I have majorly dry skin.  Especially every year when the weather starts to turn cold, my hands turn into total alligators, and my lips get all flaky and cracked; they even started bleeding a bit last week.  M…

(Foreward: chili never ever photographs well.  End.) For a long time, I've been wanting to figure out an easy crockpot chili that uses dry beans.  They're cheaper and better for you and I far prefe…

(Disclaimer: I realized after writing this that it maybe sounded like I was dissing (pretty sure that's geriatric-speak by now) other advent calenders, or ones that are more "fun"-focused?  Becau…