*peeks head above festive holiday paper, orange peels and empty candy wrappers*

Since this is the last Friday in 2007, I thought I'd grab a moment and pop in with an end-of-the-year Friday Five. Homekeeping will be back with new challenges, problems and solutions next week (after all the children are back in school and my darling husband finishes his 2 week ( Read more... )

Last we touched on the evil magazines so this week we're going to talk books. Specifically books that have inspired us on the subject of homekeeping. These can be books that give practical or inspirational advice or even a novel that makes you want to cozy down with cups of tea and throw a decorative log on the fire ( Read more... )

They are the bane of our existence! But let's face it, who can resist their slick, shiny allure? Seductive, they call to you...in the grocery check-out, their "buy one year, get one free" come-ons, the promise of a better way of life if you JUST BUY ME NOW ( Read more... )

Every now and again (i.e. when I think of it) I'll toss up a Friday Five just to liven things up. This week is:

What are your five favorite things about Autumn.
(Members who are just now shaking off winter, please tell us your five favorite things about Spring!)

My Five:1. Cooler Temps ( Read more... )

A Friday Five to close out our Foodie week. madripoor_rose made an interesting post this week about stocking a pantry. So, this week's Friday Five is:

What five items to you always have in your pantry/shelves?I'm going to discount some staples such as spices, sugar, flour, coffee and tea because they just may be universal but everything else is fair game ( Read more... )

I haven't been around much at all, but I thought I'd give this one a go. (Most of these are more related to ADD, being ill, and not enough time, than lack of knowledge of what to do.)

What Five Things do I Wish I Had a Better Handle on?

( cut for wordiness )

Okay, In between absolute craziness in the RL world and working on a post about all the "Seven Things" I've managed to ditch I'm thinking of some new challenges for the comm so today's Friday Five is a bit self-serving: What Five Things Do You Wish You Had a Better Handle On ( Read more... )

I'm really not a meme sort of person but Friday Fives are short and painless and can be a fun, topical thing. So, I'm doing it. ;-) I promise I won't tell you my language skills, aura color, animal spirit, intelligence level or what fairy/wizard/slayer sort I am. Honest.

Homekeeping Friday Five: Kitchen - What five things can you not live ( Read more... )