It’s a fun day when new toys come in the mail. Though I suppose it’s not quite right to call the new Keurig 2.0 system a toy, it’s more like a workhorse! I received the K550 model through an Influenster promotion and have been getting to know my new coffee maker for the past couple…
About a month ago Todd and I were standing in our new/old kitchen, pondering where we were going to put our spices. In the last kitchen we used a large rack meant for I’m not sure what, mounted on some free wall space that was convenient to both our main prep area as well as…
Oh, come on, tell me you wouldn’t be at least a little curious about a book with a title like that! Blogger Jen Mann gives us one of many short lists of people who rouse her ire on a regular basis: • anyone who feels the need to bling her washer and dryer • humblebraggers…
Every area has their local favorites of every sort of vendor, and there’s usually a regional grocery chain that inspires a deep, unabiding love in its patrons. For those of us in the southeastern US, that grocery store is very likely Publix. People may make fun of the name (and plenty of visitors have butchered…
In addition to the usual Nancy Drew and Little Women books (yes, there is more than one of the latter in the series) that Mom had on her bookshelf when I was growing up, she also had a handful of the Cherry Ames books–a series that followed the training and career of a a nurse and amateur sleuth.…