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Crystal Ball, March 14, 2012

March 14, 2012 Crystal Ball

Many Happy Returns Catalog and on-line shopping is a lot of fun and sure saves the time and hassle of driving from store to store, finding a parking spot and standing in line to check out. But the obvious drawback is if you don’t like what you ordered or if it doesn’t fit, you have [...]

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Crystal Ball, Feb. 29, 2012

February 28, 2012 Crystal Ball

A deluge of squirrels We have acquired a family of squirrels. They are a relatively new addition at our house and I don’t know where they came from. It’s not like I deliberately lured them across the road from the neighbors’ place. Believe it or not, we didn’t have squirrels at our place until last [...]

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Crystal Ball, Feb. 22, 2012

February 21, 2012 Crystal Ball

If you didn’t already know, February is National Heart Month. This has been on my mind because it’s also the month I annually have blood drawn for a fasting lipid panel. This is a cholesterol test but the important word isn’t “lipid,” it’s “fasting,” which translates to “not eating for 12 hours.” Which is something [...]

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Crystal Ball, Feb. 15, 2012

February 15, 2012 Crystal Ball

Without a doubt, advances in technology over the last 10 years have occurred at a staggering pace. It’s hard to keep up with the newest gadgets and gizmos. They’re releasing something new every time you turn around. Remember when it was a really big deal when someone got a cell phone? I didn’t realize how [...]

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Crystal Ball, Feb. 8, 2012

February 8, 2012 Crystal Ball

Groceries, meals and leftovers I wonder what percentage of my life I spend in the grocery store? It’s not a bad thing – I like grocery shopping and feel fortunate to live in a country where the food supply is abundant, safe and affordable. But how in the world can two people eat so much? It [...]

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Crystal Ball, Feb. 1, 2012

February 1, 2012 Crystal Ball

We’ve all done it – dropped something we were eating, picked it up, brushed it off and eaten it anyway, muttering something about the five second rule. This piece of urban folklore holds that if you grab up a dropped food item within five seconds, bacteria won’t have time to jump onto it from whatever [...]

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Crystal Ball, Jan. 25, 2012

January 24, 2012 Crystal Ball

  By MELINDA WICHMANN It was more of a wind day but who’s counting. It took until nearly the middle of January to get the first snow day of the year so I’m not going to split hairs about what to call it. We got a little snow and a lot of wind out of [...]

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Crystal Ball, Jan. 18, 2012

January 17, 2012 Crystal Ball

If it ain’t broke … Last week I wrote about wanting to try a different sugar cookie cut out recipe after two decades of using only the recipe given me by a late aunt. This week I will be writing about the stupidity of trying to fix things that are not broken. The recipe I [...]

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Crystal Ball, Jan. 11, 2012

January 10, 2012 Crystal Ball

It’s a brand spanking new year. New goals. New dreams. A new desk calendar that doesn’t have yesterday’s lunch spilled on it. Maybe it’s only symbolic but I like the idea of January bringing a brand new start. Maybe this will be the year the diet works, the year the budget works, the year I [...]

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Crystal Ball, Jan. 4, 2012

January 3, 2012 Crystal Ball

This is the time of year when everyone looks back and recounts the highlights of the last 12 months. If you’re like me, this is easier said than done. I know I did a bunch of stuff and some of it went good and some of it went not so good and hopefully I’ll remember [...]

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