Thrift at Home

You guys.  I am so overwhelmed by my life right now that I'm treating myself to a few minutes of blog time to cope.  Plus, you need to k...

In a suddenly adult moment, I realized that my children were not going to be taught how to type by their schools.  I guess the schools can o...

I first saw this pattern courtesy of Zoe , and finally made some time to sew it up.  Boy, am I glad I did! It's pretty easy to make, so ...

My old hotpads were stained with that greasy feel that only partly abates after washing.  Some of the edges were flame-crisped, too (oops)....

I went all Pennsylvania-Dutch with this Amish Sunday dinner .  I marinated hardboiled eggs in my canned red beet brine , and set out tomatoe...

When was Easter? April? Well, Easter Sunday was pleasantly warm around here and Phoebe actually wore the little outfit that I had fun making...

I was at a school meeting where a meal was served on styrofoam plates with bottled water and plasticware.  One of the dads casually whipped ...