll ever buy a house in my lifetime, and I'm okay with this. Houses mean responsibility and time that I'd rather spend on things like building a blog, making ... Continue Reading
The Holy Grail of Crunchy: Making Your Own Yogurt
A few months ago a friend of mine was chatting with someone else and mentioned me as her “crunchiest” friend. Intrigued, her companion asked, “What do you mean? Like, she only buys organic and recycles everything?” “No,” my friend said, and leaned in for the kill. “Crunchy, like, she makes her own yogurt.” For whatever reason, making your own yogurt has been put on this hemp-woven pedestal as the ultimate – but unachievable - in living a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. Too many people I talk ... Continue Reading