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Feeling that scratchy in your throat? What do you drink?
Wow! It’s been almost a decade ago when I traveled pretty regularly to the Netherlands for work. In my time there, I found that Irish pubs seemed to help cure the homesickness that comes with an extended stay abroad. With the jetlag and candle burning at both ends due to work, (teehee! …now I MAKE the candles and burn them at my leisure!) it was easy to develop a scratchy throat from being run down. The feature at the irish pub would of course include Irish whiskey by the name of Jameson. The cure was almost immediate! I began to order the drink just to study what they did to…
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Dishwasher, How would you pick a new one?
As I write this post, my hubby is working on the dishwasher that has been pulled out and sitting in the middle of the kitchen. At some point today, this appliance will either be fixed and back working or it will be ready for replacement. Either way, the idea of choosing an environmentally smart dishwasher is on our minds. Energy Star has a slick website that is aimed at helping in these kinds of decisions. http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=dishwash.pr_dishwashers There are two spreadsheets you can download at the right column of the site, Qualified Dishwashers and savings calculator. These are the first two files I looked at. The qualified dishwashers is a long…
