Lots of folks are getting away from using plastic & silicon for food usage. There have been reports about plastic not being good for you as far as coming in contact with food. The paper liners are fairly cheap and seem like a good alternative. However, I’ve been “bento-ing” for years, and for the most part I just use…

I clicked on the Book Marks link above and my Webroot SecureAnywhere program proclaimed that the site has been reported as unsafe...

I’ve had a Foodsaver for over a decade. One of my favorite tricks is to cook a big batch of marinara, or mashed potatoes, or soup, chili, etc., then ladle it out into 2-person servings in leftover containers and freeze them for a few hours until solid, then pop them out, slip them in the foodsaver bags and vacuum…

I’ve had a Foodsaver for over a decade. One of my favorite tricks is to cook a big batch of marinara, or mashed…

I worked in a bakery as a cake decorator for several years. We NEVER tried to ice a fresh cake, we always iced them when frozen. You won’t even need a crumb coat.

Yes, job-hopping used to be a bad thing. Not anymore. Now employers frown upon people who have been 10+ years at the same job (what’s wrong with you that you can’t get hired somewhere else?). Also my company stopped giving annual reviews years ago when they stopped giving ANY raises. CEO drives a jag, though.

Thanks for sharing your experience—you’ve certainly been through the mill with this. This is a new problem for me. Been married and happy for 30 years; but since I started menopause a few months ago sex has been painful. Haven’t worked up the courage to speak to a doctor yet.

Mac and Cheese Waffles. That.

That’s a shame...I have the opposite problem in that my husband works from home and does all the household chores on his breaks, and it makes me feel so guilty. I’ve told him to ease up, but he hasn’t. So in exchange I do all the grocery shopping and cooking. Luckily he really loves my cooking, so it’s worked for us.

She says “If you don’t know how to scramble eggs, you have a serious problem.” Holy crap, lady, you don’t know how either! Those eggs were seriously overcooked and overworked.

One of my closest friends is super-into her weight and looks. When her daughter was a toddler she used to admonish her “suck in your belly!!”. It made me very sad.

When I was six or seven, my dad and I were driving in our neighborhood. We passed a sign at the top of one of the side streets that said “no outlet”. I asked him what that meant, and he told me that the people on that street didn’t have electricity.