Homemade conveince foods
Monday, March 09, 2009 | By leftthesanebehind
How many of you are making your own foods at home? We started with our Laundry soap, gather that is not a food, but it started a trend in our home. I have now sucessfully, made my own bread, granola bars from stratch, cookies once a week and Tried but failed with the homemade maple syrup(that is one thing i will buy). So share your stories of the impossible, the things you never thought you would have made, but tried and liked! thanks and god bless!
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the insanity of it all
Friday, March 06, 2009 | By snowbird49908
I have been home from the hospital a bit over a week and Im already going insane with bordome. Ive been working of crafting alot and doing alot of cooking and thankfully my kids help keep me occupied but Im so use to just doing whatever. I will be able to drive again on Tuesday so that will be nice but still a bit over 4 weeks of takeing it easy ahead for me.
My dog had to get surgery a couple days ago to remove a tumor on his neck so he has been my partner in misery.
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Food Business Recycling
Friday, March 06, 2009 | By SallyMQ
Greetings,
In my small town we have recycle bins for paper, plastic milk jugs, tin & aluminum cans, and glass. Food service paper is not recyclable there. We rinse and sort these items and take them to the town bins, and the rest goes in the garbage.
The food scraps go to chickens. The coffee skins and grounds go to the compost pile. I'm looking for ideas to do more.
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Living a more active christian lifestyle
Friday, February 27, 2009 | By leftthesanebehind
Have recantly switched churches, which is helping me be more active in my faith. I am reading more of the good book, living a more sinfree lifestyle, and guess what? i feel better than ever before!. So just wanted to let everyne know, that God is here again in my heart and i feel fantastic! Praise God!
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German Sheppard Growling
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | By Newby
I Bought My Daughter a German Sheppard Male Puppy for her 8th Grade Graduation gift 2 years ago.Just Yesterday He started to Growl at her.We Have 4 Family Member and he only Growls at her.I quickly tried to correct the problem saying No,No Growlong and using time outs returning him to his crate.He (Rocky) Continues to do it and the last time he showed his teeth.So I know he means business.If anyone can give me ideas on how to correct the problem I would be gratefull..If I cant correct the problem obviously the Dog Must go..We Love him and dont want that to happen Please Help.
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Quick Report from the Dominican
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 | By freya1970
Hi everyone!
Well, I never made it to Mexico. After two days of trying and 4 failed attempts, my friend and I ended up in Toronto to see if we had more success getting a flight there. Long story short, mexico wasn't an option anymore so the airline rep told us to go look on the departures board and see where else we wanted to go. Since it was already 3pm, most of the departures were for Europe, one for Peru and one for Puerto Plata. Peru would have been great but since we only had a few days it was a bit far to go and the trip would have cost more since there are SO many things to do in Peru. We entertained the thought of going to Europe but I've lived there and been there many times and right now the weather isn't great. We asked what our chances were for Puerto Plata...she said there were 5 seats left and 5 standbys including us so we were in as the flight was boarding in 30mins. So the Dominican it was. I got a first class seat, my friend let me take it and he sit in the back of the plane. I sat next to a friendly girl and we laughed about our first class experience. She had never been on first class and I had (we lucked out on our Montreal-Toronto flight) so technically this was my second. We were treated like gold, had a nice free hot meal, chocolate and all kinds of other luxuries. Oh, how the other half live! :)
When we got here, I spoke to the rep for the company my friend works for. Luckily she is french too so she helped us out and bartered with the cab driver to give us a deal into town. Normally the price was $35US, we paid $20 canadian...woohoo. My spanish is ok, but not good enough to barter. Cab driver took a liking to us and took us to a reasonable hotel in Sosua which includes breakfast, internet, pool access and walking distance to the beach. We spent $80 a night as opposed to the $35 a night I had booked in Mexico but sadly this place is touristy and even the rep said we'd be lucky if we got anything under $100 last minute. I've been a bit sick since we got here but have managed to do the beach thing and a little shopping.
My friend and I shop at the grocery store for either lunch or dinner, we only eat out once a day but find the cheapest spots around and end up ordering appetizers.
When we got here, my friend was worried about getting back and I also had to get back to work. Luckily, there is a flight tomorrow which is only once a week back to where I live!! THere are 6 first class seats available, which means another luxury ride back and the time zone is the same so no jetlag either. My hubby will pick us up at the airport at 7pm and I will get a good nights sleep & back to work Thursday.
Stay tuned for more............
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Easter Gift Ideas
Saturday, February 14, 2009 | By Cocoa Girl
My bff is always the best at giving me cute homemade gifts for just about every holiday, and i always feel bad because i never have a gift to give back to her. So this year i want to make her something cute for easter....does anyone have some ideas? ( keep in mind-- i dont have very much money)
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cat keeps weeing in his sleep
Monday, February 09, 2009 | By kieralyn20
my 5 yr old cat keeps weeing in his sleep and on us when we pick him up,he has had a course of antibiotics and it stopped for a while,he has been neutered and is normaly a very clean cat,i need to get a urine sample to take to vets but dont no how
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Porta-Potty for Cats!
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 | By Monique63
I found this tip in an email today- what a great idea!
Porta-Potties For Cats
The next time you buy a 24 pack of canned pop in the
flat case, remove the cans carefully not to damage
the plastic wrap and the cardboard tray. This makes
a great disposable bathroom for your cat. Especially
if you take them traveling with you.
Monique :)
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Friday night frugal date!
Friday, January 30, 2009 | By freya1970
Both my hubby and I have had a long work week! Part of me wanted to go to dinner to "reward" ourselves for our long work week, then I suggested that we stay home instead, make mini pizzas together and watch a movie! He thought it was a great idea, so we'll make a whole batch of mini pizzas using english muffins and just freeze what we don't use. I love cooking "à deux", I find that fun and romantic :) Not sure what we'll serve with the pizzas, my fridge is quite empty at the moment though my pantry is full of cans and boxed foods and my freezer is full too. We have julienne oven fries we can make, then perhaps have a nice fruit smoothie for dessert as the fries and pizzas aren't exactly the healthiest, though I don't eat meat or dairy so they will be fairly healthy. I'll just use the pizza sauce, some broccoli and some grated rice cheese on top. I have a veggie dog left so I might cut that into small slices to mimic pepperoni!
Not sure what movie we will watch, he has a bunch downloaded so I'm sure we'll find something. Another idea was to download a podcast that I enjoy listening to from time to time that I know he'd like too, so we could enjoy a night of podcasts instead of a movie.
Since we had a bunch of meetings in my office with political "higher-ups", we ended up with some free fresh fruit that my boss might take home though I might ask if i can steal a banana. I already ate one of the apples for my afternoon snack!
Tomorrow is the farmers market, then my apt with the NMT doctor to see if she can eliminate my arthritis and allergies for good!
Hope everyone has a good weekend.
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