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Chicken Sausage, Apple and Sweet Potato on plate

Chicken Sausage, Apple and Sweet Potato Pot
I would add a little water and bake it in the over at 375 for the hour.

 

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Frittata Loaf
Yikes! I am having lots of issues with this recipe! First, two egg whites dont nearly cover the veggies (I may have used too many veggies and didnt mince them up very, very small. That seems the only way that they would be covered). Should there have been some...

 

Cleaning Prescription Glasses

Cleaning Prescription Glasses
I meant to add: REMOVE your eyeglasses and put far away from you before ever spraying your hair with hairspray too!! The spray damages the glass coatings! Lesson learned the HARD WAY...

 

Miss Daisy (Rat) - white rat with ping collar

Miss Daisy (Rat)
Oh! Thanks for the great insight! Daisy does seem darling and her students love her!

 

A orange and yellow flowered wallet with money sticking out the top.

When Frugal is Not!
Right you are!

 

A orange and yellow flowered wallet with money sticking out the top.

When Frugal is Not!
So true! The difference between NEEDS and WANTS... they say to wait a while and let the test of time prove if its necessary! Good point!! Thanks!

 

How To Use Watercolor Pencils - 4 examples on small floral shapes

How To Use Watercolor Pencils
Double check your pencils first! Many better watercolor pencils dont supposed to be wet directly. It ruins their use. I just dont want anyone to ruin good pencils!'

 

Rorschach Snowflakes - different design

Rorschach Snowflakes
I started volunteering at a daycare for mentally challenged individuals, doing art projects. This is simple yet charming! We will be trying it soon and hanging them from the ceiling! Thanks so much!

 

Fastening a Bracelet - using a paperclip to hold jump ring to fasten

Fastening a Bracelet
This is genius! My daughter gave me a very lovely Pandora bracelet but I have such a hard time putting it on alone that I dont wear it as often as Id like! Problem solved now!! You have MY vote! Thank you!

 

A decorated and lighted Christmas tree in a living room.

Affordable Family Christmas
That IS an actual working antique phone that my husband repaired so it does ring (loudly) and we can answer and even talk on it. We just cant call out since there is no battery nor capacity to dial. Cool huh? I also have an old black table model with a real...

 

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Herbs and Supplements to Heal a Wound?
Use an aloe plant! Split open a succulent leaf and spread the gel directly on the wound and cover it. It will work much faster than any supplements!

 

adding red food coloring to sugar in Ziploc bag

Make Your Own Colored Sugars
Probably Michaels Craft stores would have them or any craft stores that carry cake/candy making equipment. I just used grocery store food coloring. They even come in neon now!

 

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Painting Crafts With Acrylic Paints?
Adding water to acrylics helps remove the drag lines from a brush. You may also lightly mist for painted item with a fine mist waterer after you finish! For larger painting projects, You might consider an inexpensive manual airbrush aspirator. You make up looser...

 

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Name Ideas For A Handmade Jewelry and Decor Shop?
How about: Decor Delights Or Decor Diva!

 

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Clean Clothes Smell Bad When Wet?
I have learned that bacteria can hide in both clothing and footwear and it is killed by cold. So, if you dont live in an area where you can leave or hang clothing outside wet, during freezing weather, recommendations were to actually place articles of clothing...

 

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Keeping Craft Bows From Getting Flat?
Stack them into the leg of a pair of nylons. You may even hang the pair in the back of a closet!

 

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14th Birthday Parties Ideas?
Find your local YMCA or ask local hotels ( many offer day passes to swim at their pool for a fee) and enjoy summer fun of swimming in January! YMCAs even have saunas and spas for pampering and even various fun classes like spinning! My one daughters birthday...

 

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Discontinued Graham and Brown Wallpaper?
Remember designers will pull one color from a pattern and alternate it as part of the room design. It adds interest and may be a less expensive alternative to tracking down a hard to find or possibly obsolete pattern. Good Luck!

