Scientific studies show that people associate the good feelings they get from eating a particularly tasty food with the memory of the person they were with when they ate it. That means that if you feed something yummy to someone you love while you’re sitting across the table smiling at them, they will forever associate [...]

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A good friend of mine from college, Jayme Laney, is a potter (and an elementary school art teacher by day). Over the years we’ve collected several pieces of his work and we love them. Some of his work is just plain art, but the bulk of it is as practical and useful as it is [...]

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It’s not too early to start picking up Christmas gifts. In fact, I usually start making my Christmas gift giving list in about September and am always on the lookout for inexpensive but cool Christmas gift ideas. Just a few minutes ago I came across two cool & inexpensive Christmas gift ideas that I want [...]

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For a long time BusyBoy and GigglyGirl seemed to lack the love of hot dogs that most kids have. I found it odd, but I didn’t really mind because I’m not a big fan of hot dogs myself. Mr. Right, on the other hand, loves hot dogs and was very distressed by the fact that [...]

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After reading a review or two about the Reynolds Handi Vac, I decided I really wanted to get one. I already have a FoodSaver Vacuum Sealer that was fairly expensive. The thought of replacing that with something that does essentially the same thing seemed frivolous and silly. We were out of bags for FoodSaver, which [...]

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