Tag Archives: modern living

I promised you ironing….so read on….I recommend it to everyone.

By candia | Published: March 24, 2010

I hope that everyone read my little post on doing the laundry and that the big detergent companies are trying to help us save money by saving soap..I am sure that this was supposed to translate for them as “saving the environment”…well, I also mentioned that I iron….yes, hard  to believe, and I am getting [...]

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Candia buys a new toaster and is in love….Dualit is the tops!

By candia | Published: February 18, 2010

I  need to buy one as the toaster oven I have is a fire hazard, the wires that heat are “frayed”…and light up when you use it kind of like a fire..and yet,  it still  doesn’t even toast anything.So..I have been tormented about what to buy for a variety of reasons. One, do I want [...]

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Special evening with Temple Grandin and Claire Danes..must tell you about it.

By candia | Published: February 9, 2010

This past Friday evening, I  was invited  to one of many pre-Premieres for the Temple Grandin HBO movie that was to begin showing on Saturday night.  I don’t know if anyone out there knows someone on the Autism spectrum, but even if you don’t I highly recommend this movie. If you saw the show on [...]

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Candia’s Amarylliss have come up and they are amazing…Valentine’s Day idea?

By candia | Published: February 3, 2010

If you will recall I mentioned last month , that I was very, very late in planting my amaryllis, but the upside is that I will have them until April if I am lucky. I had a hint on Friday that there was something happening and as you can see, I have had some success. [...]

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