Who do you Have to Convince of Small Space Living?
The Belle Writer's Studio solved our issues regarding work space and privacy
In case you missed it, Kent started a conversation over on his Tiny House Blog last month about how to convince your spouse to live in a small space.
I didn’t have time to join in the discussion, but wanted to make a few points about living small and making it work for two people.
For us, there was no “convincing,” neither of us actually thought we would be staying in a 480-square foot space and if we had known what we know now, I doubt either of us would have made the move.
Truthfully, I told my aunt a few months after we got here, “I cannot live in this small of a house!”
Our Earth Day Challenge
JT, your name was drawn for the copy of The Muffin Tin Cookbook. Please email me at fivecoat@ozarkmountains.com with your snail mail address by Wednesday, April 11 to claim your book!
Iris in front of The Belle Writer's Studio
Breaking a lifetime of habits isn’t always easy and this we have found true with breaking the habit of using paper towels.
Our mothers came from the era of all of these wonderful inventions that would make life more convenient: Paper towels, microwavable meals, dishwashers, processed foods, dryers, dryer sheets, etc.
Of course, no one ever explained what impact these things would have on the environment, if not our health.
Muffin Tin Cooking Makes Meals Fun
Today, I’m pleased to have Brette Sember, author of the newly released The Muffin Tin Cookbook, as well as The Parchment Paper Cookbook and The Organized Kitchen. All of Brette’s books are fantastic and make great additions to small house kitchens, but today, she’s going to tell us what makes muffin tins great and why they’re for more than just muffins. She also gives away a couple of recipes. Read to the end, you have a chance to win one of these books!
Your muffin tins can do much more than just cupcakes and muffins! This versatile pan can be used to make entrees, appetizers, breakfasts, sides, breads, desserts, and much more. Forget big casserole dishes or baking pans – you can do it all in your muffin tin. If you’re living in a small space, you’ll find that you can make many dishes with just a six-cup muffin pan which is easy to store and doesn’t take up a lot of room in your cupboard.
Satisfying end to a Work Weekend at Our Little House
This past weekend was a work weekend at Our Little House. We started on that to-do list and Dale had a few unplanned projects, such as replacing that heating element in the hot water tank.
The serviceman came out last Monday, spent all of 10 minutes on it, declared the solved the problem without draining the tank and checking the element.
It worked till Wednesday and we couldn’t get them back out here until this Monday, so Dale did it himself.
So much for my praise of extended warranties. We’ve decided we will not purchase them anymore on things Dale can fix, which is quite a lot.
Everyone knows around here that the well water is extremely hard, making it hard on heating elements in hot water tanks. Dale decided if the “Yahoo” who came out here didn’t know that much, he didn’t want him back (besides, I was getting tired of not having enough hot water to even shower).
Now we know the tank is cleaned to Dale’s standards and it’s been properly fixed and everyone from here to Chicago (where the store is based) knows we’ll never shop at their store again.
Dale also got the new window air unit installed and we needed it. We’ve had three days now of near 90 degree or over temps and high humidity.
My main job this weekend – in addition to getting our paperwork ready for the tax accountant and organizing The Belle Writer’s Studio – was planting our deck garden.
