I have gotten those, put it in a slow cooker (with root beer of all crazy things) and then BBQ sauce for pulled pork. Its quite the crowd pleaser for get togethers.  Tastes like a million for 99 cents a pound a few hours slow cook time.

“...Convince your partner to force you to wake up in the morning.”  This sounds like a one way ticket to major conflict and/or a break up.

The value of a freezer when on a food budget cannot be overstated. A lot of folks don’t have room for one, but in the long run, it can be a big food dollar stretcher, especially for produce purchase in season.

There are all gas, all electric and duel fuel ranges - duel fuel is where the stove top is gas and the oven is electric. (I am in the US, that may vary elsewhere.)

I was basically talking about the oven portion, not so much the cook-top, but good advice.

Something I noticed about being able to have a gas range again after years of forced electric cooking, is that the electric oven bakes much drier. Be sure to add extra water/some type of moisture to the oven/dish or everything (especially meat) will come out really dry compared to gas. Also, the cook time tends to be…

In spite of trying for a long time, one of my first thoughts when I found out I was going to be a mother was, “Oh my God, what have I done? What kind of world am I bringing a child into?”.  Even though you know its not good, when its “real” and one is coming, it hits you really hard. It was a very sobering experience.

I understand not liking a relative, especially an in-law, but to “pretend to like them” is disingenuous, but don’t have to to hateful or hostile either. Be courteous and civil, is all I am saying. Pretending to like them when you don’t will only make them more suspicious of your motives and make them assume you are a…

Don’t insult Dr Evil.

I would much rather someone hate me honestly than pretend to like me. I probably already know they hate me and probably know why, so pretending just makes me dislike them more.

I had the dog until he passed of old age (I was heartbroken) and did not get another for the same reason, and allergies (which were unknown when I got him).  

I love to entertain, so I had people over, and then they left, I locked the door, cleaned up and went back to doing me. I got a dog so I would have a reason to occasionally come home. I think living alone and being able to take care of yourself is an ESSENTIAL life skill. So many people stay in terrible situations…

Living alone rocks. No one else to mess your place up, move stuff around or just mingle in your karma. I did it for years (and will again) and its really a great way to live. I am not even anti-social. You can always go out and see other people (pandemic aside) any time you want, then and have a fortress of solitude…

If it were not for the weeds, my lawn would be brown indeed.

I ask myself that every. single. day.

And they must be stopped to protect the family values we hold so dear.

In the midst of all the misinformation and lies on the internet, it was so refreshing to see something so totally true on so many levels.

I misread the last paragraph from “Entomologists and conservations now need to be on alert for these all-female colonies” to say “Entomologists and conservatives now need to be on alert for these all-female colonies” and honestly, mistake or not, it made a lot of sense to me considering todays political climate.

I try to comfort myself with “we will all be together again some day” and take solace in my siblings (though it seems they rely on me more than the other way, which is a tough position), but, yes, especially at the holidays. I still find myself counting them when I tally up numbers for special dinners and planning the…

Good luck to them and to you, and I agree that it is hopeful news.  I lost my Dad to kidney failure, but he was around long enough to have gotten a bovine heart valve that extended his life abut 10 years.