Here’s a smart strategy to make ice cubes last longer.  Boil a pot of water for 5 minutes, then carefully pour into ice-cube trays and freeze.  Ice cubes contain trapped air that causes them to melt in minutes but when you boil the water, air is released resulting in dense crystal clear cubes that stay [...]

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Wow!  I got three awards from 2 wonderful ladies, Sasha and Entrepgirl. Thank you my dear friends for sharing these cute awards with me. Mwah! I would like to pass it on to Mai & Carmie.

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Running a household means washing the dishes, doing laundry, preparing and cooking meals, ironing clothes, cleaning the house and the list goes on.  Just imagine the torture our hands and nails have to endure with all these tasks.  Those hands definitely need a spa treatment!  Here’s a simple way to have pretty nails, and the [...]

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I’ve been tagged by Coconut Palm Designs and I’m supposed to share 7 facts about myself that are probably not known by many. So here goes… 7 Random Things About Me… 1. I am a mother to 2 wonderful adorable kids.  A girl and a boy. 2. I married way too early, right after college. [...]

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A knife mishap is very likely to happen when your cutting board starts to skid across your kitchen counter.  Avoid accidents and slice your veggies and meat in a jiffy with rubber bands.  Wrap one rubber band around each end of the cutting board.  The rubbery/gummy texture of the bands will provide a firm grip [...]

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Kids love to play with dough, I remember when my daughter was younger, she would ask me to buy every time a new set comes out.  She had the flower factory, the Mc Donald’s burger set, Noah’s Ark and the list goes on.  They were expensive back then so I’m sure they are more costly [...]

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Wow! This is so great!  The Modern Mom got her very first award.  I’ve been awarded by Melissa over at Musings of a Multi-tasking Mama.  Thank you Melissa, I appreciate that you thought of me. “These blogs are exceedingly charming.  These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends.  They are not interested in prizes [...]

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