- Bendy straws: I know it's ridiculous, but I drink more water if I'm using a bendy straw.
- My Thirsties small wet bag: Instead of diapers, I use it for my wet pool stuff.
- Boxes and baskets: If it's in something, it's easier to move. Need to wipe down the bathroom counter? If all the odds'n'ends are in something, the counter is clear in an instant.
- Tile and Grout Magic: The only thing that takes the hard water stains off the shower doors. I'm all for natural, non-toxic cleaning products, but sometimes the best thing is the stuff that will asphyxiate you in ten seconds flat.
- Making the bed: It just makes things look neat, even when they aren't.
- My mandoline: I should have put this first because I love it so much. It makes scalloped potatoes a reasonable option instead of maybe-on-Saturday-while-T.G.-holds-the-baby. It makes paper-thin marinated cucumbers easy. It makes things fast in the kitchen, and that is something I need.
- Making cheese at home: Much to my surprise, it actually worked. Sort of. The result was sufficiently cheese-like that I'm going to try it again.
- Crane & Co. stationery: Makes my quickly dashed-off letters and notes look like I tried. Versatile when I don't have an occasion-appropriate card.
- This whole wheat bread: Now that pretty much everyone I know has gone gluten-free/paleo/nourishing traditions/totally crazy, I finally found a whole-wheat flour ONLY bread recipe that doesn't have the texture of hockey pucks. It totally works, although I admit that I'm not much of a recipe follower when it comes to bread, and I think the only thing I measured last time was the water; it's more about the technique than the recipe.
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