Craft Alert: Create a Sign That Keeps the Pantry Monster Away

The pantry monster is much worse than I’d ever imagined—and the craft alarm is going full blast. I managed a peek, and it looks something like a very threatening snail, octopus, crab combination (a snailcrabtopus?)—but also, very much like a bunch of overflowing boxes, cans, and canisters, stashed every which way—and growing eyes, a head,… Continue reading Craft Alert: Create a Sign That Keeps the Pantry Monster Away

Keeping the Lid on Things: New Storage Solution

Hell is a kitchen cabinet oozing with nearly melted, dented, stained (and smelly) plastic containers that have no lids. I created this hell myself, in several fits of organizational epiphanies, and all was not well. I have shrieked in agony, “Can’t I just bleepin’ put some sauce in something that hasn’t imploded?” And then, on… Continue reading Keeping the Lid on Things: New Storage Solution