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Shop for Your Life

Posted on March 8 by Scribbler / 0 Comment

I originally wrote this in December 2024 but then life got in the way and I forgot to clean it up and post. I still like the words, still stand by what I wrote ...

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Project Housewife

Posted on January 29 by Scribbler / 0 Comment

house·wife /ˈhousˌwīf/ noun noun: housewife; plural noun: housewives A while ago I realized that there’s an awful lot of sewing that should be happening i...

chatelaine/in the kitchen

In the time to boil water

Posted on July 19 by Scribbler / 1 Comment

The progeny are away with their father on vacation so even less cooking than usual is going on these days.  The fact that we are now well into a typically thick...

chatelaine/in the kitchen/the horde

Saving grace

Posted on June 28 by Scribbler / 1 Comment

I get paid once a month. It probably would be a challenge for most people to budget out an entire month on one check that comes in somewhat randomly. It’s...

chatelaine/in the kitchen

Melting

Posted on June 14 by Scribbler / 0 Comment

I don’t deal well with the heat. Never have, probably never will. That said, it’s finally hot where I live.  Really hot and pretty damn humid as wel...

chatelaine/musings

Pinching them till they scream

Posted on May 31 by Scribbler / 0 Comment

A lady I follow recently had a post  about how second-hand stores seemed to be going up on their prices and did her readers see similar trends? I find that it d...

chatelaine/in the kitchen

Salt bomb

Posted on May 17 by Scribbler / 0 Comment

Life has been especially crazy lately. Coming up hard and fast on the completion of a multi-year project at work so I’m working long hours and more days t...

chatelaine/gettin' crafty/musings

Stitching through time

Posted on April 26 by Scribbler / 0 Comment

I know I’ve mentioned this before but it keeps popping up and surprises me like the first time I realized it; I have a lot more time on my hands these day...

chatelaine/in the kitchen/urban homesteading

Simple pleasures

Posted on March 9 by Scribbler / 0 Comment

Every summer I wonder why I torture myself blanching, peeling and then canning hundreds of tomatoes in the form of sauce or chopped up and packed in their own j...

chatelaine/in the kitchen/urban homesteading

Figs are fun!

Posted on September 16 by Scribbler / 0 Comment

Granted I have a strange sense of fun.  But anything is better than making enough sauce for the entire year in just three days. Sy came across an insanely good ...

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