 

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Speech for Receiving an Award?
I echo all the previous entries PLUS I would invite every child there to take the next moment TO TURN AND THANK THEIR SPECIAL PERSON IS WHO IS WITH THEM THERE. That is a win-win for everyone!

 

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Fundraising Ideas for Dance Trip?
First, figure out how much she/you will need. That way you dont waste time on small fundraisers that may not get you where you need to be in time. Next, figure out what your fund raising idea will COST you (in terms of materials or investments for resale..) Try...

 

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Which Cat Litter Is Best?
Best is in the eyes of the beholder... If you arent home all day or arent fastidious about cleaning the box, clumping is preferred. If you clean up regularly and cheap (as in Thrifty is important, then clay is very good. I personally place a sheet of newsprint...

 

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Towel and Shower Curtain Color Advice?
As per the universal color wheel, a pale or even a sunny yellow would be a nice complimentary color to purple.

 

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Name for Closet Organizing Business?
How about Wardrobia? It sounds like a kingdom!

 

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Name for Closet Organizing Business?
How about : Wardrobe Concierge?

 

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Name for Closet Organizing Business?
How about: Wardrobe Sherpa?

 

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Making Fake Snow for a Parade Float?
Ask a local appliance store for leftover styrofoam packing. It makes a great snow when roughed up a bit! If you want something greener, but that stays put, pick up some unfitted white or pale blue sheets from a local thrift store laying on various boxes on...

 

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Getting Hair Back to Natural Colour After Dyeing?
You may also want to check out any school that teach. They may be able to help you for a fraction of the price of a salon and the teacher normally hovers around making sure the students are doing the procedures correctly! I have been very satisfied doing this...

 

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Inexpensive Family Christmas Gift Ideas?
How about searching through all your family photos and giving your children a nice inexpensive photo book, one enlarged and framed special photo of them or even just an envelope full of their childhood photos? You may be surprised how special that is for adult...

 

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Making Organic Fertilizer?
I would check out the site: motherearthnews.com its an amazing site that will teach you everything from fertilizer to farming! They also hosts weekend fairs all over the country. They are amazing! For a small admission for one or both days they offer ongoing...

 

Slow Cooker Turkey with Gravy

Slow Cooker Turkey with Gravy
Sounds like a great way to cook turkey breast to keep it more moist! With all tue turkey sales going on now this is a great idea! Thanks!

 

Little Tippy lying down on car seat

Little Tippy Two Shoes (Rat Terrier)
She was absolutely lovely for Christmas with my mama cat Annie! I now have a Grandpup! :-)

 

Three of the glass bottle candle holders arranged around a pumpkin.

Holiday Candle Holders
If you like my craft Id appreciate your vote! Thanks!

 

Sharing Precious Photos - baby photo on adult child's birthday card

Sharing Precious Photos
;-) Brings back fond memories! Enjoy!

 

fallen tree

Angry Mother Nature
Wow...Count your blessings, right?

 

two Chihuahuas with heart pillow

In Memory of Chloe and Dixie
Aww....At least you gave them a loving final few years! Nice!

 

Curry Beef with Rice

Curry Beef with Rice
Looks Good! Is it spicy though on a scale 1[not at all] to 10 [Call the Fire Department]

 

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tissue rolling from the top forward

Using Less Toilet Tissue
You know, that is Simply Brillant! Tissue paper almost FLYS off round rolls ...and I will rewind it, not to be wasteful! Your flattened roll idea will be my new hack at home! You have my vote!! Thanks!

 

Single Serve Dark Chocolate Pudding

Dark Chocolate Pudding for One
I will have to try this since I remember fondly the old fashioned way to cook pudding and since I especially loved it while it was still warm!!! Mmm.....You have my vote!

 

Chinese Shrimp and Vegetables

Chinese Shrimp and Vegetables
Looks so yummy I wish I hadnt already cooked my dinner!

 

A closeup of a wreath made from paper rosettes.

