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Slushies Made at Home

July 24th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Home and Garden, How-To, Recipes No Comments »

This is an easy method of making slushies at home. It is really too easy to be called a recipe. Pick your favourite flavour of kool-aid mix and prepare by the instructions. Put the mixture into ice cube trays. When the kids need a cool drink, just put the kool-aid ice cubes into a blender and make it the consistency that is like a ’store-bought’ drink.

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Using Dried Tea Leaves with Your Dog

July 24th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Home and Garden, How-To, Pets No Comments »

Your dog may have a favourite dog bed or cushion. If the fabric material begins to take on a ‘doggy odour’, it is possible to take out that scent with either baking soda or dry tea leaves. Just sprinkle the baking soda on the dog bed and leave it for a few hours. Then it can be vacuumed and the odour will be decreased significantly.

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Grilling Beer Can Chicken

July 13th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Home and Garden, How-To, Personal Skills, Recipes No Comments »

I will admit that I was skeptical - highly skeptical, in fact - about beer can chicken. It was delicious. I was introduced to this method of grilling chicken by a local group of LAN party enthusiasts, who proved that they can cook as well as they can modify computers and game.

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A Ten Thousand Dollar Burger Recipe

July 3rd, 2008 Catherine Posted in Home and Garden, How-To, Recipes No Comments »

Elizabeth Bennett is a winner of a recipe contest. This non beef recipe netted her a first prize of ten thousand dollars in a national burger contest. It is a lamb patty burger and it is delicious:

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Dogs and Grass Eating Behaviour

June 25th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Home and Garden, Pets No Comments »

Pica is a craving for unnatural, non-food items. Dogs do enjoy their grass and grass-eating is not always viewed as pica. However, if your dog eats grass excessively and as more than a passing snack, the habit may escalate into a pica. No one really knows why dogs eat grass – it is one of the mysteries of dogs.

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Mother’s Day Is Busy for Michelle Duggar

May 9th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Home and Garden No Comments »

Some women do pregnancy well. One suspects that Michelle Duggar is an expert at pregnancy by now. She is carrying her eighteenth child:

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Day of Silence

April 25th, 2008 Justin Posted in Health, Home and Garden, Opinion, Politics and Government No Comments »

Today, April 25th, is the official Day of Silence.  The Day of Silence has been observed since 1999, and is aimed at stopping the assault and bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world.

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