If you travel often, having a travel kit packed and ready will ensure you don’t forget something. Mine has a toothbrush, hairbrush, 4 oz containers of stuff I use, toothpast, extra medication, a decent electric razor (plug-in kind), phone & tablet chargers, a 6 foot extension cord, a small umbrella, and a small…

It’s not about leading voters to the Democratic side - the Republican nominee for President has won the popular vote only once in the last quarter century (Bush in 2004).

My in-laws raise a good portion of their own meat. They explained this to my husband and his brothers as their “meat garden”. They named all of the mammals (Beefy Boy, Sir Loin, Bacon, Ham, etc) and one of the more obnoxious roosters (Cogburn. Fuck that rooster.)

We kept one cow until it was ready for slaughter, then killed it and bought another one (lather, rinse, repeat.) They were all named Mr. Beefy and “some Mr. Beefy” was often the answer to “what’s for dinner tonight?”

When I was a kid my family had a big water jug that we would do this with, and it seems so tedious now but I used to love dumping it all on the table and counting the money to see how much we saved.

It seems like there are at least a couple of frills in this method.

Very cool.. The apartment we were living in.. not a great place. There was a power surge that burned out all the appliances, including my computers, microwave, etc.. That’s when we discovered the amazingness that is an electric kettle. Oatmeal, tea, coffee, hot water on demand (or relatively close to on demand),…

Can’t live without my Chemex, ditched all of my other coffee appliances after I found my perfect formula. My coffee bar (ha) is now fairly empty.

I have a 4-cup drip coffee maker that is only needed for company (I use an Aeropress for everyday). So it got banished to the cupboard over the fridge along with a few other seldom-used gadgets. I also have a plastic bin for seldom-used tools (think: turkey lifters) and that stays on the top shelf in the laundry room.

People still get confused when they can’t find the microwave at my place. Depending on what they’re wanting to heat up, I’ll hand them a skillet or turn on the oven and look at their blank stare. On the other hand, my coffee maker and coffee grinder are used at least once a day. If that’s not your thing, then yeah,…

Awesome point. My wife and I bought a house. The coffee maker stays on the counter, the toaster is stored in a cabinet and the microwave is rarely used so it went to the basement. We’ll probably eventually get rid of it.

I lost my dyson but kept the kitchenaid in my divorce years ago, think i came out on top. (i’ve been a fan since your xo days — sorry to hear about the divorce!).

I just learned something new. I also live in a tiny apartment and have no toaster, but I make my toast in the oven part on bake at 400 because I never thought to use my broiler.

I have a loft and limited kitchen space and keep my microwave on top of my fridge. I can still use it the 1-2 times a week, but it’s completely off the counter-top leaving me valuable real estate. I will say I’m 6 ft so this may not be an option for people shorter, lol.

Okay, as someone who moved into an apartment with a VERY small kitchen.. I’ve done without a microwave, toaster and coffee maker. My significant other, after eating bread at my apartment for the first time.. immediately took me out and bought me a very nice toaster. My college aged kid thanks him every time she uses…

Yes this. Microwave, Toaster and Wok have all gone away and we don’t miss any of them. The Microwave we never really used anyway, the oven can toast things in a pinch, and a good non-stick pan seems to do everything I needed the wok to do.

Not essential, no doubt, but makes our life easier by a large margin. The microwave and toaster at least. I eat bagels for breakfast, and we freeze 2-4 packs at a time, plus frozen Ciabattas, and English muffins. All those need to be thawed, along with the last minute changes to our dinner menu, which means we…

As someone who’s job is literally giving advice, this comes up a surprising amount. Usually by people who want to jump the queue for questions I get through my submission form.

I can’t get over how big a deal people make out of thank-you notes. How damned hard is it to say “Hey, I appreciate you taking time to help me out when I had a flat tire Monday”? You don’t need humor; you don’t need big words; you just need to show that you appreciate that thing that that person did that time. That.

I don’t have any access to my work email at home. IT keep offering to ‘fix’ that for me. I just laugh and ask when they’ll be paying for the phone/bill. Until then, nope.