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Just wanted to add that a comment at a recipe site mentioned adding a bit of molasses, so since I had some for the pecan pie, I added a tablespoon to the mixture to make these two. We’ll see how it turns out. I think we’re only taking 2 pies total, since there will be [...]

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Okay, my pecan pie is out of the oven and looks pretty good. I got the recipe from Elise’s Simply Recipes site, which I read regularly via Bloglines. Her recipese always look so good and they’re very easy to follow. I’m a nervous cook and always take forever fussing around getting ingredients set up in [...]

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There are so many things in Dennis Byrne’s Chicago Tribune column today that I find objectionable, since I’m childfree. He apparently just became aware of the phenomenon of couples declining to reproduce and seems to be just horrified at the prospect. From the sound of it, he ran across some rants pages from the more [...]

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Please, please, please adopt a cat this week and give thanks for companionship, warmth, and a new friend who purrs:
Chicago Tribune | Cats multiplying like rabbits
David and I adopted Riley Cat Gibbs after a long spell of catlessness, and have had so much fun playing with him and getting to know his beguiling little ways. [...]

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We were at Home Despot earlier mulling ways to make interior storm windows. As I originally thought it might be a variation of the magnetic kit thingy I found, we were at the Plexiglas section. There was an upper shelf that was empty, except for a long cardboard box that had been repurposed by the [...]

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