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Senior Product Designer at Vera Bradley is Filipina

Just so thrilled to find out that the Senior Product Designer at Vera Bradley is Elit Hoover who’s Filipina. There’s a brief interview featuring her in the latest (Spring 2010) Vera Bradley catalog.

Because I tended to lose things, I wasn’t a bag person until Vera. I put off buying a pretty bag for [...]

Tuesday Night Dinner: Hoppin’ John

Some history here.

where these:

become this:

in this recipe.

Yum yum.

Food, Humor, Organization, and Gift Ideas

Luxury for Mom:

Started off the early morning with 1/4 cup of Mariebelle Aztec Hot Chocolate… just enough for me to handle in the dark hours of the dawn…

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Yena’s Quote of the Month: “Mom, what’s the name of that movie, Princess Diarrhea?” (Princess Diaries)… oh my child, so blessedly [...]

But, but…. isn’t the beauty of the candle really in the flame?

No point to this post really, except that

I don’t think I can warm up to this idea, green or not.

Really. It reminds me of these: Fireplace DVDs

No warmth, no aroma, just the visual and audio (how exactly does that work when it’s 19 degrees outside?).

What is the world coming to?

Ooh, [...]

Burn to Identify

I’m helping my daughter to iron a gown that she’s wearing for her senior shots. We lost the tag that tells us what fabric it is, so I’m researching… it’s sheer, but I have little experience sewing with sheer fabric so I can’t really tell if it’s georgette, or chiffon, or whatever. I [...]

I Haven’t Been Posting, Because

I’m bothering.

I’ve made too many excuses too many times. I’ve said “my family comes first” over and over, and yet this Lent I was painfully made aware that while I have made them priority over other projects (like online jobs and writing cookbooks), they’re still not #1. You know what was? CLUTTER. [...]

Decluttering, Again

It’s the Third Week of Lent, and we have not made much progress on our goal to PURGE, PURGE, PURGE. We have so much STUFF! We’ve been here two years, and I can’t really make the excuse anymore that we’ve been moving, this is our 9th home in 18+ years of marriage, it’s [...]

Looking for the perfect solution: Circa?

This new adventure started over the weekend, as I searched for fountain pens for me and the kids (leaning towards Lamy Safari right now and/or Pelikano Jr.) — and a new notebook/planner/journal/not sure exactly what…. my current Moleskine is almost gone. I went back to Franklin last year after two years of Palm. [...]

Homekeeping Essentials

Been gathering this list for a while. Will update and probably make into a page at some point, once I’ve got my other homekeeping pages ready…

Equipment:

1. galvanized bucket
2. cellulose sponges from Trader Joe’s
3. washable microfiber cloths for dusting
4. Act Natural floor duster with washable microfiber heads
5. Caldrea’s scratch-free scrub [...]

Organizing

Organized Home forms
Martha Stewart’s armoire for crafts
Storage advice from Better Homes and Gardens
Sew Organized.com
Organized Home
from Mormon Chic

Safe Paints – Interior

Paint Calculator
Green Planet Paints
Anna Sova
Auro USA
Non Toxic Paints from Earth Easy
Non Toxic Odorless Paint

Catholic Gifts

Neumann Press
Ignatius Press

Organizational Tools:

Everything I Own

Induction Cooktop Discussion Threads

at gardenweb:

Freestanding induction burner: Sunpentown or Cooktek?

Gaggenau electric or Viking induction cooktop

2 induction burners and 2 gas?

Induction cookware

Induction Equipment: Some Answers

De Dietrich zoneless induction cooktop

Induction better than gas?

induction cooktops above wall ovens

? for those with De Dietrich Induction hobs

If you have gas cooktop, what will you use induction hob for?

The Latest on Viking Induction?

Induction cooktop [...]

air purification

biotech
edenpure

can’t believe people. they smoke, and then they get an air purifier.

air filters in HVAC system

airsource 3000

Friedrich C-90B
Kenmore (Sears) 83202, 83200
Whirlpool AP51030R

Look at the Whispures, then buy the equivalent Kenmore when it goes on sale at Sears.

I have a bluair. It is pricey, but it works great.

I’m with lpolk. Blueair does a wonderful [...]