Yes, housework of the needed kind. Got part of the ceiling up above the stove good, the cabinets above and beside it cleaned, the counter, and the area where the stove sits good. BTW, use Ammonia and water, and it'll cut through the grease and dirt really good without being overly caustic like many household chemicals like 409 tend to be for big ( Read more... )

As in cast iron skillet.


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Yes, didn't get to portfolio, nor the instruction manual but did get a couple of errands done yesterday, and today, ended up doing a bit of unexpected cleaning - and vacuuming, thanks to an errant egg shell that went behind the fridge. Glad I did as both the fridge, and stove needed to be pulled out and the area behind/beside, and under them needed ( Read more... )

Besides the usual things like, laundry, dishes etc, which I had to do both before could do breakfast, well, the dishes anyway as I could get the laundry going while I prepped/cooked, just stopping down long enough to move stuff from the washer to dryer when appropriate, and then haul back up the several flights of stairs when done ( Read more... )

Yes, I did just that.

By moving my spice containers from the pantry area to the cupboard where I kept the small bottles of the stuff for daily use, I'd gotten tired of dealing with the small bottles, so moved them!

Here is where I had been keeping them.


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Yep, late in the day, around 3:30 in fact, we got a big change. Didn't get to talk to Tony, but want to remind him to ensure we set up a day so I can check out Amazon, and if it's a place I'd like to transition to, go make that happen ( Read more... )

Earlier this week, I did something that needs to be done periodically. If you have wooden cooking utensils and other food related stuff in wood, such as salad bowls, salad tongs and the like that get washed after use, you will need to apply a food safe oil, such as mineral oil, or a spoon butter, which is made from beeswax and mineral oil, heated ( Read more... )

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