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5 Tips for Preserving Fresh Vegetables in the Freezer
Source: The Kitchn

Love to buy loads of fresh veggies at the farmers' market but can't always use them up in time? Look to your freezer for help! However, it's not as simple as throwing a few tomatoes in the freezer; there are techniques that vastly improve the thawed product. Read on for tips!  …

Facebook split: Indian woman divorcing husband who failed to change his relationship status to married
Source: the Mail online

An Indian woman is filing for divorce after her husband failed to change his relationship status to married on social network site Facebook. The 28-year-old has already approached the family court seeking divorce saying that she can not trust him after her failed to announce t …

No 10 guide to changing nappies and baby talk
Source: Telegraph

David Cameron said it was “ludicrous” that parents received more training in how to drive a car than in how to raise children. A £3.4million digital information service, which begins today, will provide free email alerts and text messages with NHS advice &ldqu …

After 37 Years, 'Neighbors From Hell' May Finally Face Eviction
Source: AOL

We've seen plenty of cases of homeowners displaying brazen disregard for their neighbors.

Gardeners: Night of the Lepus or Zombie Rabbits From Hell?

A common misunderstanding in gardening revolves around exactly who is supposed to be the beneficiary of all your hard work.  Naturally, you may think the decision is yours.  In some cases--and especially if your garden is not of the greenhouse variety--you'll be w …

Lemon Sorbet and the Creeping Purple Jungle

  Today we revisit Louise's perfect yard and view the beginnings of the rampant purple jungle in my own yard.  The lemony yellow iris are blooming now along Louise's garage.  While there, I got one more shot of her single peach iris, which I (blush) show you below. …

How to Recover From a Broken Heart

    Broken hearts are mainly caused by unfulfilment of our expectations coupled with low self-esteem. Often we think so low of ourself, we put our whole life in the hands of one person to get 'happiness' and then when that happiness is withdrawn, the pain of losing it i …

Have you ever been 'dumped'? And is there really such a thing?

How often have you heard the sad statement, "I've been dumped" by so and so, or you've used it to bemoan the loss of a valued partner? It is a common term used to express regret and perhaps resentment at not being the right person for someone else. But is there such a thing as be …

Kate's adoptive family scrimped to give her idyllic childhood... yet she was still desperate to find the parents who gave her up - no matter who it hurt
Source: the Mail online

When I was 18, I changed my name. Crucially, I gave myself a new middle name — Justine. Actually, it wasn’t new at all. It was the name my birth mother gave me before I was adopted.  I can still remember the horror my teenage self felt  when I saw my bir …

5 Ways Conservatives are Destroying the Institution of Marriage
Source: AlterNet.org

President Obama’s strong support for same-sex marriage is strong support for the institution of marriage itself. It's a vital step toward a revitalized institution better equipped to address the needs of today’s families. Those who think and talk like Rush Limbaugh …

Unusual Ices, Ice Creams and Other Frozen Desserts
Source: Bartleby.com

This online book (Farmer. Fannie Merritt. 1918. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book), has the most unusual and delectable-sounding frozen dessert recipes I've ever read. How about Brown Bread Ice Cream, or Violet Ice Cream, or Junket Ice Cream w/Peaches.  You need …

REVEALED: Inside the £65m apartment London's most exclusive address
Source: the Mail online

It is a central London pied-a-terre with a price tag that only the world's richest can afford to pay. A lavish apartment at the Candy & Candy development One Hyde Park has come up for sale - one of only a handful of properties in the billionaire-friendly block to reach the  …

John Edwards trial: Elizabeth was 'volcanic' when she discovered husband's affair
Source: the Mail online

John Edwards fought to keep his cancer-stricken wife happy because he feared her 'volcanic' temper if she found out he was having an affair, it was claimed today. Democratic pollster Harrison Hickman, speaking in the former senator's defence, claimed the presidential candidate …

Is this the strangest home in Britain? The bungalow that's built around a real railway carriage
Source: the Mail online

When it comes to building a comfortable bungalow, Jim Higgins has got the inside track. The retired transport manager, 60, has one of the most unique houses in Britain... because it is built around a real railway carriage. The property in Ashton, Cornwall, is a fully function …

FOR RHODODENDRON LOVERS, especially etva: FOTO MONDAY

Alot of Vine photographers have been showing their gardens and flowers in their area lately. Flowers that don't grow around here, and ones that do, but aren't nearly as nice. Lately, etva showed some beautiful rhododendrens, the WA state flower, which grow wild all over here …

The Bank Wanted To Take Almost Everything This Woman Had | MoveOn.Org
Source: MoveOn

If you have already paid in more than your house is worth, would you keep on paying the mortgage? Hard to justify when the bank wants almost 4 times what the house is currently worth.

Bungalow built around train
Source: Telegraph

It is not your normal living room accessory - a 130-year-old railway carriage parked by the front door.

Yummy, Yummy Iris

My neighbor across the alley (Miss Nosy as she likes to call herself) has the most beautiful iris I've ever seen.  They are so lovely, and their time so brief that I couldn't let their beauty pass by without documenting them and sharing. My rambunctious little dog got ahead  …

McMansions: What's the big deal?
Source: Chicago Tribune

If the guy down the block refers to your house as a McMansion, he's probably not paying a compliment. "McMansion" is almost always a term of condescension and derision, according to a recent academic study.

Is there a difference between Passion and Love?

Many of us, when we speak about Love, treat Passion as an entirely separate thing from it. We often hear about dates 'falling into lust' at the beginning of a relationship when the two people are so into each other, so attracted and mesmerised by one another, they want to spend a …

The Last Mother's Day
Source: The New York Times

I starting making wine a couple of years ago with a bunch of guys who know far more about the ways of the grape than I do. Between the crushing, racking, barrel-tasting and bottling we talked about wine and sports, women and sports, politics and sports, and maybe some other thi …

Joining a group

How come does it take soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long to get accepted in a group, I have five I have been waiting for for a while. They seem like fun groups, So what do i do    

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