For about a year now, I have been making my own cleaning products from vinegar, water, borax, baking soda, and Dr. Bronner’s castille soap (I used the lavendar scented one). Originally I switched to making my own cleaners because it was so very much cheaper. However, I have since found that these cleaners are actually [...]
Bryan and I bought a new tent yesterday. One that is more suited for camping than our tiny backpacking tent that you can barely sit up in let along move around comfortably.
Anyhow, we set up the tent in the back yard so that we would know how it all works before we tried to set [...]
We have 4 amazingly large basil plants growing in our garden this year. What better to do with basil than make oodles of pesto. I’ve been experimenting and this is the knock-your-socks-off recipe I have come with.
Ingredients
3 cups of basil leaves
6 cloves of garlic
2 cups of walnuts
3 tablespoons of champagne vinegar
14 ounce can of quartered [...]
The resolutions are going pretty well.
I have managed to keep my sink clean every day since I started, and the cleanliness of the sink is slowly spreading out to other parts of the house. There was one little glitch last night though. When I went to bed, the sink was sparkling clean, as usual. However, [...]
Day 2
Sink still clean … I’m so proud
Actually went to bed by 10:15 … getting up at 6 am wasn’t so sucky today
Still no knitting … though there is a local Stitch n’ Bitch tonight and I think I might hit that up
Day 1 and the only resolution I fulfilled is the cleaning of my sink.
Did I get to bed by 10? … not by a long shot. I was up until midnight writing an exam for my students.
Did I knit for 15 minutes? … sadly no. By the time I was done with everything I was [...]
As the summer semester comes to a close and I am feeling utterly exhausted and depleted, I feel it is time to make some resolutions.
My house looks like crap right now. All cleaning and organizing has died off as I struggle to keep up with all the grading and lecture note writing that the course [...]