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These tomatoes can peel themselves. Practically.

June 4, 2013 by Cindy 2 Comments

It’s tomato season! Half a dozen just came in from the garden yesterday. And I know I’m not the only person who won’t just bite into a tomato like an apple. I like them peeled, with all of that seed-gooky-stuff taken out. Last year I tried the age old tip to remove the peels. It’s…

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Filed Under: Foodie, General, Live Well Tagged With: garden, how to, kitchen, knife, tomato

“Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Beauty”

April 13, 2013 by Cindy 1 Comment

Truth: The key to getting an “A” on a paper in my 11th grade English class was to use a quote in your opening paragraph.  Not a quote from the book, necessarily, just one that contained a word that was a theme in the book. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations came in quite handy.  It was the…

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Filed Under: General, Live Well Tagged With: budget, flowers, garden, quotes, Saint Arnold

Reasons to love FALL (Christmas, you wait you turn!)

November 10, 2012 by Cindy Leave a Comment

Do not be fooled by the Christmas commercials on TV or the unexpected snow fall around the country.  It is FALL!  Full of some of my favorite yearly things, including but not limited to the following: Seasonal Beer  Fall means the weather is getting cooler an the beer is getting darker.  Excellent!  Some of my…

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Filed Under: CRAFTS & DIY, Foodie, General, Live Well, Recipes Tagged With: Autumn, Fall, leaves, pumpkins, soup

Baking contest with AWESOME Prizes…

February 28, 2012 by Cindy Leave a Comment

Ok, maybe I’m a little biased. Do you have a recipe that uses caramel and white chocolate? Enter it in the “20 Going on 80” Iron Chef competition for a chance to win a custom etched pan from Name That Pan (InMyLife on ETSY) (and other great prizes)! Recipes must be submitted by March 5th….

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Filed Under: Foodie, General, Live Well Tagged With: baking, chocolate, dessert, etsy, foodie, iron chef, kitchen, recipe, winning

Household Hint: Keep Boiling Water Inside the Pot

February 24, 2012 by Cindy Leave a Comment

A watched pot never boils. So you walk away for a moment. And like THAT the pot boils over and you get big sizzling flames lapping up around your pot. Or it puts out the flame altogether and your kitchen now has a delightful smell of natural gas. Anyone who has attempted making pasta has…

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Filed Under: General, Live Well, Pinned it, Did it.

Grandma’s Stain Spray

June 30, 2011 by Cindy 17 Comments

Grandma Campbell’s stain spray is so simple to make. And saved my favorite shirt. Okay. One of my favorite shirts. It has penguins on it and I’m sure I’ll be wearing it for many years to come. The first time I wore the shirt (FIRST. TIME.) I managed to spill a huge drop of olive…

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Filed Under: General, Live Well Tagged With: cleaning, diy, grandma, household, laundry, laundry spray, recipe, stain, winning

Freeze Your Jeans , Save The World

April 5, 2011 by Cindy 2 Comments

Is your freezer full of pants? Well, according to Apartment Therapy, it should be. ABC news has studied this concept too. Apparently, if you freeze your jeans instead of washing them, it will kill just as much bacteria as throwing them through the washer/dryer. Not only saving the integrity of your denim, this method also…

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Are You a Good Egg?

March 16, 2011 by Cindy Leave a Comment

A quick lesson in cooking: Test your eggs before you use them! Drop egg in a glass or bowl full of water. If it… * Sinks to the bottom and stays there, it is about three to six days old. * Sinks, but floats at an angle, it’s more than a week old. * Sinks,…

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Filed Under: Foodie, General, Live Well Tagged With: baking, breakfast, cookie, cooking, dessert, eggs, kitchen, kitchenaid, pyrex, recipe, science

Snowdrops in Texas

March 5, 2011 by Cindy Leave a Comment

No. I am not talking about the weather. On Thursday, my mom and I watched an interesting segment on The Martha Stewart Show about Snowdrop Plants. They’re pretty little flowers that are one of the first to start growing after a long winter, even if there is still snow on the ground. Well, it rarely…

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Pale is the new Tan

July 11, 2008 by Cindy Leave a Comment

Melanoma Surges Among Young Women – AOL News If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. Late 90’s Pop Culture reference…

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