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It’s time for another guest post by my favorite gardener and domestic diva, the soybean.  She cooks, she gardens, she sews… now if only she would purchase a pygmy goat and chickens for an urban farm… *************************************************************************** What to do when it’s raining and you can’t garden? Find cute botanical prints for a project! After [...]

The May issue of Sunset magazine came this weekend! I got some great inspiration from the “pocket garden” feature (page 40). They have a plan for 2′, 3′ and 4′ square gardens… adding a few more items to each. Sunset has really stepped it up in the past year – it’s the perfect combo of [...]

It’s time for another round of Gardening With the Soybean.  She’s just returned from Mexico (sans-Swine flu… we hope), and is in the planning stages for her 2009 Victory Garden.  “Victory Garden” has such a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?  Note: thesoybean is still referring to her garden as a “vegetable garden”, but in [...]

Last week, I had a guest post by my favorite gardener and partner in crime, thesoybean. We’ve decided to create a weekly or biweekly guest post. And so, I present you with Gardening With the Soybean, in which my lovely twin documents her Portland gardening escapades. *********************************************************************************** I was getting pretty antsy about starting my [...]

Like a lot of Oregonians, I’ve had gardening on the mind lately.  As Michelle Obama is busy  reviving the victory garden, I’ve decided to share a guest post by my favorite gardener.  While she’s not a professional gardener, or the First Lady, her thumb is quite a few shades greener than mine. *********************************************************************************** The weather [...]

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How To Use Your Laptop as a Media Center has moved to the Frugal Bon Vivant. It includes: What you need to set up your own laptop media center step-by-step how to guide where to find movies and TV shows online Enjoy! How To Use Your Laptop as a Media Center PC

I don’t use my desktop computer. And it shall sit and collect dust no more! This goal was a lot more involved than just posting an old computer on Craigslist. First, I went through all the files: archived, organized, or deleted. Next, I bought a cheap small external hard drive to store all the files [...]

It’s official. I completed my first Apartment Therapy Cure. Yes, there’s always more that could be done, but I’m really proud of everything that I accomplished in the last 8 weeks (& my apartment thanks me too). Biggest accomplishment: Adding living room wall art (my 2nd favorite purchase, at only $15 per frame and I [...]

The end is here! Although I still have some Incompletes, I think my first official cure went pretty well. Now I need to clean this place up, wrap up a few little projects and call it “DONE”….. until the Spring Cure? Week 8 – Throwing A Party Find a recipe Prepare your apartment the day [...]