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How green is Duke University?

As many of you know, we just returned from dropping off our son, Andrew, at Duke University last week. We are very excited for him as it was his first choice school and he will be fencing for its Division I fencing team. We can only hope that he’d have the best time of his life during the next four years there. The school is beautiful and the administration did [...]

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How to recycle t-shirts to make a memory quilt

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This will be a short tutorial as there really isn’t too much involved in making a memory t-shirt quilt. I mean, what’s to explain? Cut up old t-shirt fronts and sew them together, right? Wrong. There are some helpful things I learned along the way that I wanted to share just in case you want to try making this great gift for a college bound son (like in my case) [...]

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How does salmonella infect eggs?

I thought deciphering egg carton labels was hard. Trying to figure out if an egg is contaminated with Salmonella is im-po-ssi-ble. Over 300 million eggs have been recalled after hundreds of people were sickened by eating eggs contaminated with Salmonella. How many times have we heard this type of story line before? Ugh. Wright County Eggs of Galt, Iowa voluntarily recalled over 300 million eggs after 266 illnesses and many [...]

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I did it my way

We were ready to go to bed after a long day of shopping on Sunday to prepare Andrew for college. Last load of laundry was in the dryer as we were getting ready to go upstairs when the lights went out. Again. It was a little past midnight so I guess, it was, technically Monday morning. The Hubby was cursing something harsh under his breath, and Emily was complaining, “It’s [...]

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Korean Kimchi Recipe Demystified

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Koreans are among the leanest and healthiest people on the planet…says MSN Health. I don’t know about that but I do believe kimchi has something to do with our health, good or bad. For those who never watched M*A*S*H*, Kimchi is a fermented pickled cabbage from Korea. Wow weee! What’s that smell??? Kimchi is to a Korean as ketchup is to an American. You can eat a meal without it, [...]

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Deciphering egg carton labels

I’ve been shocked time and time again at the food prices lately. Especially eggs. I’m so used to buying organic, cage free, I mean, free-roaming, no, “happy” eggs that I don’t even flinch, or pay attention to, at the $4/dozen prices. The chickens supposedly roam the farm, without being caged, and eat organic feeds. I buy the same eggs from either at the farmers market ($4/dz) or from Whole Foods [...]

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