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I went to an outdoor concert/picnic last year and brought citronella tea candles which I set in small mason jars and the effect was surprisingly beautiful. Especially if you get the jars that already have the faceted glass pattern. Best part, they're, what like a dollar a piece or less.

One of the best gifts I've ever gotten was when on Christmas my aunt typed up all of my grandmother's recipes (which included a lot of other family recipes). Not only do I refer to it all the time, but at family gatherings when I ask for a recipe for a dish someone brought it's very common to hear someone say "it's in grandma's cookbook so you already have the recipe" which is awesome.

For all of you mentioning vanilla beans I just got these in the mail the other week and I'm using it to make homemade vanilla extract. I got like 80 beans in a vacuum sealed bag. They seem MORE than adequate for any project I would use them for and it was like $18 (plus free 2 day shipping if you Amazon Prime). Just throwing that out there. I've got about 24 jars of homemade extract in the works right now ha ha

I scored 29, but you know what, you can't miss what you don't even see. When I looked at the spectrum after organizing it, they all looked smooth and transitional to me. I guess if someone next to me had better discrimination and was looking at it with you.

I am the type of person who kicks my bedding free, likes me feet to stick out of the covers, etc. This would be the worst case scenario for me!

Not to mention, doesn't a lot of fiber help you feel full? Reason enough for me. I need all the help I can get.

At age 28, I've started to ask myself, how old is too old to travel everywhere with a hiking backpack? It's so convenient, and can really expand and contract in size, but I do always look like a German hostel-goer wherever I go.

@jenniferbnyc Remember, that outdated information is only worthless to people looking for current info. Historians would LOVE that old set. Or people interested in studying culture, society... etc. Those encyclopedias are a time capsule. They tell you not how the world is now, but how the world was when they were published, and more than just the facts (USSR versus Russia), the society in which it was born (look at the prejudices that are surely present when talking about indigenous peoples, African-Americans, communists, etc.) In fact the more I talk about it the more I'd love them! But please don't just toss them!

You can also use baby food to make colorful, flavorful and nutritious pasta without needing to cook/puree the veggies.

I've been making a lot of brussel sprouts lately. I've baked in foil, I've sauteed and then broiled to finish, but honestly, just cooking them on the stove-top while I boil water for pasta seems to work the best. I do have to say, there is probably a difference in cooking them if you half them or cook them whole. At least in my experience.