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Save Money and Calories: Coffee at Your Desk
There are a lot of hidden calories in espresso drinks, especially holiday offerings like pumpkin spice lattes. A cup of plain coffee is usually a safe bet calorie wise but buying one cup a day can easily amount to five hundred dollars a year. Some break rooms have coffee machines but the stuff that comes out of those things are usually pretty gross tasting.
Make Your Own Pumpkin Pie Spice
For years I thought pumpkin pie spice was a special spice — only recently did I realize it's actually a spice blend. And, like any spice blend, be it herbs de Provence or a rub for barbecue, pumpkin pie spice is easy to make. Why waste a couple of bucks buying it when you already have the ingredients in your pantry?!
Make Your Own Flavored Water
Despite the health benefits of water, people still love to drink juice and soda. Unfortunately, these beverages are usually empty calories filled with sugar that do little in the way of hydration — even diet soda can be damaging. I think that water tastes great, but sometimes I get bored of drinking it all the time.
Make Your Own Cereal With MojaMix
Bored with Breakfast? MojaMix allows you to choose from an array of nutritious nibbles, so you can make your own personally customized cereal. It's really simple to do.
Words That Make It Worth It . . .
"I think it's important to know you can fail and then recover. You cannot escape failure. There's no way you can control everything that much.
How to Make Chicken Cutlets
When I was developing my recipe for buffalo chicken mac and cheese, I headed to the local butcher to buy chicken cutlets. The butcher said he didn't have any on hand, but could make some for me on the spot. But when I stood there watching him, I couldn't believe how easy it was!
My Funny Family Tech Story: Mom Gets Facebook Savvy
Has anyone turned you onto the latest popular and hilarious Twitter account written by a 29-year-old who lives with his 73-year-old dad? It's a riot! Some of the things he says — especially related to tech — remind me of my own family.
Dads Aren't Deaf, It's in Their Genes
What is the top sound most likely to disturb a woman's sleep? If you guessed a baby crying, you were right! According to a study done by the MindLab institution, women (mothers or not) wake up much easier than their male counterparts when it comes to weeping wee ones.
Website of the Day: Maggwire
Sometimes I'll pick up a magazine in the waiting room of my doctor's or dentist's office and read an article that I wish I could tear out and take with me (confession: OK, so maybe I did rip the odd one out). And then, there are the magazines that I like but don't love them enough to get an annual subscription, so I'll buy the odd one at a bookstore.
If this sounds familiar, I'd like to introduce you to Maggwire, a site that offers popular articles from over 10,000 magazine titles.
Movie Preview: Mirren and McAvoy in The Last Station
Sound the Oscar buzz alarm! Detailing the final days of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, The Last Station features many welcome faces and performances that look enthralling from the trailer alone. James McAvoy plays an eager young man hired to assist the writer, and Helen Mirren stars as Tolstoy's passionate and spirited wife Sofya.
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