Last week, I took Buster to an off-leash trail not far from our house. Usually, he does really great off-leash: He comes when called and pretty much stays on the trail the whole way. This day was different, though. It was a new trail to both of us, and I didn't know that on the other side of the fence lived what seemed like hundreds of prairie dogs, proudly standing atop the holes in the ground that lead to their homes. Buster actually saw them beyond the fence before I did,

One of my favorite things about warmer weather is that I can ride my bicycle to and from work. One of the drawbacks to that, though, is grease stains. The other day, Mr. Domestique came home from riding the bike around town with a fairly large grease stain on his trousers from the bike chain. I know a lot of people would just put some sort of stain remover on this and call it a day, but I wanted to use a more natural option. Below you will find my step-by-step method of remov

Last May (which was quite a few months before I started this blog), I started noticing lots of people I follow on Instagram posting about "Me-Made-May". I had never heard of this before, and while I understood the general premise I wasn't sure how all these people knew about it. Turns out, Zoe from "So, Zo...What Do You Know?" came up with this great concept that "celebrates all the love and hard work that so many of us put into crafting unique, special handmade clothing and

One of my favorite things to wear when it's cold outside is a baby pink cashmere vintage sweater dress. I still remember the first time I wore it - the color was perfect, it was warm, it hugged me in all the right places, and most importantly it was long enough to cover my knees. I know most people don't think twice about showing their knees, but I feel really self conscious about mine so it's a rare day that my knees see the light of day. On one of the last cold days we had

Before getting into the trial & error aspects and the nitty gritty how-to's of the blog, I'd like to talk a little bit more about why each general subject of Home Economics is important. Let's start with sewing. I'm always surprised that so many people are afraid of sewing. I'm not saying that I'm a master sewer. In fact, I just started seriously sewing (or trying to sew) a few months ago. But it's amazing how little you need to know to sew, say, an entire dress! A dress that