In case you’re bored this weekend … 3 things to             If nothing here interest you, I have one other option.  You can ignore your cutlery drawer while watching television, NOT eating homemade cookies.  Either way … Have a good weekend!      

There are three things you absolutely need when you move into your first house.  You need a flashlight, a measuring tape and a limp. The most important of these three things is the limp.   The flashlight and the measuring tape are nice to have, but if you have a limp you’ll accomplish all kinds [...]

I love Jennifer.  I love her with all my heart and a tiny portion of my pancreas. Jennifer is an Art of Doing Stuff reader that brought homemade firestarters to my attention.  You may have seen them before.  I sure hadn’t.  I was familiar with store bought firestarters and pinecones dipped in wax which were [...]

I need to warn you all of 2 things. One … this is going to be a short post. Two … I didn’t invent this idea, I saw it on the show “House”. Also there’s going to be the opportunity to see a dink at the end of this post. So I guess technically, that [...]

Last week I issued a bit of a command.  A challenge really.  I mildly suggested you might benefit mentally from chucking a few things. 50 things to be precise.  And chuck you did.  Chuck, chuck, chuck.   All around the world people were chucking stuff in a mad frenzy to regain control of their lives. [...]

As I mentioned there will be no funny.  No stories, no chit chat.  Just an inspirational menu. And an original knock, knock joke written by me.  Karen. Knock Knock. Who’s there? Jimmy. Jimmy Who? I’m sorry to have to correct you but it’s actually  pronounced Choo.  © Karen   Recipes Potato Pancakes Tie Dye roasted [...]

  This is a post for him.       If you’re not familiar with, aren’t sure about or have never heard of “The Fella” … here’s a selection of posts to introduce you to him, including one of my all time favourite posts … The Fella’s stupid move.       Also check out   The [...]

Hold on a second.  I absolutely cannot relax in unnatural fibres.  Hold on. long pauseeeeeeeeeeeeee O.K.  I just changed my sweater.  Holy crap, I haven’t worn acrylic since 1982.  I think it’s quite possible the sun is made entirely out of acrylic.  If I’m hot I can’t relax, and if I can’t relax I can’t [...]

The very first thing I ever learned to cook was pizza.  I started around grade 8 and spent the next 472 years trying to perfect it.  I’m about halfway there. The first big breakthrough I had was a couple of years ago when I started to BBQ my pizza.  Up until then I’d tried everything [...]