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If you weren't in DC I'd think the crazy squirrel lady was my mother! She hasn't had any problems with the squirels digging up her plants but she has a really big yard. Sometimes she gets vol...

I don't know, my mom has squirrels in her backyard that will sit on her lap and eat peanuts. I couldn't eat Earl!

We have a Parrot, so we leave npr on for him when we're out. It makes for better conversation if he's well informed.

Do I have a choice? One of the cats sleeps on my head and takes up most of the pillow. The other two seem to be awake all night, and the parrot is definitely not allowed to sleep with us at night.

What if "room temperature" in your kitchen during the summer is 90 degrees?

But how much fun for Ursula to pull off the cushions and roll around! Just like gymnastics mats.

I've got no idea about the desk, but where is the kitty sticker from?

I got a third degree burn from dropping a hot onion on my foot as I was straining a broth. Now I wait until they are cool before I strain them.

Libraries in Queens are having kickoff parties tommorow, with signups and prizes.

Using it to eat during my impending unpaid :( maternity leave. Yum!

Neither have I. sparkiy@earthlink.net

Embrace the squirrels! My mom tried for years to find bird feeders the squirrels couldn't get into and gave up. She got some squirrel feeders (they'll go for the easier food). S...

one of these would be so much better than the system I built out of MDF

You don't like them stale? I always buy mine a few weeks early and let them sit to get stale. I've liked them better that way since I was little.

i just forget it's on the stove, or the timer goes off and somehow it's already burned. We got a nice compact cuisenart rice cooker, and it saves me alot of scrubbing. - I hadn't seen ...

I've burned so many pots of rice that my husband bought me a rice maker. I'm no longer "allowed" to make rice on the stove.

I like the giraffe pillow

leftover spinach quiche and a really big salad

I love it for making cookies, but last night I used it to mash potatoes. (lazy me)

What about bright recycled rubber, like this: http://www.ecosurfaces.com/ecoearth/rubberfloors.htm It would still be ...