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March 4, 2014

 

junk2This is my students’ raffle prize bin.

You think I’m kidding.

Okay, I am. But only a little.

It started on a lazy Friday afternoon, the time for desk clean-outs, and the room was buzzing with activity

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March 3, 2014

TL;DR: Hate killing bugs? Buy the Bug Zooka. It’s great.

bugzookaIf you dislike catching, killing, and/or squishing bugs, you’ve come to the right place. If you always wished there were some bug-catching device that didn’t require you to get near a bug, watch the bug die, or even kill it, but still effectively helped you get rid of it, look no further. What I am about to share will change your life.

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March 3, 2014

Gateau Au Chocolat Fondant de Nathalie Recipe

cake resizedIt was 4:55 and I was expecting my family over at 5:30 for my mom’s birthday dinner. Thirty-five minutes. I bit my lip and skimmed the recipe again. It looked totally doable, but my own “mommy-brain” had also been causing me to make a number of mishaps in the kitchen lately, and I couldn’t afford that with just 35 minutes on the clock. I deliberated for about ten more seconds, then remembered how much we always enjoyed chocolate cakes for Mom’s birthday in years past. Today needed that little bit of birthday special, and I would bring it. So I set to action, taking every shortcut I could think to take (on an already-simple recipe) and hoped for the best.

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March 2, 2014

As Halloween was approaching this past year, one of my male coworkers joked about wearing a onesie to work. I’m pretty sure he meant something like this:

adult sleeper

…but I immediately pictured him in this:

Baby-Onesie

Sorry, buddy.

Male coworker #2, a new dad, started howling with laughter and explained what a onesie technically is. Kudos to him for knowing the difference! I, on the other hand, tried to focus my mind on rainbows and butterflies. Suffice it to say, some of us need to brush up on our layette lingo.

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March 2, 2014

Food Part 2 029

The Best Lemon Bars Ever. At least, that’s what a lot of people tell me when they eat this lemon bar. If there’s any one recipe I get asked for the most, it’s this one. It’s hard to resist the crumbly, buttery crust layer against the tartness of the lemon.

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