Posts by gillibean

As a teen one of the things I loved was sea cadets.  Now that DD1 is old enough, she's now in cadets.  She has had a great time.  I don't know the logistics in the US but in Canada cadets is free to join and the uniform...

We're 15 minutes from town and we like it.  We're just off a highway so the roads are pretty well cleared when it snows.     When I was growing up we lived 20 minutes from town which wasn't too bad but the hills with...

I second snails, they're cooler than you might think.  Super-easy to care for.  The really cool thing is that they will lay eggs on the glass of the aquarium so you can watch the eggs hatch into teeny baby snails and then...

We have this heater in two of our bedrooms.  http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/3/HouseHome/1/HeatingAirConditioning/PortableBaseboardHeaters/PRD~0435952P/Garrison+Mica+Heater.jsp?locale=en  We heat with wood but the...

While I wouldn't say that there is a right or wrong way, I would say that it's up to whoever is paying for the hot water and dishsoap.     I grew up with a well so water conservation is a pretty big deal for me....

It depends on what you want.  DH and I both somewhat regret our degrees and how much we under-estimated the drain that the student debt would be on us.  At nine years out of school we're still paying off loans.  More...

We found this pump http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=52296&cat=2,40725,45454,52296 to be wonderful.  We connected it to an old garden hose and ran it to our laundry tub in the basement.  We've used it many...

I hang my thickest items first.  That way, if the lighter-weight stuff is dry I can take it off and put new items up while leaving the thicker (and often still damp) items on the line.

All I can think of is Chuck.

I've thought that it would be great. This coming from the woman who didn't start ovulating until 26 months after her last child was born. We're just going to not bother with any BC and see what happens. We'll be fine either way.