The Old Folks Home

[hennible]

That's great bunny.

 

[vehve]

Bunny, nice to hear he recovered.

 

[getaclue]

Bunny, YAY! Glad the horse is ok.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Glad she's better, I know too well how scary colics can be!

-Kathy

 

[Aliciahess]

Works for me...

Is that squirrel or guinea pig? Looks big for squirrel. Have you heard of 'meat eater'? It's a show with Steve Rubella...he eats everything,big hunter.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Somehow the process of making soap doesn't seem too appealing to me. I'd rather keep some of the mystery alive regarding products I use to clean myself.

Saponification is a really neat process to watch. Most of the stuff in your commercial soap isn't really soap in the true definition of the word. The hot process soap I make comes from Suzanne at Chickens in the Road located here http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/how-to-make-soap/

Although the "base" is different in that recipe, it runs you through how to make soap, easily. Her base that I use is located here:

http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/brown-sugar-and-oatmeal-soap/

Crisco — 9.6 ounces or 272.155 grams
olive oil — 9.6 ounces or 272.155 grams
lard — 6.4 ounces or 181.437 grams
coconut oil (76-degree melt point) — 6.4 ounces or 181.437 grams
distilled water — 12.16 ounces or 344.73 grams
lye — 4.463 ounces or 126.524 grams

 

[tntchix]

How can you not have a slow cooker?

I have 4 of them... granted one is just for soap making... but we loooove slow cookers here.

I like the newer ones that look like casserole dishes. Much easier to store when un-needed.

 

[tntchix]

Anyone here care to venture a guess on the genders? All boys in my opinion.

so cute regardless, but i think you may be right.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I like the newer ones that look like casserole dishes. Much easier to store when un-needed.

We're pretty lucky to have a large kitchen and a lot of storage area in our island. Right now we have venison chili cooking in one of our slow cookers. We are running low on deer - next time we make chili we'll have to make two batches - his and hers (I don't eat grocery store meat). This is one reason why we have so many slow cookers. I'm also thinking about putting on a thing of hot mulled cider. We're supposed to get a large snowstorm tonight... chili and cider.

 

[tntchix]

I have a huge kitchen by most standards, it's just laid out totally wrong. I have many 9 inch cabinets spread out over the layout with only a few full size ones. Why, I have no idea. So there isn't a lot of cabinet space. My slow cooker is in the dining rm hutch, where I forget about it a lot. I really should use it more.