House Husbandry

We had some pillows on our couch that we've had for about two years.  They'd gotten sort of sad and flat and I was looking at possibly replacing them.  Not necessary!  Pop those bad boys into a dryer for 10-12 minutes on medium heat and you can pull out fluffy, full pillows in no time.  I spent about an hour fluffing all the pillows in the house back up and you can too!

Yes, I can say it works.  Boiling water, a slurry of baking soda, and then make that high school science experiment go with a little vinegar.  I spent 3 hours or so in total clearing the drain and eventually it did work.  I can run water in the second bathroom sink!  I'm so happy.  I think this may need to become one of those things that I just did on some sort of rotating basis.

Been making soups all week now that I'm back from San Francisco.  It was an interesting trip.  Took super-pup Buster along with us for the first time.  Sweetie threw down some Regional upgrades and got us posted in first which made everything all better (for me).  The Boy did pretty good on the trip.  Who's a Good Boy?  The only thing that was odd was that on the way there and the way back there was an uncrated dog in the aisle right behind us.  Good Boy was not thrilled about that, but he dealt.  He barked a little during some turbulence, but it was pretty bad, so I don't blame him.  Other than that he was a real trooper.  I could see trying it again sometime. Started the week with a Hungarian Mushroom soup that turned out pretty good.  It didn't make much so we ate all of that up Tuesday night. Green Soup The gremolata that goes with it Wednesday, I needed some green soup and put together a hearty delight with broccoli and a butt-load of spinach that turned