Finally found a simple recipe for a true scone. They are easy to make from things you already have in your pantry right now. I added some r...

Shaved soap curls ~ use a potato peeler to shave off little curls of glycerin soap (opaque won't work). I keep them in a pretty little d...

photo from squarefootgardening.com What luck! just as Brad finished building the garden boxes and filling them with high quality potting mix...

Over 500 posts here and I have never even mentioned what we do for a living! Well, we just finished our website design and I want to show i...

Kitchen sponges--keep your sponge in the dishwasher permanently. I could never find a good place for it next to the sink. Now it's alway...

SundryBuzz: Cool website with “advice you didn’t ask for.” Actually I found quite a bit of very useful information here. Cherry-Chi...

Thrilled me greatly to find these glass coasters at a thrift store for $3. Took me less than three minutes to cut out photos that I had layi...

I know this is nothing new to most of you, but Netflix has been a wonderful thing in our lives lately; we've seen 3 or 4 movies a week....

daffodils, definitely daffodils, in January big bowls of berries for breakfast—my uncle and his girlfriend have berries for breakfast ev...

English placemats—these cork bottomed placemats are approximately 8x11 inches. They are the perfect size for a small plate or bowl, but we m...

Cinnamon—Fall is the perfect season for adding cinnamon to your life. It levels out your blood sugar, increases antioxidants, and aids diges...

Fruit Compote over Brie—melt 2 T butter with 2 T brown sugar until the sugar dissolves. Add small diced fruit (pears are good, or peaches, o...

Cutting a pineapple -- to properly cut a pineapple, use a big sharp knife to cut off the top and also about an inch off the bottom. Stand it...

Read my VisualDNA ™ Get your own VisualDNA™ Above I've posted my visual profile. In addition to this flashy little widget, you ge...

Popsicles in a Smoothie: Brad thought of this. Use one of those 100 percent juice bars to mix in a smoothie. It gives it a nice texture. Cur...

Ok, today I'm officially obsessed with the photo sharing site, Flickr . I have written about it before , and I've had an account the...

When we lived in Truckee , I used to say that you couldn ’t pay me enough to live in Reno . Well, lo and behold, someone did pay me enough ...

Fodor’s Photography Hints : Good overview of various tips for better picture taking—quick and easy review. Summer Reading List: I often...

Rottentomatoes.com : This website compiles the reviews of hundreds of movie critics and then gives each movie a score based on the average. ...

Cooking Spray: Trader Joe’s has a baking spray with flour already in it . This is a miracle to me. Usually I ended up with spray all over my...