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honestly, think the most important step to kicking a caffeine habit is eating breakfast. i am amazed at how insignificant my breakfasts get and how little energy i really get from them when my caffeine intake goes up.

i love tamarindo. common in lots of latin-american food as well. paletas, mineral water with tamarind, granola comes to mind...

we've been wanting to watch both it and the martha cartoon thingy all season, but hallmark is impossible to tap into. can't even get any of their content online...

roasting the pumpkin till the skin get dark and wrinkly (almost over roasted) helps with the sweet and definitely express out the excess water. makes all the difference in the world. next time...

i'm finding that siri works amazingly well. it does what i ask and tells me, politely, when it "can not compute."

i think the beep that you keep speaking of, the one that interrupts you mid-sentence, is your queue to start your instruction.

i did sewing and repair work as a kid and ended up buying something similar to what my mom had in the house for her basic mending work - an entry level kenmore. it was familiar, relatively inexpensive and more than enough machine to handle the few projects that i had already eyeballed in my "sewing projects" bookmarks.

i will say that having a small stash of projects in your queue that you are uber excited about should come BEFORE buying a machine. that way you have something to get started with right away and you have a sense of what you may need out of a machine.

OH! and don't forget to tap your friends. i borrowed a machine for a couple of days from a friend to do a quick project and figure out if i was really going to enjoy sewing as much as i thought i remembered. great way to whet the appetite too. :)

never taken a stab at an instant mix. version i make at home is dairy-free - rice and cinnamon soaked in water overnight with sugar added in the blending stage. you could probably make a large batch of the pulp and freeze in portions for diluting in water? never tried it personally but it sounds feasible...

the reality is that back to school lists have gotten longer and bigger because they help supply the entire classroom throughout the year... especially in grade school.

but to answer the question, i would have to agree that pencil boxes were by far the most useless.

sounds like you want to make fresh coffee with a french press without the hassle of it. ;) i feel ya'.

my first instinct would be to block the exit to backyard door, but if that is your only exit... then perhaps that would not work. you could set up the two beds (side by side) against the largest wall with the heads of the bed to the wall, block the utility door with something functional (low profile wardrobe for clothes), and place a table/art/play space near the large closet which can function as an everything storage closet. toys and art supplies can be near the play space and doors can be pulled shut to "quiet" the room at bedtime. PAINT!