The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in Uncategorized, home repairs on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 11:46 am GMT -6
The Damsel had hoped to create an Old School post about how to fix a leaky faucet. But once the Knight got into the guts of the faucet in question, it was clear this faucet was beyond saving. Corrosion had dealt a death blow, and even the Knight’s magic wouldn’t be enough. Removal became necessary. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, cleaning, thrifty on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 11:50 pm GMT -6
Back here, the Old School discussed what happens when you use liquid dish soap in your dishwasher, and what to do to temporarily tide you over until your next trip to the market. But is it possible to make your OWN dishwasher detergent? To use on a regular basis, not as an emergency substitute? Can [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, cooking, thrifty on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 03:57 pm GMT -6
Oh, beans! Such an old school food. Funny, though, when you look at dry beans, they don’t even look like food. (See this) They’re hard, they don’t really smell good, (or bad) and well, let’s face it. People fear them, even though they are cheap and nutritious. They fear that cooking beans is too tricky [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 09:50 pm GMT -6
This post is a bit of blog housekeeping. Just FYI. The Damsel has been reading up on WordPress, which is the platform the Old School sits on. Apparently comments don’t work quite the way she thought. The Damsel keeps her personal blog on LiveJournal. When someone comments, she is sent an email. When she comments [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Friday, January 1st, 2010 05:24 pm GMT -6
Some folks believe the tradition of making a new year’s resolution goes back to Roman times. The Roman god Janus has a face on both sides of his head, Professor Quirrell style, thus able to look forward and back at the same time. In a similar way, resolutions are a chance to look back at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, thrifty on Monday, December 7th, 2009 10:04 pm GMT -6
Does anyone remember the olden days, when people used to pop corn WITHOUT a microwave? Why would you want to do such a thing? You mean besides avoiding the unnamed chemicals and nasty whatnots that are in microwave popcorn? “Homemade” popcorn actually does taste better, plus, it’s something that would be nice to know in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, cooking, thrifty on Saturday, November 28th, 2009 02:58 pm GMT -6
One of the most old-school things you can do after Thanksgiving is make soup out of the turkey carcass. Please forgive the lack of photos to begin with. The Damsel hates, hates, HATES what she must do to start this, and she couldn’t bring herself to photograph it, either. She sternly reminded herself how delicious [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Monday, November 9th, 2009 08:33 am GMT -6
The Damsel is ever so kind to invite me here! I’m Mariel, co-author of the “Or so she says…” blog. It’s a fun blog that offers a new and random idea every single day! One day we might be talking about parenting, the next day we are sharing a recipe, and the next…trying to figure [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, preserving on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 11:23 am GMT -6
The Damsel doesn’t understand why, but the people at her cottage are pickled-beet crazy. Big, little, young, old, they all love them. What can this mean? The only thing the Damsel likes about beets is that they are sort of purple. Even so, she pickles the little devils for the rest of the weirdos in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Monday, October 19th, 2009 02:40 pm GMT -6
…down with the flu. Oink oink! Back soon.
