Bodies change a great deal over time, and sometimes those transformations are dramatic. When you see a friend who suddenly looks different, there’s a strong impulse to remark on it. Sometimes that kind of comment will be extremely welcome—even expected—and sometimes it will be unappreciated and downright hurtful.
If you live in a tiny home, you're faced with living a full life with less space—and less stuff. This makes going to Target a difficult task for tiny homeowners, because, well, they're just as tempted by all the cute, quirky, and cool things in the aisles as you are (the Target effect is real, y'all!) But it also means that these residents are experts at cutting through the clutter to find the best problem-solving products while shopping. Here, five tiny home owners share their favorite of these productive Target buys:
As Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are discussing negotiating an order on a new Volvo V60, tuning a Honda Civic and importing a car from Canada for one minor option.
What’s worse than Carpool Karaoke? Getting Carpool Karaoke notifications on your iPhone when you haven’t watched it in a long, long time.
Who doesn't love a bargain? So many of us walk into Target to buy something small, like a roll of toilet paper. And naturally, we end up leaving with a cart full of stuff we didn't know we needed. So in the spirit of saving a few bucks, we thought we'd highlight our favorite—yet often overlooked—bargain section of the store: the end caps.
Accidentally leaving a child in a hot car is a tragic mistake that anyone could make. Blame our faulty brains, among other things. (And if you haven’t read Gene Weingarten’s 2009 Washington Post story on hot car deaths, make a point to do so—it’s masterful.) As parents, the sooner we realize we’re not insusceptible,…
My dad has an intense sweet tooth, just like me. One afternoon when I was around 10 years old, Dad got a hankering and he enlisted me to help him make Toll House chocolate chip cookies. That was the first time he and I had ever baked together. Since then, whenever I make chocolate chip cookies, including the ones from this recipe, I think of him and that special afternoon we spent together in the kitchen.
Do you ever reach the end of the week and feel like there's absolutely nothing in the fridge and takeout seems to be the only option? This flatbread is for you. Tender yet crisp, it can be turned into pizza, sandwiches, or even fill out a hearty cheese and snack board for Friday movie night.
These flatbreads take about an hour and a half from start to finish, so start them before you grate the cheese, make a sauce, or just continue to stare into the barren fridge any longer.
While you were popping Champagne corks on New Year's Eve, I was popping cans — cans of Pillsbury Crescents, that is.
There are few sounds so aurally satisfying as hearing that gentle explosion when the cardboard canister is cracked against the edge of a countertop, seams bursting to expose khaki-colored dough. And for me, there's no better time to enjoy a crescent roll than on New Year's Eve.
While you can certainly make cabbage rolls after you get home on a weeknight, cabbage rolls can also be simmered until deliciously tender in the slow cooker all day long and welcome you home with their enticing aroma. With a no-cook beef-and-rice filling and no-cook tomato sauce, these cabbage rolls are easy to throw together in the morning so that dinner's cooking away while you're at work.
We've been pretty vocal in the past, speaking out against boxed sets of cookware. (And knives!) Why? Because too often those sets include a bunch of stuff you don't need and not enough of the things you do need. So you end up spending money on an imperfect assortment. We'd rather you buy things open stock (industry speak for "individual items") and build your own set based on how and what you cook.
Something you're sure to need? A saucepan. You know, for sauce. And also for boiling water or reheating soup, gravy, and more. Having a few (in varying sizes) isn't a bad idea. So you may want to consider this three-quart option from Cooks Standard.
Have you been watching Hulu's original series, The Handmaid's Tale, which dropped its first three episodes on us last week? If so, you're probably counting down the minutes until you can watch episode four, which came out this morning. Either that, or you're cowering under the covers wondering how many steps there are between us and Gilead, in which case you have my sympathy.
Student loan debt has been an issue for a while, and it’s now at $1.4 trillion in the U.S. To make matters worse, a few recent happenings have made the situation a little more grim for borrowers. These changes won’t affect every student debtor, but it’s still worth paying attention.
On those days you second guess yourself for setting a 6am alarm to hit the gym, or skip happy hour in favor of a run, come up with and recite your own fitness personal mantra. Since it’ll be based on your own ideals and values , it’s a powerful reminder to keep you motivated.
Anker’s biggest battery ever, Eneloop AAs, and a Philips Wake-Up Light kick off Monday’s best deals.
I recently celebrated my sixth wedding anniversary with my guy (Bruno!) and I wanted to make him something meaningful. When I looked into the traditional and modern wedding anniversary gifts I learned that year six is marked by iron (traditional) and wood (modern). I decided to incorporate… Continue reading on Curbly.com
    
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Mike had a simple desire. He wanted a lighted skiing pig Christmas decoration. He wanted several of them, actually. Sears had them available, so he placed an online order, choosing in-store pickup. Sears e-mailed him that his order was ready, and he happily drove 40 miles to Sears in winter weather to pick it up. If you’ve ever placed an online order with Sears, you know what happened next.
Look at the photo: if you don’t understand why he would want such a thing, we question your judgement. Heck, we’d keep those up around the Consumerist office year-round if we were able to get our hooves on one, but we can’t. The pigs were very popular and sold out.
We saw the e-mail that Mike received: the other items in his order were listed as “Processing,” but the pigs were ready. He scanned his barcode at the kiosk and waited for the clerk to come out with his pigs. He waited. The clerk came out and scanned the e-mail at the kiosk again. The pigs were not there.
“This wasn’t the first time that the Sears store clerks had no problem in making [me] stand there while they argued about what they were supposed to do on what system to deliver (or not) merchandise on the easy ‘ship to store’ promise,” grumbles Mike. Is a 40-mile round trip and waiting for people and systems to actually communicate worth a skiing pig?
