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" Not a very exciting life...." To live life by learning to do the things you need to know, in order to live the way you want.....is very exciting.

Wow, that is just the BEST solution for those quilt pieces. It's really lovely. I don't know about red for the border, because you might lose those four red squares in the corners, but maybe a thin....1 inch.....inner border of that yellow-orange in the center squares, then the red border???

If you want some food for thought, try "13 Things That Don't Make Sense". Unless you've taken quite a bit of physics, some of it is thick reading, but it's the kind of book that sticks with you and makes you go "hmmmmm?"

I gotta have my internet.... I edit online and do other work online, too. Not to mention the 15 minutes a day that I sit at the computer with my morning coffee and toast, and enter sweepstakes and contests. One o' these days......

I've worked at/from home for over ten years now, mostly doing merchandising and customer satisfaction surveys. I've also done some demos. There are a lot of ways to earn a modest living without working the 9-5 grind. I replaced the income from managing a convenience store with the variety of...

I would strongly encourage him to give it a try for at least a few weeks. Once he gets past that initial "I don't know any of these guys" feeling, he'll probably thrive.

Okay, you've got 3 1/2 inch squares. You could sort the fabric into light, medium and dark values and make 9-patch blocks, then frame them out with an old-timey looking fabric. I'm totally guessing, but I imagine that they would be pleased that you respect grandma's quilting enough to...

They are bold as brass here, have walked right up to the back patio. We've lost numerous chickens to them, despite or best efforts to protect our chickies. Now we are buying one of those big chainlink dog kennels to keep the hens in; not as much roaming room as we'd like but at least they will...

"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no books." I don't know where that quote originated but it sure rings true for me. At any given time I have 10-books on loan from the library. My library has a searchable, online database so I...

I'm looking at the back cover of The Backyard Homestead book, edited by Carleen Madigan. This book is mostly excerpted articles from Storey Books. It says (and I take this with a grain of salt, but it's a start) that from a 1/4 acre, you can harvest in a year: 1400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat...

I just received an email last night that gave a bunch of uses for Bounce fabric softener. One of the uses was as an insect repellant. You take a softener sheet and loop it through a beltloop, attach it with a pin, etc. Whatever. I don't use softener sheets, so I don't know if it works, but...

Yes, a medical eval is vital. For me, there is no known cause of the edema, but I have noticed that caffieine makes it much worse. Eliminating caffeine makes it almost disappear. And of course, salt is a no-no.

I'm not sure if I'm a nerd or a geek, or some transmogrified version of the two. *In third grade I read the Encyclopedia Britanica for fun. *Which led me to an interest in genetics....in fourth grade. Drove my teacher batty. *So then I found The Complete Works of Shakespeare......another...

"I won't tell you the only kind of mushroom I've only eaten but it did involve a Deep Purple concert." :lol::lol::lol:

You can also rinse with hydrogen peroxide diluted half strength with plain water. Rinse with that, then a few minutes later rinse with salt water. I know all about dental issues. I have spent a fortune on trying to keep my teeth over the past couple decades. Now I'm saving up to have them...

For those of you who need good jeans in unusual sizes, you might want to look at the Sheplers catalog or website. They are a westernwear company so usually have the better quality jeans and at reasonable (way less than $85) prices. I'm 5'5" but need jeans with a high "rise", and I find them at...

If you ever want to "amuse" yourself, go sit in a welfare office parking lot for a couple hours. I recently took a friend there who desperately needed food stamps after being injured. While I was sitting in the car waiting for her, I noticed that I had the oldest car there! I assume that most...

Occams....with a tagline like that, I'm not surprised about the sci-fi books. TANSTAAFL -Heinlein I usually check the housewares stuff but it can be an eclectic mix that comes home in the box. We were there the other day with the intention of picking up some things for the house, came home...

We have a double wide modular built over a walk-out concrete block basement. The basement is more like an apartment, as it has a kitchen, dining area, laundry room and a 1/2 bath and 3/4 bath, plus a LOT of living space. The former owners used the space as a breakroom/bathroom/kitchen for...

Excuse me, but your tagline says a LOT: I HATE STUPID PEOPLE-THEY SERVE NO PURPOSE AND YOU CANT RETRAIN THEM So don't be stupid and un-retrainable. And don't keep someone in your life who is too '"stupid" to know that a good wife and children trumps a roll iin the hay with someone else any...