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A good friend of mine introduced me to mint and I'm totally drooling over all the budgeting doohickeys. It's a financial management thingy that lets you track where money goes, generate graphs, create a really tidy budget, etc. Basically hog heaven for an obsessive-compulsive nerd like me...

My hair has been looking really dull and flat lately, but there's no way I'm spending money on a salon visit anytime soon. So, I called my cousin for advice. She has the most gorgeous and healthy blonde hair and she does it herself. Recipe: 1 spray bottle lemon hydrogen peroxide water I used...

I neglected my kombucha for entirely too long during the graduating college/getting married/moving insanity period. When I finally got around to making a new batch, it grew mold along with scoby and I had to toss it. Anybody willing to send me a new starter? I'll pay shipping! Also, we can't...

DH and I love avocado, especially on sammiches! However, I don't love the difficulty of eating it on a sandwich. It flops, it slides around, it falls out the butt of the sandwich, you get the idea. What I'd like to do is make a nice batch of some kind of avocado spread that I could keep in a...

One of my grandmoms is having horrendous back issues. She's seeing specialists and everything, but I want to make her some supplemental things that might help her healing. She has spinal stenosis, curvature and a slipped disc. It's pretty bad, she's had to get epidurals a couple times. She...

Why is my homemade mayonnaise lousy? It tastes delicious, but the texture is kinda lacking. It does not get as thick as it should. I have made three batches. All were edible, but none really spreadable, they were all too thin. I tried reducing the oil to 3/4 cup, and that made it worse. I...

About the black bean chocolate cake...is that two cups *dry* beans? That's a lot of beans :P Since it says you can substitute canned beans, I was confused. Two cups soaked, two cups dry?

Alright, this little piggy is going to market in June, and she wants to not have any pudge at all. Yep, the beach wedding is June 19th. I have 65 days to drop 10-12 lbs. Totally do-able. I have been watching my carbs a bit, but not too strictly. Now I'm getting serious. Questions I have...

Alright, here it is by request :D There are no quantities for this recipe, so forgive the terrible measurements. I learned to make it by watching Grandmom, and she doesn't measure. -1 package oxtails (about 6-8 pieces) -a quantity of stew meat, or a couple meaty bone sections -large can of...

I've been inspired by the Velveeta thread to post Josh's MAN FOOD dip. -1/2 block velveeta (or use the non-evil replacement from the other thread) -1 large sweet onion, diced -3 cans Ro-tel tomatoes (we like 2 hot and 1 mild) -1 lb ground beef or turkey Cook your beef/turkey in a large, deep...

We've been eating tons of these lately. They're easy-peasy to make. I just melt some chunks of unsweetened chocolate in a double boiler, add liquid stevia to taste, and dip the berries. I put them on parchment paper and pop them in the freezer for 5-10 minutes to harden the chocolate...

Have I already posted about a Biopod at some point? If so, apologies :hide http://www.thebiopod.com/ Anyway, Josh and I went to a reptile show this morning, and they were displaying a Biopod. I've wanted one for quite awhile, but was squashed by the $180 price tag. Well, this place was...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/pets/detail?entry_id=56610 I, for once, am speechless.

He put the ring in a plastic egg and stuck it in the chicken coop! I feel like I'm supposed to wake up, this can't be real. For some reason unknown to me, the best person I've ever known wants to keep me around on a permanent basis. It's a strange, wonderful world today :weee

Alright, there is nothing like being told not to do something that will make me want to do it. Can muscovies live with chickens? I am sorely tempted to get a "just in case" hen and drake. I don't have anywhere to build a pen or separate housing, although I could put a small doghouse in the...

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2010/03/eggs_in_purgatory_with_artichoke_hearts_potatoes_and_capers This looks awesome! Elegant and cheap. But you can keep the capers. Expensive and narsty.

Well. I recently rambled on BYC about this, but I figured the firearms aspect belonged here. There are two Turkey vultures that are acting strangely and not at all how they should be acting. I strongly suspect this is the reason a hen just up and dissapears from time to time. (although cross...

Have any of you guys ever made one? They look so cool! I *hate* throwing away torn old clothes, this would be a fun way to re-use them. MEN has an article about rag rugs that made my ears perk up. http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/Make-Rag-Rug.aspx Unfortunately, it's a pretty...

I have a load of knitting supplies that are just sitting there making me angry. It was given to me a few years ago, but I am knitting-disabled. There are about a dozen different yarns, a dozen or more sets of needles, crochet hooks, various little markers, clips and mysterious doohickies...

I was making the hot chocolate that Freemotion suggested, and it gave me an idea. Yknow how you mix the cocoa powder, stevia and water before you add it to the hot milk? I noticed that the texture is a bit syrupy, and I'm thinking I could maybe make my own choc syrup/fudge topping out of this...