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Making Do

Making do, jam style.

September 18, 2010

When I was making my jam this summer, I noticed that it was pretty difficult to get the jam into the jars without making a big mess. I remembered that my mom had a hand-dandy little wide-mouthed funnel-type (want some more hyphens??) tool that made the job a lot easier. Unfortunately, I didn’t have one, [...]

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Alternative Boot Shapers

March 25, 2010

If you own a pair of tall boots like I do (you’ve seen mine in this photo and also on my About Me page), then you know that left to themselves, they tend to do this in your closet. (this is not my closet. It’s my deck. That’s because my closet is dark and not [...]

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Update on BGE and my laundry basket

February 26, 2009

It’s a two-fer! I got my new BGE bill today, and to my great delight, it was $197, three dollars BELOW our monthly budgeted amount. This is quite shocking, considering that last month’s bill was a frightening $365. It’s been a little warmer this month, but not that much warmer, and so at first I [...]

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Miscellany-celery, tea, hot dog buns, and sanding

January 22, 2009

I’ve never done a post like this before, but I have a bunch of things to say that wouldn’t make good stand-alone posts.   So, here are several very unrelated things all squeezed into one post. Celery Last September, right before we went on vacation, I mentioned that I was freezing some celery(I had to do [...]

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Making do.

October 27, 2008

Are you wondering what that is? That, my friends, is my panini grill. I know, it’s not really a looker, but it does the job. My fellow blogger Katy’s slogan is, “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”, so I know she would be very proud of me for this. [...]

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