Wreath Made from a Book
Thank you! Lots of laughs along the way too!

 

A closeup of a wreath made from paper rosettes.

Wreath Made from a Book
As a past library director I can assure you that books are carefully weeded out for content. Some information becomes outdated and obsolete (think tech or even more important - health and medical for instance) and is actually dangerous to leave in collections...

 

Zander (Ferret)

Zander (Ferret)
My daughter had a boy and girl ferret and they were both adorable, like your Zander! Scooter, the boy, had the same coloration as your little guy too! Adorable!

 

3 Ingredient Banana Pancakes

3 Ingredient Banana Pancakes
Ooops...silly me. I meant to say that the uncooked oatmeal is heartier/chewier with less of a banana and MORE of an egg flavor...but I enjoyed both!

 

Brody sitting in chair with man watching an iPad.

Brody (Hound Mix)
I had to laugh that he watches Youtube videos!

 

Growing San Marzano Tomatoes from Cuttings

Growing San Marzano Tomatoes from Cuttings
Wow! That is a great idea! Makes perfect sense too! They are little plants waiting to grow! You can multiple your garden cheaply this way! Genius!

 

Sunflower  at night next to lamppost

Sunflower Lamppost
Thanks Jackie. I usually get them via my bird friends by them dropping the seeds while feeding them around the house and this flower really took off taller than any previously! A real treat!

 

Hedgehog Cupcakes

Hedgehog Cupcakes
Really cute cupcakes and kiddie too!

 

Zucchini/Squash Pancakes

Zucchini/Squash Pancakes
Absolutely yummy! ;-)

 

frozen basil

Freeze Basil in Cigar Shape
Cool! Just in time! My basil plants are at their peak right now and I cant use them all!

 

Splatter-free Cooked Bacon

Splatter-free Cooked Bacon
Wow! Sounds great for making large batches when we have guests stay overnight! Thanks!

 

Dad's Lilies

Dad's Lilies
Thank you! They are even prettier now! All of the buds are in bloom in time for my birthday! Dad is smiling down at me!'

 

finished deterrent

Keep Critters Out of Birdfeeder
Oh Ive tried the Vaseline and many other methods but most were unsuccessful. This has been great for over two years now!

 

Cut up zucchini to use in place of fruit.

Use Zucchini as Apple or Pineapple Slices
Great unique way to use my garden overflow! Thanks!

 

A glass of healthy egg cream soda

Healthy Egg Cream Soda
This is a lighter thirst quencher for summer! Yum! You have my Vote!

 

A glass of iced tea with stevia.

Homemade Stevia Sweetener
I found it at a local nursery. Call your local nurseries and ask about them. Make sure they were organically grown! I got this recipe from that nursery and this is the first season Im trying it so Im not sure if it will last inside but I intend to try ( like...

 

ivy geranium

Use Shrimp Water for Watering Plants
Caution using shrimp water, fish tank water or even residual steamed veggie water. You may be inviting racoons, cats and other critters to dig up your plants looking for the food prize! Just had this happen with a racoon this year and had it happen a few years...

 

June Is Plant Rooting Month

June Is Plant Rooting Month
I love your passion and respect for these plants! Nurturing them feels so good, doesnt it? Read Lab Girl or The Hidden Life of Trees if you want to learn mind blowing insights about natures incredible ways. Thank you.

 

Can I come?

Can I Come? Fuzzy is Ready to Travel
Hahahaah! I know! Right? They are intuitive and after reading Making the rounds with Oscar I realize how my cats stay close to us while sick or sad! Great friends to have!

 

roll of money inside Chapstick containers

Hide Cash While Traveling
I personally will be keeping it on me as back up cash only if something should happen (picketpocket or losing a wallet).

 

Mexican Style Chicken and Rice

Mexican Style Chicken and Rice
Looks delish! I will try this for tonights supper! Thanks!

 

butterfly on bee balm plant

Beebalm and Butterfly
Poetically put! Must be a beautiful sanctuary!

