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We really like this 15-bar pump-driven espresso machine with durable stainless-steel boiler, that features 2 thermostats for separately controlling water and steam pressure. It also has a self-priming operation; accommodates E.S.E. pods and ground espresso. The adjustable swivel jet frother looks like it will whip up a nice latte, and the removable 35-ounce water tank is large enough to reduce trips to the faucet. Measures 7-1/2 by 9-1/2 by 11-1/8 inches; 1-year warranty At DeLonghi EC155 Espresso Maker

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DeLonghi EC155 Espresso Maker - Compact Espresso Machine

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ok well im in a flat of 6, and theres just one guy who uses my stuff. he has not used any of my dishes, but he has used other flatmates dishes. he uses my cutlery, spatual, can opener.and leaves them lying around. i wash them, put them back, say nothing. but THIS was the last straw; today he had friends round and they decimated my drawer. all of it was left out, all had been used. he washed some, but some are left out. i REALLY Want to just shout at him to stop using it, but should i ask him nicely. i dont want to rock the boat. also, he did not even buy any cutlery for going to university like nothing. no knives, forks or spoons. what should i do.


          

Its not the whole of the first chapter. I like my writing to flow, and not carry on about the same surrounding for a whole page. What do you think.

Running up the porch of our new family home, I circled the new stainless steal appliances and fake marbled floors of our kitchen. A new home, a delight in my honer. My old house was haunted and after years of complaining to my harris mother, she finally gave in and bought a new house. It was also a downfall of mortgage payments. So we sold our modern home to settle for this place. It was cheap, and not to far from family and friends.
The town was three times smaller then our previous starvation of boredom; but it’s a nice quiet community. We already met a few people while stopping at the only restaurant in town. Every one carried a smile followed by a welcoming greeting. I really miss that fat bold man out the front of the restaurant, checking out my cleavage.
I ran up stairs to my new freshly painted bed room. A sea of yellow; my favourite colour. The room was larger then my old one. Furniture was kindly left from the woman who once walked these halls. I heard she died peacefully in a hospital bed. She won’t be haunting these walls.

I raced over to the full length mirror placed gently over one of the four encloses.
A gift from the dead. I thought as I smiled gracefully to my self and wiping of a clutter of dust from the glass with my sleeve.

A plane happy Jane you wonder. Wrong; I was miserable, and this is how it really happened.
Mope-ing up the three wooden stairs of our shit hole of a home. Groaning new swear words every step I took. We couldn’t afford any thing new. Every thing was old - our fridge had no seal, our toaster only cooked one slice and our oven devoured in rust. Thats our kitchen, moving on.
My bed room. A fucking yellow colour. What was that old bag thinking. Tomorrow I will chuck every piece of useless furniture out to the curb - including that mirror leaning against one of the yellow coated walls.

Slumping down on to my late fathers recliner, I watched as my mother madly sorted through pots and pans. She hissed a swear here and there until she found our spaghetti bowl. I guess I know whats for dinner. My sister Georgina sat down on our two piece flower couch. She stared at me with a grin on her thin orange lips, becuase she knows this annoys me. But at this time I already felt a red heat of anger. I sorted through my iPod for various new aged grooves until I found the perfect mix of loud base. The kitchen door was wide open, the wind making loud random thuds. A cold sensation made my hairs stand up like thin needles.


          

We’re always on the lookout for variety in cookie making, and having 101 colorful plastic cookie cutters will definitely help. Popular shapes for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Christmas, and YES even Super Bowl Sunday. There’s even a complete alphabet for fun cookie messages that you and the kids can make. These cookie cutters are also great for cutting out cookies, sandwiches–all kinds of foods–into different shapes; fun for crafting too and they work with play dough too. At Wilton 101-Piece Cookie Cutter Set

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Wilton 101-Piece Cookie Cutter Set

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Starting March 1, 2010, Thermador will expand its popular ONE, TWO, FREE discount offer to include any size Rangetop, or Masterpiece Series Cooktop, to give culinary enthusiasts even more ways to save as much as $6,373 on a professional-grade Thermador kitchen. The augmented promotion now gives participants the opportunity to receive any size Thermador Ventilation system for free, provided they purchase a qualified appliance package. The changes to the program, which was recently extended by Thermador through 2010, mean that consumers purchasing a 30-inch Thermador Rangetop or Cooktop, are also eligible to receive a free Thermador Emerald 6-program dishwasher provided they also purchase any Professional or Masterpiece Series Double or Triple Combination Oven. The previous ONE TWO, FREE offer covered only 36- and 48-inch Rangetops and Cooktops. Participants who add any Thermador Refrigerator or any two Freedom Columns to their cooking system also receive a free Thermador Ventilation system of any size, and may be able to realize additional savings by participating in their State Appliance Rebate program for ENERGY STAR  qualified products. Details of the expanded 2010 ONE, TWO, FREE promotion:  Purchase a Professional Series 36- or 48-inch Range, or any Rangetop, or any Masterpiece Series Cooktop, with an accompanying Professional or Masterpiece Double or Triple Oven and get a free Thermador Emerald Dishwasher.  New for 2010, step-up to Thermador’s top-of-the-line Sapphire™ 6-program Dishwashers for an additional $500 or $750 (depending on model)

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1950s foil dispenser.

At an antique store today, I bought a 1950s wall dispenser for foil, wax paper, and paper towels. It is in good condition, but a little dull with a few very faint rust-ish spots. How do I clean/ polish it. I believe the material may be aluminum, but not really sure. Whatever kitchen accessories in the 50s were usually made of, I guess it’s probably that. Any help appreciated, thanks.