Where did they go? Sears doesn’t know. We wrote to Sears with the facts of what happened and Mike’s order number, but they didn’t answer us. Based on past experiences, a few days after we publish this post, we’ll hear from two or more different departments at Sears offering their assistance without having communicated with each other. None of them will be able to bring the pigs back, of course.
You can still buy the pig decoration online now…for $130 on eBay. Mike paid a little over $25 for the two he ordered.
2014 is shaping up to be a big year for Ella Jenkins. It marks the release of 123s and ABCs, her 34th album for Smithsonian Folkways since her first release on the label 56 years ago. She is also turning 90 this August. Exploring Americana and World Music long before either was a "thing," Ella Jenkins has provided incredible joy and guidance for generations of parents, educators, and children in their early explorations of music.
We’re not sure how many of you are knee deep in a turkey somewhere (wait, that sounds terrible) but there’s nothing we like more than a group brainstorming session, so if you’re around, Wendy would love your suggestions. She has an exterior issue and she’s ready to dive right in (you know what that means… after pics! Hopefully really soon!) so here’s her letter:
I’ve been a YHL reader since house #1 and I’m so excited that you’ve started this group advice feature! I have a problem I hope you and your readers can help with. We’ve lived in our home for about four years, and the front needs a major paint job. It’s a two-story brick house, and the trim is peeling and in desperate need of re-painting, but we keep putting it off because we can’t figure out the color! I’m not a fan of the off-white color, and our style is not particularly traditional, though that is the style of the house. We have an HOA so we can’t go too crazy, but I’d like to inject some fun color somehow to give it more appeal and personality. Maybe a bright front door?
The one thing that has me tripped up is that our brick is more orange than red. I’d love to hear what colors might work with that for our door, shutters, & trim. I have great fantasies of one day painting the brick, but for now I would love some advice for working with it as-is. Thanks! – Wendy (and Mike, Lucas, and Jackson) Note: for anyone who wants to play around in photoshop, just click the image above this paragraph to enlarge it – and you can share your creation in the comments by linking to it on a free photo-sharing site like Flickr or Pinterest.
After staring at that before photo for a while, I dragged it into photoshop to see what stuck. Here’s what I did first:
For my second go, I:
This one is a “squint a little” solution since the photoshopped shutters aren’t perfect, but this time I:
A few other options that came to mind were that Wendy could…
And just for fun, here’s Clara’s suggestion. She told me to do purple bushes and grass with blue bricks. Clearly she wasn’t following the “keep the brick as-is” directive. Ah, to see through the eyes of a child…
Do you guys have any votes or ideas for Wendy? Are you Team Red? Team Navy? Team Green? Team Edward? Team Jacob? There are tons of other ways she could go, so she’d love to hear everyone’s ideas. Picture me passing you the baton – er, the mic? The keyboard?
Psst – Got a particularly tricky spot or a dilemma in a certain area of your house? Please submit at least three photos of the space along with a quick sketch of the floor plan and a short description about what has you stumped to advice@younghouselove.com.
Name: Hallie Glennie
Location: South Loop, Chicago, Illinois
Size: 1,000 square feet
Years Lived In: 2 years; Owned
From the rustic wood ceilings crisscrossed by painted red duct work to the castle-sized windows surrounded by floor-to-ceiling exposed brick, her loft is the real deal — that sleek, urban look that suburbanites (like myself) often try to emulate with faux brick panels and prepackaged beadboard, but can never quite capture for lack of authenticity.
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Q: I have a studio of my own, but it's a weird shape. Its basically a U, with the kitchen on one side and the living space on the other. Most of the light in the living space comes from the sliding glass doors and the balcony on the far end. The floorplan here is how I currently have it laid out, but I would like to make it better laid out for entertaining. I am planning on getting a couch, but I still don't know where I should put it. I don't really care about having privacy with my bed, but I don't know where to put the couch without blocking all the light from the sliding glass doors. What do you think I should do?
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Apartment hunting can be stressful, and living in an apartment isn't always a picnic either. From noisy neighbors to horrible landlords and tight spaces, things can get dicey. But with the right tricks up your sleeve, living in an apartment can be awesome. Here are ten ways to make that happen.
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It's Friday. That means it's time to share what you know, ask what you don't, and generally partake in some insightful conversation. Right here, right now! Ask questions, offer advice, discuss productivity tips, or just chat about whatever's on your mind.
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Okay, this isn't so much of a hack as it is a re-purposing idea -- but it's pretty brilliant, so we're sharing… Continue reading on Curbly.com
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Hi everyone, happy weekend! Thanks for all the nice words on the bookcase project from yesterday. I’m wrapping up a few projects around the house this weekend and hoping to clear the decks so we can get out of town for a few days next week.
I rounded up a few favorite links for the weekend, enjoy!
Above image from this gorgeous beach home tour.
Get ready to pin! A beautiful Parade of Homes featured over at Kirstin’s place.
The average bloggers’s guide to blogging.
A clever reply to a cease and desist letter.
Does your plan match your dream?
This Tumblr is hilarious.
“O beautiful for spacious skies” – the 50 states in pictures.
Working women during WWII.
75 years of the Man of Steel.
Endangered American historical sites.
A cross country road trip all about pie.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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Business Insider's Walter Hickey did the math on Monopoly, calculating the most frequently landed-up squares (taking into account dice probability, Go To Jail events, and Community Chest/Chance cards) and conceived of a supposedly optimal strategy for buying and building upon property. I still hate Monopoly, but I suspect that this would make it less boring (for a while, at least).
How To Use Math To Crush Your Friends At Monopoly Like You've Never Done Before (via MeFi) 
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