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Month: December 2014

How to Keep your Butter from Getting that Refrigerator Smell

How to Keep your Butter from Getting that Refrigerator Smell

Ok, I don’t know what it is about butter over any other thing in my refrigerator, but it always, always has that refrigerator smell/taste. I can taste it when I spread it on something or when I bake with it. I tried a lot of different things to keep thing from happening, including putting it in the butter drawer of the fridge, putting it in a sealed container with some baking soda wrapped in a paper towel. But nothing worked….

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How to Combine all your Gift Cards

How to Combine all your Gift Cards

My husband and I have a business where we get Christmas tips every year. A few clients always give us generic gift cards, like a Visa gift card. While we really appreciate the thought, they’re kind of annoying to use. I do almost 100% of my shopping online, and the problem with them is that most websites will only let you use one method of payment. So if I have $9.50 left on a card and I want to buy…

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Alternative to a Kong Ball—Dog Toys for Big Chewers

Alternative to a Kong Ball—Dog Toys for Big Chewers

Everyone knows what Kongs are, right? Those dog toys shaped a little bit like a cross between a football and a snowman? They’re supposed to be pretty tough, but my dog could destroy a Kong pretty easily. I watched him do it; he bites right where the two segments meet and just keeps working it. Eventually the segments separate and then he pulls off pieces of rubber. And my dog is a golden mix; not even a breed with strong…

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