Archive for January, 2009
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
A Versatile Glass Food Storage Set
I’ve been storing my food in plastic for years. Big plastic containers for my dry cereals. smaller ones for teas, cookies, snacks and other foodies. Then I have another set of plastic containers for my leftovers. But unfortunately the longer I use them the uglier they get, especially the ones I use for leftovers that become stained from the sauces and other foods stored in them. The other problem with the plastic storage containers is that you can’t re-heat leftovers in them. Now there are so many articles of the dangers of many of the plastics gradually leaking toxins into our foods. So I finally decided to get rid of my tired containers and treat myself to a quality glass food storage container set. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
An Exotic Look for your Dog
Since the first walk with my puppy I’ve had issues getting her to keep her collar on. I’m not sure what gets into her, but she gnaws her collar, slithers her furry head out–anything to escape the confinement of a collar. This has consistently made walks with her much less pleasant. So, the other day my friend was wearing a patterned bracelet and I noticed Francine (my puppy) staring at it intently. It was then that I got the idea to purchase Francine a visually interesting collar. So I got her this bombay collar. Since dogs can only see black and white I realized color doesn’t make a difference, but pattern does. This site was the only one I could find that coupled pretty colors I like with patterns that Francine could enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »