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Mucho mulch
By super special request, my Mother’s Day dreams came true. You’ll never guess what I got for a present. Here’s a clue: OK, another big clue to my super special present is the title of this blog post....
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Harris Teeter triple coupons week
Ah, how life changes. The last time our local grocery store, Harris Teeter, offered a week in which they tripled the value of manufacturers’ coupons up to $.99, I wasn’t even using coupons. Now, 14...
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Green home giveaway
I once had a friend once who liked to play the lottery. He said that he never really expected to win, but he loved the feeling of buying a lottery ticket, putting it in his wallet, and waiting to hear...
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How to remove melted plastic from the dishwasher
Have you ever run your dishwasher and had an ominous smell come from it and you just knew you’d melted something plastic by mistake? This is exactly what happened to me the other day. I opened the...
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Worth its salt
You know I love coupons. A year ago, however, I had yet to see the coupon light. I didn’t know it was possible to get items from grocery and drugstores for free. Now I know it’s not only possible to...
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Basil, in brief
Who likes fresh basil? I like fresh basil. Fresh basil likes me, too, especially when I put it in the fridge or in a cup of water on the counter. For a few days, fresh basil will be happy with...
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Wanted: Recipes for greens
If you’ve been reading this blog awhile you know that I love my CSA. I really do. I was thrilled when home deliveries of organic produce started about a month ago. The only problem with the CSA (and I...
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What we’re drinking: Momma’s lemon drops
Charlie’s favorite show is Max & Ruby. There’s one episode where Ruby and her best friend Louise start a lemonade stand. Charlie loves that episode and, by extension, now he loves making lemonade...
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Unprepared
Happy Thanksgiving! I’ve been woeful about this blog, not from lack of interest but rather sheer laziness (and a pinch of feeling overwhelmed recently with my day job). But today seems a fitting day to...
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The bird is the word
Here’s the report on the brining of the Thanksgiving turkey bird: it turned out great, very moist and delicious. We followed Alton Brown’s recipe for roast turkey on Foodnetwork.com. Apparently, the...
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