back to basics
I’ve seen the “un” hand washers
and Sanidoor might be worth every penny.
You’ve seen them where you work, some people skipping the step between toilet and exit. You decide on the spot to never participate in a company potluck again.
Nothing will convince some people to wash their hands after pottying, but the new Sanidoor might help the rest of us not [...]
Positively spudacious
Maybe you’ve seen this, but a friend sent this on and I thought I can’t be the only one who hasn’t. Plus, who can resist a Gilligan’s Island reference?
Please excuse me, I have some potato salad to prepare.
They got them a time machine at the Les Schwab store
Lemme ’splain. My friend Ann is a tire Nazi. Actually, so is my friend Beth. Why am I attracted to friends who are fixated on car tires?
Rims and tires have always been the man’s realm in this house. David might have asked me what I thought and we certainly discussed tire budgets, but I left [...]
Germs bustin’ out. Or maybe not.
Spread Joy, Not Germs, During Holiday
Before you go over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house this holiday season, consider what a University of Wisconsin infectious-disease specialist calls key myths about travel and illness.
“Many people have misconceptions about how viruses and bacterial infections are transmitted from person to person, especially [...]
Let the goodness begin
Here we are, lovely readers, at the moment I start running the promised Thanksgiving (and other) recipes. Today we have two delicious-sounding submissions to get us going.
Mediterranean Squash Stew
By Pam Daws
½ butternut squash (3 cups cubes)
2 cups chopped spinach*
½ cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic
1 ¾ cups diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon [...]
Pulling the plug on
unholy holiday electrical costs. This comes from Angie’s List:
The holidays are a time for delicious food shared with friends and family.
Yet, all that time spent counting your blessings adds up to higher energy bills.
Between your stove, oven, and dishwasher running overtime, and the door to your refrigerator standing open as family members search for [...]
I assume you are just as sick
of the 2009 flu season as I am. Therefore I am pleased to present a more-fun-than-the-CDC video on how to cough (here).
It starts a little slow, but the coughing competition is worth the wait. And, actually, pretty informative.
All you teachers out there might want to consider showing this to your class — maybe they will [...]
Here, my little cookie hungry darlings
In response to the hue and cry, both here and on Facebook, for the Torture Cookies recipe, creator Gail J. came through…’specially when I told her the pressure was on.
So go forward and cook these cookies. You won’t be sorry.
Chocolate Fudge No-Bake Cookies — “Torture Cookies”
2 cups sugar ½ cup chunky peanut butter
½ cup milk 2 ½ [...]
What goes up doesn’t have to come down
— not if Paula Fraser has anything to say about it.
Paula Fraser doesn’t mess around with life’s messy situations.
Frasier, 43, has been a farmer her entire adult life, putting her in the position of fixing things that need fixing, she said.
Suddenly, that includes bra straps. “Enough is enough,” is her feeling about the matter.
The mother [...]
Vern would like us to know…
Several weeks ago, Union-Bulletin guest columnist Glen Dickason gave us a peek into the challenges surrounding trying to usher his parents into the world of technology.
Specifically, the TV remote. For everyone but Glen, the recounting of the experience offered a smile.
Not long afterward, I got a letter from Vern Shafer of College Place. Not only [...]
