#family-friendly kitchen

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Crafting Family-Friendly Kitchen Layouts for Busy Households

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Enclosed Kitchen Example of a mid-sized minimalist u-shaped porcelain tile and gray floor enclosed kitchen design with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, quartzite countertops, white backsplash, porcelain backsplash and stainless steel appliances

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Transitional Family Room - Family Room Large transitional enclosed medium tone wood floor family room photo with blue walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

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New York Kitchen Example of a large transitional u-shaped medium tone wood floor enclosed kitchen design with an undermount sink, beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets, marble countertops, white backsplash, stone tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

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New York Enclosed Kitchen Enclosed kitchen - mid-sized modern u-shaped porcelain tile and gray floor enclosed kitchen idea with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, quartzite countertops, white backsplash, porcelain backsplash and stainless steel appliances

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New York Great Room Kitchen Inspiration for a sizable, open-concept, transitional kitchen remodel with a gray floor, porcelain tile in a l-shape, granite countertops, shaker cabinets, medium-tone wood cabinets, glass tile for the backsplash, stainless steel appliances, and an island.

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Mudroom New York Mid-sized rustic porcelain tile mudroom with a brown floor and gray walls.

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Enclosed Kitchen New York Enclosed kitchen - mid-sized modern u-shaped porcelain tile and gray floor enclosed kitchen idea with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, quartzite countertops, white backsplash, porcelain backsplash and stainless steel appliances

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Enclosed - Modern Kitchen Inspiration for a mid-sized modern kitchen remodel featuring a u-shaped porcelain tile floor, gray walls, a quartzite countertop, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, a white backsplash, a porcelain backsplash, and stainless steel appliances.

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Transitional Family Room - Family Room Large transitional enclosed medium tone wood floor family room photo with blue walls, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

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Spell for Nightmares and Insomnia

Alright, this is my first time sharing a spell that I created, so I hope this works for others. I've always found it to be very helpful when suffering from anxiety-related insomnia, and it also works a treat for children suffering from nightmares, which was what spurred me to craft this in the first place.

This is a two-part spell, but if you lack components, you can just use the candle spell part.

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Part One - Calming Night Balm

You will need:

15g beeswax or carnauba wax for a vegan alternative

10g shea butter

2 1/2 tbsp almond oil

2 tbsp jojoba oil

bain-marie (heat-proof bowl and a saucepan)

3 drops mandarin oil, 4 drops lemon balm, 5 drops chamomile, 5 drops lavender

lidded jars (I like the aluminium ones)

thermometer

labels

Sterilise the equipment by washing throroughly and then drying in an over at 140c (275f) or in a microwave for 30-45 seconds if microwave safe. Gently heat the wax, butter and carrier oils in the bain-marie until melted.

Once the ingredients are fully melted, pour carefully into your jars.

When the mixture is about 40c (104f), add your essential oils. I've opted for the above blend, but depending on your relationship with oils, you can adapt as needed. The noted amount of essential oils in the mixture works out at about 5%, so while this is safe for application to your body, I would avoid applying it to your face or more sensitive areas.

In regard to timing, I like to make this up on Mondays for a lunar connection to peaceful sleep and dreaming, or you could also time it with the Full Moon for some lunar oomph.

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Part Two - Candle Spell

You will need:

Jade crystal (calming, balance, protection against negativity)

Indigo chime candle

Dried chamomile flower (calming, peace, healing) & cloves (protection against negative energy)

Lavender essential oil

Perform this before you go to bed.

Grind together the chamomile and cloves, I usually use about 1 tsp of chamomile and 2 tsp of cloves.

Anoint your candle with the oil and then roll in your ground herbs. I don't really work with sigils much, but if you do you could also carve a sigil into the candle at this stage.

Light your candle and hold onto your jade crystal. Visualise yourself sleeping deeply, visualise waking up from a restful nights sleep, refreshed and ready for the next day.

If you prepared the balm, apply this to your body as you visualise. If doing this for a someone else, have them hold the jade while you rub the balm into their skin and speak the visualisation over them.

I tend to use chime candles and will repeat this candle spell over a day or two, so often, I will blow out the candle once I've finished rubbing in the balm rather than wait for the candle to burn out. Also, a reminder to make sure the candle is extinguished before you go to sleep. Stay safe!

Disclaimer: A lot of my choices in components are due to my own relationships with the herbs, oils and crystal so if you know of something that would be more effective for your personal practise feel free to substitute.

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"will Steve's hard head dent this pot?"

Who needs enemies when you have a best friend that lets intrusive thoughts win

2012 avenger w/Bucky au

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Transitional Living Room Living room - large transitional open concept porcelain tile and gray floor living room idea with gray walls, a corner fireplace, a stone fireplace and a wall-mounted tv

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New York Loft-Style Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary loft-style light wood floor family room remodel with beige walls and a wall-mounted tv

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"Schedule 1" Salted Peanut Butter Cookies

Because they're highly addictive and have no medical purpose

These bad boys are dairy free and gluten free, completely by accident. They're incredibly cheap to make AND only use four ingredients that you probably already have, they're super adaptable for dietary restrictions, and you can be eating cookies inside 90 minutes. What more could you want?

I use a 2-teaspoon scoop for these, which makes them just the right size to eat about seven cookies before you even realize what you've done. I recommend a larger scoop for bigger cookies, which will slow you down later. You'll thank me, I promise.

Definitely do not sink four or five chocolate chips into the middle of every dough ball, because then these cookies become legitimately weapons grade.

Recipe by Smitten Kitchen & Ovenly

1 3/4 cups (335 grams) packed light brown sugar

2 large eggs, at room temperature (this is important, because you'll be dissolving the sugar into the eggs - if your eggs are cold, sink them in a glassful of comfortably-hot water for a couple minutes.)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 3/4 cups (450 grams, or one 16.3 oz jar) smooth, cheap peanut butter (just get the cheapest stuff you can find for this, the stabilizers and emulsifiers help prevent the cookies from being greasy. You can use natural nut butter if you want, i guess, but it won't be as good and it'll cost you more, which is unnecessary. If you need to accommodate a peanut allergy, use the closest available equivalent to a Jif-style spread.)

Coarse-grained sea salt, to finish. (I used kosher salt, which works fine. If you have fancy salt, feel free to use it but know it's not strictly necessary.)

In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the brown sugar and eggs and beat the living daylights out of it until light-colored, smooth, and ribbony.

Mix in the vanilla extract, then add the peanut butter and mix thoroughly. You'll notice a change in texture pretty quickly, it will magically transform from a batter to a soft dough reminiscent of play-doh.

Pop the entire bowl of cookie dough into the fridge, and preheat your oven to 350*. By the time your oven is hot, your dough will be ready.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment, but tinfoil is fine too if that's what you have. Drop little balls of cookie dough in whatever size you prefer. If you don't have a doser/scooper, flatten the bottoms a bit so they bake more evenly. Then, garnish each one with a sprinkling of salt.

These cookies will not spread in the oven so whatever size you start with is what you'll have at the end; I aim for roughly the size of a golf ball or a bit smaller. For cookies this size, 9 minutes was sufficient for my oven - larger cookies may take anywhere from 12-15 minutes, but your timing may vary. Your cookies are done when beginning to color golden brown and fragrance your kitchen with toasty aromas.

They will be a tiny bit soft, this is fine. Cool on the cookie sheets until you can comfortably handle them, which will finish baking them through if needed, then transfer to a wire rack to cool all the way. If you can wait that long.

Store airtight at room temp. Don't worry about how long they stay fresh, they'll be gone long before they spoil.

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