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Christmas with Terra Cotta Pots
I didn’t make this Santa and elves, but I did take the image while leaving a restaurant last year. Also meant to take a picture of a similar terra cotta nutcracker I’d always see on walks, but you get the idea. While I haven’t laid eyes on terra cotta snowmen, gingerbread men, reindeer or Christmas trees, I know
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Five-Second Rule for Dropped Food Debunked by Researchers
Food waste is bad, but if you drop it on the floor, do not eat it anyway. While we’ve all heard the “five-second rule” repeated as if it’s scientific fact, it may be safer to have a zer0-second rule! Recently, researchers at Rutgers set out to determine if it’s safe to eat dropped food that’s picked up within five seconds.
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Make Greener Decisions to Honor Earth Day 2016
Earth Day, April 22, is a time to stop and think. To mark Earth Day, you don’t have to go to any official event, though you can! But what’s really important is that you consider how your decisions affect the earth. I’ve listed some ideas to help you make more earth-friendly decisions in 2016 and
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Easy, Cheap Solution for Dog Food Mats
After my dog first crossed the threshold into our lives, I bought one of those terrible silicone food mats with a bone design on it. It always had a weird white film, even after you cleaned it. Then, for a while, I just didn’t use a mat, but I was always cleaning up splashed water
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Your Disposable Cake Dome Isn’t So Useless
I’m a baker, but I know not everyone is. Those plastic cake domes are a thing. Cakes get sold from grocery stores. I get it. But is there something more to the modest plastic cake container? Perhaps! All cleaned up, could it be used for storage or packaging? One vendor at my local antique mall thought
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