Pitter Patter

Recently I "upgraded" to an iPhone from an Android and boy has it been a learning curve. I'm going to let that be a whole othe...

I’m sure many of you have seen the cutesy cloth “paper” towels with the snap-together sheets and, while I am not in any way knocking them--t...

Here is a list of tools that I use/need quite often for fixing my washer/dryer (Kenmore Elite 90 Series from the late 90s). I’m writing it d...

When one thinks of cleaning glass, I’m sure most people would think of a person armed with paper towels or newspapers and an ammonia-based s...

I can probably count on one hand the number of bladder infections I've had in my adult years. I had quite a few when I was a teenager a...

Almost as soon as the dryer was working again, the washer decided that it was done spinning the clothes dry and went on strike. I did a quic...

So the dryer decided to stop putting out hot air last night. Right after Geo said he needed clean jeans for piano lessons this morning. Oops...

Garlic is a mighty little veggie. It's antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties make it a veritable heavyweight in the natura...

When I've done fomentations (hot and cold contrast hydrotherapy) in the past, I used proper fomentation pads that I sewed from flannel ...

A terrible picture quality-wise, but it exemplifies my point. My bedroom, previously one of the most neglected rooms of the whole house, ...

I can’t seem to stay in one place as far as chore systems is concerned, but I just go with what works at any given time. I think it’s ok to ...

I am so excited by how minimalism has effected me so far and I’m still near the beginning of my journey. I believe that God has been bring...

This was heard yesterday from two of my blessings who thankfully were near the laundry room when my washer decided to not stop filling with ...

A friend of ours is originally from Romania and introduced us to zacusca, a traditional eggplant and red pepper dip, and we really liked it...

I need to rename my blog The Washer Diaries or Saga of a Failing Washer or something like that. Seriously, my washer keeps raising it’s ug...

Recently I have been totally absorbed in transparent window stars AKA Waldorf Stars. On browsing one page , I noticed an origami folding mat...

So we had a baseball mitt, something of a bat, but nothing in the line of a ball. My darling children made a ball from yarn and a plastic ...

I have always heard that there are tons of uses for vinegar from relieving bee stings to extending the life of cut flowers. But the use t...

I like Gimp, I really do. Yes, it has a learning curve, but it’s not unreasonable, considering all the tutorials and how-to videos available...

So much for going many years before another major repair… In the not too distant past, the washer started not spinning out the clothes suf...

Well, in spite of my high hopes for the agitator dogs fixing everything, the washer was still behaving insanely. The bottom agitator was onl...

I’ve always thought that whooping cough was something that people used to get and was something from my grandparents’ and maybe my parents’ ...