          

We have the Mikasa Arabella stoneware set. I would like to accent my new kitchen in a medium to darker red. The Arabella dishes has dark blue, with some pail greenish gold bands with white stoneware. I don’t think the mexican fiesta theme goes with this. Arabella is more mediterranean, but I really want a deep red in my kitchen.
Here are the links to compare what I am looking at.

Does this go together and how can I pull it together.

http://www.countryporch.com/blonder-home/kitchen-accessories/red-glazed-pottery/canisters.asp

http://www.giftcollector.com/ProductLineImages/2670.pp.jpg


          

I’ve lived in a brand new three storey house for 2 years and everything has been fine until 6 weeks ago when our area had a leak in a main pipe.We had some water in the downstairs taps but the downstairs toilet,washing machine and no taps,toilets,showers or immersions would work.It took the water board 10 days before they fixed it and we had to live like this.
For almost a week the same thing has happened,we phoned the waterboard Tuesday night and they said they had been doing some work locally which would have affected the pressyre and everything should be fine in a couple of hours but today it’s still as bad if not worse.
Someone from the waterboard came out 2 days ago and said the works were done and there was nothing wrong with the pressure.
Some of our neighbours are having trouble too but not so bad as us(when we had the first leak none of their showers would work and there was no water getting to their immersions but they had water in upstairs taps and toilets)
It seems to just be affecting the showers now,the toilets are ok and the taps are but we have two showers(one in an en suite so we know it can’t be that both showers have broken the same day)
One of our showers has a light that comes on saying low water pressure and will blast water out but only cold,no hot at all even at the highest setting and the other shower which doesn’t have this feature will only shoot out boiling hot water,you can’t get any cold to it.
Could it be that over the last 2-3 weeks new flats have been leased at the end of my road and people are moving into them on a daily basis,Are they taking water and out supply can’t handle it,or could our house be at the end of a line and we are getting the leftovers etc.
We have to make a 15 mile trip every evening to shower at my mum in laws,it’s worse because my son has a severe skin disorder called icthyosis and he has to shower daily and bath for 30 mins 3 times a week in special stuff.
The waterboard won’t do anything because we have water coming out of the kitchen tap,they deem this enough.
Just to add that we have checked the stopcock and all fuses are fine.The showers sometimes will work,you shampoo your hair and then depending which shower your in,your either burnt with boiling water or frozen with icy blasts.


          

My boyfriend and I have had Poster, 11 month old, male Norwegian Forest cat, for the better part of a year. He is neutered, and gets a lot of attention and love, he has plenty of toys, and a scratch post. He’s a very good cat, very loving and friendly, but recently he’s just been really getting on last nerve. I want to say, maybe about a month ago, he suddenly learned how to jump on the counter, open our sliding closet doors, open cabinets, and taken a strange new fascination to all the wires behind our tv. We have a small side table/cabinet next to our couch, where we kept his treats and other various junk. I came home from the gym one day to discover not only that he’d somehow managed to open to the cabinet (which has small “U” shaped swinging handles on them, and magnets to keep them shut), but he’d ripped open his bag of treats, and strewn the contents of the ‘junk’ all over the living room. He’s been waking me up, like clock work, every morning at 4-4:15, trying to scratch his way into our closet (the doors are mirrors) so you can imagine how irritating this would be to wake up too every single morning. Once I shoo him away from the closet, he moves onto the side cabinet in the living room and works on that. Last night I found a bushel of bananas under the kitchen table that he’d knocked off the counter and dragged under there. I’m serious, I’ve had it. This started out of nowhere and no matter what we do, spraying him with water, yelling, ignoring him, giving him a light smack, he just continues to do it. I know it sounds ridiculous but I’m practically to the point of tears some nights because I’m so fed up with his behavior and keeping me awake at night, waking me up in the morning, actually losing sleep over a cat.

I even wasted $7.00 bucks on a bottle of ‘KEEP OFF’ cat spray, and after using half the can, he actually walked over and sniffed it like he liked it. I have just had it, and I don’t know what to do. My boyfriend can sleep through it, but I’m a light sleeper and am having a huge problem with it.

Is anyone else having this problem or know of ANYTHING that I can do. I’m getting desperate.
Thanks, J C, but let me make something perfectly clear. I do not ABUSE my cat, and I am very patient with him. I realize this is normal cat behavior, but after a month of being woken up over and over again, it’s becoming very irritating. Thank you for your opinion, but I don’t appreciate being made out to be some animal abusing freak who neglects our pet. If you have something negative to say about my question, keep it to yourself. I was looking for an honest answer with someone who may have a solution. Not a bashing.
Ok, let me rephrase my question, is there anything I can do to prevent my cat from doing these things. It’s not the climbing I am concerned with. I have done much research on the NFC, and I realize climbing is part of his nature. I throughly enjoy his company, and my boyfriend and I love him and play with him very much, but I am just tired of being woken up night after night because he does not understand that he shouldn’t be doing those things. We have no intentions of ‘getting rid’ of him because he is our pet, we love him. We actually do plan on getting another cat when we move out of our apartment and into a house next month. I have had many cats before, I understand their behavior, but none that have insisted countless nights on getting into anything and everything, so maybe I am just not used to it. Like I said, I wasn’t looking for a bashing. Just something that may deter him from making messes and getting into things he shouldn’t be.


          

The Kiwi Guard case protects that soft kiwi you’d like to eat later in the day, so when you open your lunch bag you don’t find kiwi grool. The case also features a green cutlery set to prepare and eat the kiwi whenever you want and wherever you end up. Via Random Good Stuff at Kiwi Guard

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Kiwi Guard - Protect Your Soft Kiwi

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