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Just a thought... You might check out some raw food recipes... I've heard some are very tasty and that could add courses without overwhelming the minimalist kitchen...

check out a show called how to boil water on the food network. The foodnet work has a good website as well if you don't get the channel. Good Eats also breaks things down to a very basic level and explains the scienfice whys behind your food. If none of that helps please feel free to ask me anything you need to know cooking is sort of my thing and I'm alway happy to lend a hand.

oooh...good idea!!

What a great thread and the older one who some one put the link up for is great as well. Idea: Have a page on the site for that stuff would be helpful for a lot of folks. I liked sewing and cooking at school but never got to achieve as high as I wanted as I needed more help than others but never got it as the teachers never seemed to have enough time. I want to do a short course to learn how to sew and cook better but there's nothing where I live or if there is they never run due to lack of interest. Hello Ive got the $ teach me.

poopylungstuffing if you can get someone to loan you a frying pan here's a good vegan recipe with a nice fall feel to it.
Take about tbs of cooking oil < not olive> add some crushed garlic <smack it with a can or the flat side of a big knive>
put it on the stove top on low to infuse the oil with the garlic while you get everything else together chop on pepper fine bell, pabalo or what ever level of heat you like all work < i like the pabalo it's got just alittle heat and a great dark green color> chop fine a sweet onion < i like the red ones it makes for a nice color contrast> remove the garlic from the pan so it doesn't burn trun the heat up and add the peppers and the onion cook saute < cook on high heat until they begain to brown just alittle> shut off the the heat when the oil has coooled alittle add 1/2 a bag of frozzen corn coat with the oil in the pan then turn the heat back on < this step cuts back on the oil spaltering> cook stiring the whole time on med high heat util brown add salt to taste or adobo is great in the dish as well. More diced garlic can be added with the corn at the end of the cooking time. I hope this might help alittle.
Oh I love the idea of a forum for this sort of thing and would be willing to add alot to it.

Craftster.org is a great resource. They have 2 sections dedicated to sewing and asking questions and reconstruction. There are a few others out there too.

I love reviews, especially on Amazon, as it's one of the few sites that everyone goes too. Reviews are how I decide on buying major things.

Quality of clothing is a gray area, wal-mart is cheap and so are thier clothing, I buy kids clothing there, but then they grow out of it faster than it can be destroyed sometimes. Price doesn't mean much, I've seen expensive clothes made cheaply and more inexpensive clothing made better. Feel the item, for example, a cotton t-shirt, a 'better' jersey will have a thicker feel to it, so will last longer. I sew a lot, my stuff, even put together half a$$ed last longer than the stuff we buy at the store, but on that note, material isn't cheap, so making clothing isn't any cheaper at times than buying, it's determined what your looking at. For example, I love the look of boutique clothing for my daughter, but I'm not going to spend $100-$150 for an outfit I can make for $20 worth of mats. But as you can see, $20 is still pricey for a dress. (ok I'm slightly obsessing on a focus, I'm going to move on)

Food, I love watching food tv. It's an absolute favorite around here. Rachel Ray, Alton Brown (have to have your science with your food ) and Tyler Florance are favorites here. They make the foods we are most likely to be interested in. We own a Rachel Ray cookbook that we cook out of a lot.

This is a just totally random sort of post, 'cause I know we've been talking inside the house, and this is about outside, specifically the car.

Use the floor mats to lie on when changing the tire or looking under the car for any reason.

Now that it's winter in the N. Hemisphere, prepare a small survival kit to keep in the car if you break down or get stuck in the middle of freaking nowhere.

Space blanket or warm sleeping bag
Non-cotton clothing, head covering, sensible shoes if you wear high heels
Chemical hand, foot, body warmers
Light sticks to mark the vehicle
Typed sheet of personal info, including contact #'s, medical conditions, physical description in case you are not conscious when found.
High calorie food bars
Water
Whistle

And of course it's always a good idea to carry a couple of days worth of any meds you take in case you get stranded anywhere.

That site is awesome! Very cool ideas and instructions and stuff! ty!

I have not been over there in ages...I think I will go...

Is it me, or is Craftster kinda weird.. like.. elitist? Especially in the sewing machine section, where someone was unable to answer my question, and was completely insistent that the reason for that was that there was no answer at all. While it turned out to be something simple. It seemed kinda like they were trying to make sewing machine repair into some kind of exclusive club and were bothered that I was trying to fix a machine myself.. or something like that. It was just... weird. I mean.. look at this thread: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=330740.0 It's like she's actively encouraging me not to fix a rather decent machine that probably won't be all that difficult to fix.. making it sound as though figuring out the part is more difficult than it really is, that her expert opinion is that I won't be able to make it work.. but there's no reason at all why that shouldn't be true. Kris was able to figure out most of it, and I don't think he'd ever touched a sewing machine before!

Maybe part of it is just my own problems.. like I look at so much of the stuff up on there and it's like.. wow, I can't do that! There were times in my past when I thought I'd be able to do things.. but those times are pretty much gone, I'm fairly certain by now that I'm totally incompetent at almost everything, so when I look at the clothing sections and stuff I get all hopeless, 'cause I know I don't have talent, and those people do. I guess that combined with the weird attitude on the sewing machine section is making me feel funky.

I love my jersey sheets.
I find pretty much every threadcount to be unbearable next to sheets that feel like soft t-shirts.