I made three-quarters of a place mat, then I got bored.

You can either boil them for 5 minutes, and prep everything else while that’s happening, or you can freeze them overnight and allow them to thaw before you start.

I’ll be listening!.Don’t forget to pin these ideas for the next time you make a big pot of chili at your house!I make it look like I’m a pretty together person around here sometimes.

I made three-quarters of a place mat, then I got bored.

Or most of the time.I only show the pretty pictures of my house, I share tips for the things that I know or that I learn to do really well.Part of that is just the nature of this type of blog.

I made three-quarters of a place mat, then I got bored.

It’s part education and part inspiration and those kinds of pretty, useful posts just fit it.Sometimes though, it’s a good idea to “pull the curtain back” and share a little more realness, just to keep things in perspective.

I made three-quarters of a place mat, then I got bored.

So let’s do that, shall we?.

I got the inspiration for this post when my friend Erica, recently shared a post like this.after I’d used some rubbing alcohol to clean some Sharpie off of something the other day.. Well.

Someone hadn’t known about that one and actually had some Sharpie marking up a wine glass.They went and tried it out and it worked!

So, I thought there surely must be some others that don’t know about this little house-saving gem.. Oh, but wait.There’s more to the story than that.