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Keurig vs Tassimo vs Nescafe Dolce Gusto Coffee Makers

/ March 16, 2011 / food, home, save money, Technology / Permalink

It was a bad idea from the start.. “Hey, it’s Saturday and we need to get out of the house.. let’s go to Walmart or something”. Yeah, great idea.. 4 stores and $200+ later we’re heading home with a brand new Keurig coffee machine. Talk about your impulse purchase eh? Ok, truth be told I [...]

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Last Weeks’ “What I’m Reading”

/ March 7, 2011 / everyday life, food, roundup / Permalink

Yeah, so last week was a pretty busy one for me and didn’t get the opportunity to write my ‘weekly roundup’ of interesting posts that I like to do – so I’m going to post two of them this week.. one today to make up for last week, and another later on in the week [...]

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Here We Go Again – Diet Time!

/ February 25, 2011 / food, health / Permalink

Yep, it’s true.. myself and Liz are going on a diet. Fun eh? Yeah.. not even close. BUT, I definitely think I can afford to lose a few pounds and I know Liz feels the same.. so why not? I’ve already blogged about how exercise isn’t really the way to lose weight – so it’s [...]

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Week 7 Roundup – May As Well Read While You’re Snowed In!

/ February 16, 2011 / awesome, food, health, home, local / Permalink

Seems like the only thing people are talking about lately is the weather – how much snow we’ve gotten and how much we hate it. Personally, it doesn’t bother me in the least. As long as I have a warm house, a car that starts, and roads which are passable (ok – yesterday sucked) – [...]

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Make Some Snow Ice Cream!

/ February 3, 2011 / awesome, food, local / Permalink

Well, this is timely isn’t it? As I was sleeping in our comfy warm bed with egyptian cotton sheets, more than 20 more cm’s of the white stuff came flying down last night.. today I came across not only one, but two recipes to make some good out of that hazardous white nuisance. Snow ice [...]

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Lifehackers Guide To Buying Is Out For 2011

/ January 19, 2011 / food, health, home, save money / Permalink

I’ve found Lifehackers buying guide very helpful (even if I didn’t follow it at all) to figure out the best times for buying certain items throughout the year. For example, everyone knows that the best time to buy a fake Christmas tree is the week AFTER Christmas right? Yeah.. exactly. Too bad I didn’t get [...]

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Cook Better Bacon?? I’m In..

/ December 21, 2010 / food, health, save money / Permalink

In the quest for perfect bacon – I’m always all ears. Recently Liz and I went shopping at the re-opening special at Co-Op and they had some bacon special on for $1.99 per package.. SWEET!! So we loaded up of course and stuck a bunch in our freezer. This tip however, really hits home as [...]

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The Bottlecap Tops December’s Shooter List

/ December 12, 2010 / food / Permalink

Well I pretty much thought this would be the last thing I’d want to write about after being up drinking until 3AM last night, however I had started this article the other day – so I may as well post it Not that we needed any more festive excuses to tip back some adult beverages…but [...]

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Do You Remember When The Big Mac … was Big??

/ November 19, 2010 / food, health / Permalink

I remember it fondly – it was the newest of the new in the Mickey-D’s lineup. In fact I can remember talking with my Jr. High friends about how so-and-so could eat TWO Big Macs and it was an absolutely amazing feat. Of course, things appeared a lot bigger back then as we were a [...]

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New Stratford Restaurant! My Little Phinley’s Review

/ November 4, 2010 / food, local, social / Permalink

So last Saturday myself and Liz headed to the new Phinleys restaurant for some mid-afternoon grub. I had heard mixed reviews about the place, so I decided to try it for myself. I actually really want this place to succeed not only due to the fact that I like the owners, but I also think [...]

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