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I love sci/fi and fantasy. Though when I would ever find time to read a book for fun these days... oy. I don't know. TPBM: Do you crack your knuckles? Or maybe your neck?

I gotta say, in our initial onslaught of baby products after we had our little one, someone got us some Burt's Bees: "Baby Bee Skin Creme." We never once used it on her bottom, but it is, hands down, the BEST thing I have ever used to heal dry, cracked hands and feet. A little too expensive...

On a non-baby note, I have this commission to write a big piece of choral music for 5 choirs to perform in a giant cathedral at a "winter concert" thing. And I got kind of carried away writing it and made it too long. I sent it to the conductor anyway, hoping he'd be happy with extra music...

I agree, Pat... a lot of those silly recipes with the Cool Whip and stuff are actually pretty darn delicious, and as long as you don't overdo it, I say go for it. I generally keep some packets of "Dream Whip" in the cupboard... basically it's like Cool Whip but you make it by adding milk and...

If you have access to a serger, you could cut the receiving blankets into squares, serge the edges, and use them as re-usable baby wipes. I keep a whole mess of cloth squares in one of those "wipes warmer" things than somebody bought us at our baby shower. Just soak through with water and a...

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I'm a black coffee kind of guy myself, so I don't worry much about the creamer vs. milk issue. BUT! When, on occasion, I want sweet milky coffee, I use sweetened condensed milk. Absolutely delicious in coffee, and keeps in a sealed container in the fridge for months, so no need to worry about...

sushi

I did this a LOT in college. I had blonde hair, black hair, pink hair, purple hair, blue hair, fire-engine red hair... long hair, short hair, shaved head, curly hair... I was crazy with the hair in college and for a few years after. But then once my hair started falling out, I quit it. :lol...

Somebody gave me a baby food cookbook. And all the recipes were, like: "Cook vegetable. Blend. Serve." And I thought, seriously? A cookbook for this? I can figure that out myself. It's got one ingredient.

We've been lucky with the fruit, local farmers selling bushels of slightly damaged fruits at the market that we grabbed up earlier in the year. We got a HUGE basket of peaches for 10 bucks, and made enough peach puree to see our daughter until she eats with us at the table. A few other nice...

Very cool, Nuggetsowner. I plan on doing that too, once she's old enough for such things. Right now, she's really only eating one or two things at a time, and no salt or sugar yet... so that's a bit boring for ME to eat! But I can't wait until I can just mash up my dinner and share with her...

Here's a recipe that says it makes 8 cups, so 4 pint jars or so, of mix. Also, it looks really delicious to me... the pudding mix in the cocoa is an AWESOME idea that I can't believe I never thought of. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Hot-Cocoa-Mix-in-a-Jar/Detail.aspx

This is so ridiculously easy that it seems silly to post a recipe, but I've known a lot of people who shy away from making their own baby food because it seems like a lot of work. So, here's how I do it: ingredients: SOME PEARS, no pesticides please. peel the pears. cut them in half and take...

Spent all day with the baby today while the wife was working hard... but the weather was really cruddy (cold, rain, a bit of hail, a lot of wind) so we just stayed indoors and rolled around on the floor all day, pausing occasionally for some bouncing in the Johnny Jump-Up, or some getting in the...

As far as the seitan in the store goes, it's generally only sold in smaller pieces, so making it into a big roast would probably not be possible, though your health food store may vary. Health food stores also generally sell seitan mixes, basically "just add water" kits for making seitan at...

Neat looking recipe! Seems like a complicated way to make seitan, though... much easier to just start with "vital wheat gluten" instead of starting with whole wheat flour and purifying it many times until you have just the gluten. Then again, the method here would certainly be cheaper, so...

Good luck on that annmarie! For what it's worth, I've always thought that "wheat meat" (wooo seitan!) is definitely the tastiest of the "fake meat" products, and a delicious food item all its own. Mmmm.

Like miss_thenorth says, there's not anything that'll really CURE it but rest. But if you need to feel better for a while, or use your voice for something, I highly recommend the following: Boil water. Pour some into a bowl. Put a towel over the bowl and also over your head, so the steam...

You mentioned on the other thread: Not to be obvious, but have you searched your area for humanely raised and processed turkeys? I have similar dietary habits myself, and have found some excellent local farms with all kinds of good meats, including one just 15 miles away with free-range...