 

Ginger Chicken

Ginger Chicken
Ouuu...sounds delish and I love ginger! Thanks!

 

Make Your Own Seed Tapes

Make Your Own Seed Tapes
Sorry, I am an EYEBALLER....but I made some just to give you measurements and didnt just mix water with cornstarch..little by little (which is how I did it orignally). I measured 1/4 cup water and put it in a small pan, then added one teaspoon corn starch. I...

 

Make Your Own Seed Tapes

Make Your Own Seed Tapes
TP is fine but I wouldnt use Elmers glue. It says safe and non toxic but it isnt meant to be edible and isnt tested by the food and drug administration, so it could have ingredients you wouldnt want in your garden. Being an organic gardener I watch what goes...

 

7 Tips for Making Thrift Shopping a Breeze

7 Tips for Making Thrift Shopping a Breeze
Many of the clothes I end up buying still have their original price tags and stickers on them too!

 

Crunchy Chickpea Snacks

Crunchy Chickpea Snacks
Yummy Jackie. I used smoked paprika (my newest spice obsession) and top my salads and cooked veggies with mine! Thanks

 

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Sounds too easy to be true and look delish! Will try them right now! Thanks!'

 

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
I tried this recipe substituting a few items due to dietary restrictions. Instead of 1 cup sugar I used the new sugar/stevia substitute named Zing and it worked! I was also alittle short on pnut butter and made a mix of peanut, cashew and soynut butters and...

 

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Save a Life with CPR
Thanks. I really hope everyone learns CPR though...you never know........

 

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Save a Life with CPR
This is true. I was just emphasizing that a layperson neednt breath into the victim if that keeps them from trying to help them save a life!

 

Check if Your Avocado is Ripe

Check if Your Avocado is Ripe
Avocados make a healthy bread spread for sandwiches too! Better than mayo.

 

Starbucks Copycat Pumpkin Spice Latte

Starbucks Copycat Pumpkin Spice Latte
Ouuu...sounds decadent and I have some pumpkin puree in the freezer from my past garden produce! Going to try it! Thanks!

 

Zucchini Shrimp Scampi

Zucchini Shrimp Scampi
Right you are Attosa..Veggetti. Bought it at my local grocery store. Its great for the over abundance of squash I have yearly in my garden and fun food too!~

 

Zucchini Shrimp Scampi

Zucchini Shrimp Scampi
Attosa is correct. Its Veggetti. It is simple to clean and wastes nothing! I am not a big buyer of extra kitchen stuff due to space and frugality but I am happy about this purchase and feel it was worth it since you can spiralize any solid fruit or veggie as...

 

Annie Exercising???

Annie Exercising? (Domestic Short Hair)
She will climb down onto my yoga mat with me sometimes, as does her baby Fuzzy. I think they just like having me down on the floor with them but then again many of their cat antics are VERY YOGA-LIKE! ;-)

 

No Bake Chocolate Mint Cookies

No Bake Chocolate Mint Cookies
Does the chocolate ever actually harden enough to allow no chocolate mess? Ive tried similar recipes (for cookie sales) but couldnt use them due to the soft state of the chocolate. Thanks!

 

Mennonite Baked Corn

Mennonite Baked Corn
YUMMMMY Mennonite recipe!

 

Alternative to New Year's Resolutions

Alternative to New Year's Resolutions
Thanks! It took me a long time to realize that one!

 

Stuffing Mix Meatloaf

Stuffing Mix Meatloaf
Sounds yummy! I will definitely try this! Thanks.:-)

 

Fuzzy Helping Trim the Tree

Fuzzy Helping Trim the Tree
Yes, Does look like she has a Santa beard doesnt she?

 

Fuzzy Helping Trim the Tree

Fuzzy Helping Trim the Tree
Yes, she DOES look like shes wearing a Santa beard, doesnt she? :-)

 

Almond Crescent Cookies

Almond Crescent Cookies
One of my favorite cookies! Will have to try it!

 

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