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Pet Health Care

According to Parade magazine, cancer is one of the leading causes of death in pets and accounts for nearly half of all deaths in cats and dogs over the age of 10. Dogs suffer from more kinds of cancer (at least 100) than any other domestic animal, and one in four will develop cancer in its lifetime. Just like us, pets can develop cancer from exposure to sunlight, smoke, asbestos, chemicals, hormones, radiation and viruses, and from immune-system failures. Also some canine breeds have hereditary risk factors.

How To Select The Healthiest Tortilla

Whenever I go to the store I can never figure out which brand of tortilla I should buy. I recently read an article in the food section of our local paper which solved the mystery for me. Apparently, not all flour tortillas are the same. Depending on the size a flour tortilla can be as little as 100 calories with 1 gram of fat or as much as 400 calories and 12 grams of fat.

Paying off Credit Card Debt Takes a Plan and Some Discipline!

Lots of Americans get into credit card debt, and it takes a plan to get out of that debt. Just like debt can creep up slowly, we probably cannot devise a quick and easy fix. We know that unsecured debt, like credit card balances, carry high interest rates, and can be really tough to pay off! However, if we can manage our debt, we know we can remove a lot of stress from our lives.

Packing A Suitcase Light

Since June 15, Many airlines began charging money to check your bags. American Airlines charges $15.00 for the first bag and $25.00 for the second. How do get all your stuff in a carry-on and not feel like you left something important behind?

Here are some suggestions that were published in our local paper on packing a suitcase:

I hate paying for mulch for my garden. Mulch smells bad and it’s expensive. I have discovered a free and easy way to make my own mulch. I use dead leaves and pine needles. In the beginning I raked my own leaves and put them on the beds. Then I discovered the beauty of other peoples leaves. I got this tip from a woman I met at a plant sale at our local arboreteum.

Leftover Spaghetti Makes A Great Spaghetti Pie

Here is great recipe for using up leftover spaghetti. As a matter of fact it is so wonderful that I don’t even wait to have leftover spaghetti. I found this recipe in a quick and easy cookbook but it is actually credited to famed cookbook author Molly Katzen. It is such an easy recipe your kids can help too. They can mix the spaghetti with the sauce in a big bowl. It is a vegatarian recipe but you can add meat or chicken if you desire.

Prep time 15 minutes Cooking time 30 minutes

Want to make the cheapest, easiest, least fattening microwave popcorn ever? I found this recipe in our local newspaper and have been making it for years. Put a half a cup of popcorn in a brown paper lunch bag (the oversized lunchbag works best but a regular size one will do) and close the top of the bag. Fold it over twice. Stick it in the microwave on it’s side and cook it on high for three minutes more or less depending on your oven. When you no longer hear the popping sound the popcorn is done. Empty the popcorn into a bowl. Spray with butter flavor cooking spray and sprinkle with salt. My favorite way to eat the popcorn is to sprinkle it with soy sauce.

How To Make Your Own Pizza The Easy Way

You want something fast and easy for dinner. Almost everyone loves pizza. You can make your own quicker than the pizza delivery person can get to your house. Here is a recipe from Sarah Fritschner’s Vegatarain Express Lane Cookbook. The cookbook is out of print but well worth obtaining a copy from online sources or used book stores. The recipes are easy and fast. I use the pizza recipe once a week. She also gives you a recipe for a pizza crust mix which make up to 10 pizzas which are 12 inches in diameter. Each 3 and 3/4 cup of mix makes two 12 inch pizzas. When I had third grade brownies,(girl scouts) they made this pizza themselves with only a little assistance from me. It’s so easy a third grader can do it.

No Bake Cookies Recipe

I’m not a super mom but sometimes I have supermom moments. I had one last Sunday. I was in the kitchen when I decided that before I emptied the dishwasher, I should check my email. Why check email? Mostly because I didn’t want to empty the dishwasher. As I glanced through the email I saw one that said I should bring 2 dozen cookies to the Sunday school picnic. “Please have cookies in the kitchen by 9:30 am” I read. I looked at the clock. Uh oh, 8:15. And I still had to empty the dishwashers, get the kids up and make breakfast. For about five minutes I ran around the kitchen trying to figure out if I had the ingredients for one bowl brownies – the quickest thing I knew how to make. In my frantic running around, I flung the door to the pantry open and peered in hoping for some inspiration. I swear I heard an angels chorus when I spotted a bag of chow mein noodles. That’s it I thought – Canine Crunchies.

Home Staging

Trying to sell your house? “Staging” can help. Staging involves styling, cleaning and depersonalizing homes. In other words you create a “scene” for the potential buyer and you hope that they will envision themselves living in that scene. Also, you take away anything that might discourage them from wanting to buy your house. Take a look at these tips from Keller Williams Realty and Home Staging of Alabama: