Are You Prepared? The Importance of an Emergency Grab List for Quick Evacuations
Preparing a list of essential items to grab, depending on whether you have 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or an hour to evacuate, ensures you can a
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Mar 24, 20224 min read
Prevent frantic calls from the pet or house sitter with a simple Continuity Binder
Pity the person entrusted with taking care of your home, pets or kids while you’re away on vacation, or rushing across country to a loved...
Jul 23, 20214 min read
Cooking lists will inspire, save money, lower stress
Cooking has always been something of an aspirational pursuit for me. I'll see some recipe in a cooking magazine - or just an Instagram...
Apr 26, 20213 min read
ICYMI: 'Must Read' articles for April, 2021
One of the benefits of having wide-ranging interests and well-curated social media is discovering little gems that will inform as well as...
Mar 30, 20216 min read
Don't let Spring Cleaning add to your stress levels
Do you still 'Spring Clean'? I don't, mainly because being organized in my approach to weekly cleaning seems to lessen the need for it....
Feb 26, 20217 min read
The power of Being Prepared: The Legal stuff.
Who gets to decide what happens to you, and your stuff, when you can’t make that decision anymore? Is it important to you to die at home?...
Feb 15, 20219 min read
The power of Being Prepared: Part One - Overview
Are you a world-class worrier? I am. Occasionally. We all are at times. Especially in the middle of the night. That's when worries really...
Jan 30, 20213 min read
Swing-top bottles are my space-saving, money-saving favorites
Once upon a time, I thought Swing-Top (aka flip top, or bail, brace or E-Z Cap closure) bottles were just for beer. Then, I started...
Jan 12, 20213 min read
Empty out those bags of frozen vegetables so you can see what you've got!
It's one of my pet peeves: Buying a new bag of frozen vegetables only to later discover a partially used one - with a sad little...
Dec 22, 20205 min read
Is 'scarcity mentality' eating up your time and resources?
It started with toilet paper. Then, the cleaning supplies ... and Clorox disappeared. Canned goods were next. The 'scarcity mentality'...
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Protect yourself and the grocery delivery person
Until the pandemic, I thought only very busy professionals - think Manhattan - had groceries delivered. Now, I find myself having...
Dec 8, 20206 min read
Pare your kitchen down to the right essentials
Years ago, I couldn't seem to get enough gadgets and gizmos. I had two different types of pressure cookers, a rice cooker, one of those...
Nov 30, 20203 min read
Keep those shirts and jackets off the closet floor.
My husband just can't button a shirt on the hanger. They slide off onto the floor. Same with the lighter weight jackets. Well, it's not...
Nov 22, 20206 min read
These 10 simple kitchen hacks will prevent dinner-time meltdowns.
We've all been there. The clock marches up to the dinner hour and you have that wide-eyed 'deer in the headlights' look. Uh. Oh. What are...
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Corral all those tea bags, Ma'am!
I'm a BIG tea drinker. And, I have a LOT of different kinds of tea. It's a lot to corral and keep track of. Shuffling around random tea...
Nov 8, 20201 min read
Kitchen Equipment: Measuring cups
I've got several measuring cups, beginning with the tried and true Pyrex models in three different sizes. They're durable, and like mine,...
Nov 8, 20202 min read
Kitchen Equipment: Funnels
I grab for a funnel several times a week. To pour the newest batch of home fermented Kombucha into the Grolsch bottles, ground flaxseed...
Oct 30, 20202 min read
Mason Jars Are Your Kitchen and Pantry Savior
File this under what I used to believe: that I needed specific kinds of containers for different pantry items. And, then specific...
Oct 28, 20203 min read
Buying The Wrong Things In Bulk Is No Bargain.
We've all done it. Spent an afternoon wandering the aisles of Costco or Sam's Club, and whoops! How'd we manage to buy all of that? But,...
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