by Ivory Soap | Jun 14, 2012 | Fencepost, Flops
The picture says it all. It was ALL BAD, y’all. I think my first mistake was the WHITE WHOLE WHEAT. I had the same problem with the homemade pizza crust (the yeasty version, not the bake mix-biscuity version that never fools anyone.) My husband is an old...
by Ivory Soap | Jan 23, 2012 | Fencepost, Flops
This is perhaps the most vicious homemaking injury I’ve ever received. It’s like a paper cut on steroids. This picture was taken after two days and lots of antibiotic ointment. It actually goes across three fingers, but it was hard to get the light to...
by Daisy | Sep 28, 2011 | Fencepost, Flops
When we last left this saga, I had finally unstuck the lid from Ivory’s Picklemeister. It was a great feeling. I was so psyched to get the kraut started. I layered it in the crock with salt, added the inoculant from Ivory’s pickles and enough water to...
by Daisy | Sep 26, 2011 | Fencepost, Flops
As you all know, everything I do always turns out perfectly. What’s that choking sound? Ah, you’ve read our flops. Well, as long as we’re letting it all hang out, you might as well know what happened when I, inspired by Ivory’s fantabulous...
by Daisy | Dec 15, 2010 | Fencepost, Flops
In early Fall during a hive inspection I observed the bees had started to consume their own honey so I started feeding them sugar syrup to supplement their stores. In mid-Fall, another inspection revealed the bees had absconded. No bees, no dead bees. Nothing at all...
by Ivory Soap | Aug 4, 2010 | Fencepost, Flops
Here’s a little bedtime story for you lovely readers: Once upon a time, a beautiful princess named Ivory got a wild hair to put in her own laminate floors. (After all Princess TL did it ten years ago, so how hard could it be?) She borrowed a chop saw and...
