https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:24:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1356572 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:57:53 +0000 msmug 1356572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i can't organize and keep the house looking nice and tidy. i can totally clean as im a bit of a dirt-a-phobe... but the organization part is where im seriously lacking. i need some good tips! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1356563 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:53:42 +0000 cascademom 1356563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: Ohh, that's good to know. My oven fried chicken breasts gets a "fry" in cooking oil and a stick of butter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1356559 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:52:14 +0000 Espion 1356559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: We rub the whole thing in a stick of butter! We had a tastybake oven before our gas range and it still came out wonderful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1356551 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:48:55 +0000 cascademom 1356551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: Ohh, I just printed this out. I have a cast iron pan. I can't wait to try this. I haven't braved roast chicken before. I make an amazing oven fried chicken from my mom's recipe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1356528 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:43:20 +0000 cascademom 1356528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@redsmarties: Do you have a squeegee? My husband bought one for our windows and uses it all over the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1356389 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:04:35 +0000 HLK208 1356389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sandy: those DO look good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1355723 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:57:28 +0000 sandy 1355723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: this was me too! BUT then I discovered<br /> a recipe for the most delicious roasted potatoes...they are soooo good...like a cross between a baked potato and French fries. You have to boil the potatoes first and then bake them super hot. The pioneer woman can be hit or miss but this recipe is a big big hit...so good you will love them i promise!</p> <p><a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/" rel="nofollow">http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1355715 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:42:36 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1355715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: No, I don't. Of course the night I replied to this post, the rice I made came out well. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1355265 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:56:58 +0000 HLK208 1355265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Roasting potatoes!!! Ugh. </p> [attach=1336/14/mziw2z.600x450.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348451 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:04:52 +0000 blackbird 1348451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do 400 for an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348436 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 07:55:00 +0000 JoJoGirl 1348436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: YES. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348412 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 07:41:06 +0000 doodlepoodle 1348412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: how long do you cook them and at what temp?? My MIL told me that too but I still somehow messed them up. I haven't tried in over a year because I'm scarred from all of my failed attempts LOL ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348320 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:20:43 +0000 Beyond2 1348320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@heartonastring: Oh yes a good rolling pin is important. I have a marble one that was around $15 that I love! I have a wooden one too but I never reach for that one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348296 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 04:56:27 +0000 .twist. 1348296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: OMG, my baked sweet potato fries are always mush too! Wth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348265 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 02:32:23 +0000 MamaMagpie 1348265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Add me to the fitted sheet failures!</p> <p>I always get the words "itch" and "scratch" mixed up...like I will say "I need to itch my nose". Even when I think about it before I say it, I still get it wrong! There are some wires crossed in there or something :)</p> <p>Also, I always ALWAYS pick the wrong line at the grocery store. It's a gift. It'll *look* like the shortest line, but then end up having the person who needs a price check or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348259 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:58:52 +0000 LittleGBee 1348259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: THIS! I can cook everything else relatively well and the damn roasted chicken gets me every.time. I hate it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348241 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:16:42 +0000 fussygal 1348241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: lol, soooo true... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348235 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:08:10 +0000 Espion 1348235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cannot do math in my head. I always reach for a calculator no matter how simple the math. And I can put on mascara, but that is about it!</p> <p>@Foodnerd81: Do you have a cast iron pan? The Mark Bittman (the food editor at the NYT) has the most fool proof, amazing roast chicken method ever. The secret is in pre-heating the cast iron pan...the pan retains the heat and the thighs/dark meat cooks at the same time as the breast. Everything gets done evenly and the result is magical.<br /> <a href="http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/the-minimalist-simplest-roast-chicken/?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/the-minimalist-simplest-roast-chicken/?_r=0</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348108 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:29:33 +0000 blackbird 1348108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Add me to the fitted sheets list. I've been rolling mine for years. I don't even care anymore (which makes my fail a win, no?)</p> <p>Crispy baked sweet potato fries. Mine are always mushy. Always </p> <p>I just figured out fried rice. I kept using botan rice and it would gum up. Can't believe it took so long to figure out not to use that rice </p> <p>I also mess up boiled eggs so now I steam them. Definitely more foolproof. 7 eggs at 15 minutes. </p> <p>Baked potatoes need a good coating of olive oil and a heavy sprinkling of kosher salt, then wrap in foil. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348092 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:22:15 +0000 autumnlove 1348092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Decorating, blowdrying my hair and eyeliner! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348026 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:31:48 +0000 Arden 1348026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Hedgehog: oh gosh me too. DH now asks if I mean drivers side or passengers side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348022 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:27:50 +0000 polkadots 1348022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>EVERY time I make coffee the machine gets clogged and coffee and coffee grounds end up all over the counter.. I've given up, It's Husband security for DH.</p> <p>oh and I can't snap my fingers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348015 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:25:47 +0000 doodlepoodle 1348015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first and most embarrassing one: Baked potatoes. I over cook them and they end up with a crusty outside and somehow a gooey (or nonexistent?!) inside OR they are underdone and inedible. I love baked potatoes too so it makes me sad. </p> <p>I also can't do my hair when it's medium length. Which is now. I blow dry/straighten it every day. My hair doesn't hold curl from a curling iron, it has to be hot rollers or it falls within 20 minutes and it's too short at my collar bone to look nice. Maybe that's why I like my short hair so much, it's easy to know how to style and look nice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1348000 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:21:27 +0000 Happygal 1348000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm nodding my head along with so many of these. </p> <p>@beachbee: me too! My husband thinks it is ridiculous, but I like the yolk a little bit runny and it's hard to get right! I started to research this and have tried many different methods (low and slow, olive oil, and so on). I'm still on a quest for the perfect fried egg. </p> <p>@cascademom: I watched this many times and can now fold a fitted sheet! <a href="http://youtu.be/YHTyH2nuFAw" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/YHTyH2nuFAw</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1347996 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:19:00 +0000 lemondrop 1347996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Smoothies- mine always taste like mud. So gross. </p> <p>I can do regular pancakes, but the 3 ingredient ones that were in the blog here, taste fine, but they sure aren't pretty looking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1347857 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:24:56 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1347857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LAundry. I always forget it in the wash. Always!<br /> And getting mirrors/glass clean and not streaky. It literally takes me three or four attempts to do our bathroom mirror. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1347810 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:10:37 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1347810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I suck at decorating. I can't ever figure out what coordinates with what. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1347808 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:09:55 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 1347808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Knowing my right from my left.... I actually have to think about it so I don't mix them up. Mr Hedgie frequently assumes that when u said one direction, I actually meant the other.... and most often he is right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1347801 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:08:02 +0000 matador84 1347801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not good at cleaning...not as good as our cleaning lady is! I wish I could clean like her! Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/simple-tasks-that-you-fail/page/3#post-1347799 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:07:09 +0000 betsyboop 1347799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wrap presents and sew buttons! As a mother, I feel that I need to have these "skills"! </p>