The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 20th, 2010
So now that we know all about baking soda, what is baking powder? How are they different? Can they be interchanged? From the baking soda post, we learned that baking soda needs an acid to activate it. And so maybe you can guess: baking powder is baking soda with an acid already combined with it, [...]
Posted in cooking, guest post, Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2010
Today at the Old School, you’ll have a substitute teacher. The Damsel kindly asks that you dispose of any bad thoughts about that. This sub is not mean or cranky. On the contrary, she’s smart, sassy, and super nice. Here’s her bio, straight from her adorable website, The Clever Mommy: Krystal lives in Colorado with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2010
The Damsel’s sprog #2 has drawn this delightful button for the Old School. You’ll see a version of this in the sidebar now, complete with the code you’ll need to snatch this for your own site. The Damsel happily promises extra credit for any student installing said button. The button may receive a few tweaks [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 3rd, 2010
Have you come across a recipe that specifies bread flour instead of all-purpose flour? The Damsel has, and until she found out what bread flour really is, she always quickly rejected any such recipe. Things are cramped in the Damsel’s pantry. She can’t keep a zillion kinds of flour hanging around. She needs the room [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2010
The Damsel is guest posting over at Mormon Mommy Blogs today. See ya there!
Posted in personal, Uncategorized on Apr 14th, 2010
The Damsel would like to apologize for not announcing ahead of time about spring break at the Old School. She kept hoping a miracle would happen and a spontaneous clone would form of herself. This did not happen. Sprog #3 got married. It happened! No one died! First we had this: Which became this: Weddings [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2010
Remember the field trip we took about Chopin’s 200th birthday? Click to review your class notes. The Damsel found out today you can buy practically everything the man ever composed for $4.99. UNBELIEVABLE. This is an mp3 download from Amazon, ready to put on your favorite Listening Addiction Assistance Device. $4.99!! The Damsel is in [...]
Posted in home repairs, Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2010
Ever get cranking on a screw and find out it’s stuck tight? And you’re scared if you keep working on it, you’ll end up messing up the screw? Put down the screwdriver and walk away. It’s not gonna be good to keep grinding at the thing. The Damsel understands you want to get this over [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 6th, 2010
The Damsel has a love-hate relationship with caffeine. She does love to be able to think straight, er, straighter. A little caffeine makes her feel awake, able, smarter. But at the same time, that awake/smarter feeling seems fake–like it’s cheating somehow–life from a bottle instead of naturally. It’s interesting to know that the stuff has [...]
Posted in baking, Uncategorized on Mar 1st, 2010
The Damsel is a little annoyed at granola bars. They’re posers. They act like healthy food, but under that seeming innocence, calories lurk. Plenty of the ones you buy at the market are really candy bars, if you really want to be honest with yourself. These granola bars are not guaranteed to be low-cal, but [...]
