TL;DR: Hate killing bugs? Buy the Bug Zooka
If 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.
Gateau Au Chocolat Fondant de Nathalie Recipe
It 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.
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:
…but I immediately pictured him in this:
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.
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.
How to Clean and Sanitize Your Medela Pump In Style Breast Pump
It’s important to keep your parts clean and sanitized to keep your baby happy and healthy. Here is a tutorial on how to do that quickly and effectively with just a few handy tools!
The Secret to Cooking Crispy Bacon
How fitting, that my first savory post should be about the most savory of them all: bacon. Even the word should get your mouth watering in a way that no dessert ever could. I have been in pursuit of the ultimate bacon-crisping technique for years now. I have pan-fried my bacon. I have baked my bacon, aluminum foil rack and all (which is useful if you’re feeding a crowd). I have even microwaved my bacon, which is okay if you’re in a hurry. However, none of these techniques have yielded the crispy, crunchy, intensely salty bite that I crave.
Fruit tarts seem to be the one dessert that everyone can agree on– even self-proclaimed “not a dessert person”-people, so it’s always a safe bet. The beautiful fruit patterns also make a bright splash on the dining table, so I like to think it adds to the festivity and decor of the celebration as well.
There are a gazillion recipes for fruit tart out there, which basically consist of a crust, filling, fruit, and glaze. My main gripe with most fruit tart recipes has always been the bother of chilling, then rolling out a crust. I have finally found a crust that skips those finicky steps and gets right to business. Below is my version of this much-loved dessert!
How to Store Your Breastmilk
Now that you’ve got this precious bottle of liquid gold in a bottle, be sure to store everything properly so that your baby has as much safe milk to drink as possible!
Two Christmases ago, my mother in law gave us a huge tin of Starbucks Hot Cocoa Mix
“I used to be a WM but now I’m a SAHM! BF is way easier than pumping bottles LOL. But now DS is no longer taking bottles, and I feel trapped in the house. DH and I had no problem with our first LO taking the bottle (but DD also SSTN at two months with no CIO!). Any tips on how I can get R to take my BM with a bottle? TIA!” – Ridiculous Person
Why. Just why.
But that’s how it is. I’m guessing the only acronym you got there was LOL (yes, it still stands for Laughing Out Loud), but the forums are littered with this kind of silly. I’m sure I will start using them, too. SIA (Sorry In Advance (made that one up myself!)). So here’s a quick key for the most commonly used acronyms specific to the parenting forums
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