My Life as a Dog Bed

Inferno by Dan Brown

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Exactly what I expected from a Robert Langdon book...lots of history, twists, turns, and surprises.



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Going Down with Janis by Peggy Caserta

My rating: 4 of 5 stars







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F My Life by Maxime Valette

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



This was no where near as funny as I thought it would be...good thing it was free!



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• Accidentally close a tab? Ctrl+Shift+T reopens it.

• Bananas release dopamine, eat them when you’re sad.

• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC is the one handed version of CTRL+ALT+DEL

• Don’t brush your teeth hard, it makes them sensitive and removes enamel.

• Don’t like spiders? Put citronella oil on your walls and they will not go there.

• Drink one glass of water for every alcoholic drink you have, you’ll get drunk without getting a hangover.

• Get clear ice cubes by boiling water before freezing it

• Heal paper cuts and immediately stop the pain with chapstick.

• If you accidentally write on your dry erase board with a permanent marker, scribble over it with a dry eraser marker to remove it.

• If your shoes smell, put them in the freezer overnight, it will kill the bacteria.

• Make bug bites stop itching with a banana peel.

• Make a paper longer with 12-point text, but 14-point periods and commas.

• Need to get around a blocked website at work? Try replacing the http:// with https://

• Never send your resume as a word file (unless asked) Instead, print it to a pdf file, it’s much cleaner and professional looking.

• Pick a flavor of gum you don’t normally chew, and chew it while studying during a test.

• Place a piece of bread in a container with your homemade cookies and  they will stay soft.

• Put a dry towel into a dryer with wet clothes, they will dry faster.

• Put toothpaste on a pimple and it will dry out.

• Practice fake smiling in the mirror every day before going to work/school, you’ll genuinely start to feel happier.

• Rub canola/olive oil on knives before cutting onions, you won’t cry, alternatively chew gum and you won’t either.

• Short on time with a wrinkled dress shirt? Hang it up in the bathroom to steam it flat.

• The night before, place things you don’t want to forget the next morning on top of your shoes.

• Use hydrogen peroxide to remove blood stains from clothing.

• When cleaning windows use newspapers or coffee filters instead of paper towels, they will not leave streaks.

• When microwaving bread products/pizza put a glass of water in with it, it will keep your bread from going spongy.

• When you move into a new place you’re renting, take pictures of any and all damage, then post them on Facebook (privately if preferred) so you can use the reference date as proof you didn't do it.

• When searching plane tickets online delete your cookies prior, prices go up when you visit a site multiple times.

Rachael Ray's Book of 10: More Than 300 Recipes to Cook Every Day by Rachael Ray

My rating: 4 of 5 stars







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The Ultimate Slow Cooker Book: More Than 400 Recipes from Appetizers to Desserts by Better Homes and Gardens

My rating: 4 of 5 stars







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Good morning my lovely followers!

As you may have noticed the blog & Facebook pages have undergone a lot of changes lately.  I am constantly adding new content, feeds, "columns", etc...

I am also, painfully I might add, aware of the severe lack of "personal" information on the blog.  It seems to have become a bit clinical/sterile.  This is totally my fault!  I have Asperger's Syndrome and I'm not a big sharer!  I want to talk to you all and make the blog more personal...it's just not always easy to find the words...

That said...I am going to try to make more of an effort.  You will always find all of the other junk you have come to know & love here...but I will be trying to add a bit more personality :c)

BTW: How amazing is the new look???  Kim at Life in a House of Testosterone is amazing!!!

Have a groovy day & love you all :c)

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Yum-o! The Family Cookbook by Rachael Ray

My rating: 4 of 5 stars







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Practical Protection Magick: Guarding & Reclaiming Your Power
by Ellen Dugan

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Embrace your innate warrior skills--knowledge, balance, and wisdom--and amp up your personal power. This helpful handbook is chock-full of protection witchery and psychic self-defense techniques you can use to keep yourself and your home strong, secure, and protected. With her trademark humor and candor, best-selling author Ellen Dugan teaches how to weave safe and sensible protection magick into your Craft practice and daily life. This unique practical guide reveals how to pinpoint your psychic strengths, set boundaries, diagnose a problem with divination, and maintain health on physical, psychic, and magickal levels. You'll also find precise and potent spells, rituals, and warding techniques to defend against psychic attacks, emotional and psychic vampires, hexes, unwanted ghosts, and other forms of negativity threatening your home and your well-being.

Next time you buy green onions, save the bulb and toss it in a jar of water...you'll have a whole new bunch in 12 days!

The $7 a Meal Pressure Cooker Cookbook: 301 Delicious Meals You Can Prepare Quickly for the Whole Family
by Susan Irby

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Today's new pressure cookers are the modern cook's ultimate time-saver--and now you can slash cooking time 70 percent "and" cut costs at the same time!

In this one-of-a-kind collection, you'll find hundreds of delicious, nutritious recipes that won't break the bank, including: Rosemary Pork Shoulders with Apples, Chicken Bordeaux, Catfish in Creole Sauce, Swiss Chard and Vegetables in Parmesan Sauce, and Molten Fudge Pudding Cake!

For that slow-cooked taste in far less time, this cookbook is the perfect solution for busy cooks on a budget!

1 small box instant vanilla pudding
1 C milk
6oz vanilla yogurt (strawberry is great too)
12 medium strawberries (about 1 3/4-2 C roughly chopped)
2-3 T sugar

remove stems from berries and pulse with 2 T sugar in a food processor until completely smooth. Taste and add more sugar if needed. You should have just over a cup of puree. Set aside.

In a blender combine pudding, yogurt, and milk and blend until combined. Layer or swirl the pudding mixture with the strawberry mixture in Popsicle molds and freeze until solid.

1 small box instant chocolate pudding
1 3/4 C half and half
10 Oreo cookies, crushed (about 1 heaping cup)
1/4 t peppermint extract

Blend pudding mix, extract, and half and half in a blender until smooth. Stir in crushed cookies by hand. Place in molds and freeze.