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There are many advantages to living in Houston and one of them is that Continental Airlines offers many non stop flights from Houston to were I want and need to go.  Much of our family lives in Ohio...

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Llama, Llama Red Pajama [2005, Viking, ISBN: 0-670-05983-8 Hardcover] by Anna Dewdney is a delightful and fun32-page children's rhyming book about a little llama who is going to bed.

Well, he's supposed...

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Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing [1972, Simon and Schuster, SBN: 671-65201-X Reinforced Edition] by Martin Gardner is a 96-page children's non-fiction book with lots of details about communication techniques....

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Autumn [1998, Pebble Books, Capstone Press, ISBN: 1-56065-783-9] by Gail Saunders-Smith is a 24-page children's picture book about Autumn. It has nice photographs of Fall scenes in nature with some featuring...

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Lights, Camera, Interaction Melissa & Doug Shape Sorter Box holds four scenes that can be slid out and also stored within the box.

This one has four scenes:

• transportation
• house
• farm
• pets

It also contains...

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Melissa & Doug Lights, Camera, Interaction Large Shapes Wooden Jumbo Knob Puzzle features eight brightly colored shapes:

• circle--with a picture of a clock behind it
• diamond--with a picture of a kite behind...

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Little Teddy Bear's Happy Face Sad Face: A First Book About Feelings [1998, The Millbrook Press] is a six page board book with four wooden bear faces with different feelings, including happy, sad, angry,...

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The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Snow [2004, Cartwheel Books by Scholastic, Inc., ISBN: 0-439-56990-7] by Joanna Cole with illustrations by Bruce Degen is a 32-page children's book about snow. It is a...

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Visiting my parents for a week, I was able to put the Oster 6331 2-Slice Toaster through quite the challenge.  My children like their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches toasted (as do their grandfather)....

I recently had an opportunity to wear a formal gown.  I admit that wearing a dress is something I avoid, after several weeks of my daughters (now 4 and 3) pulling up my skirts during mass to play hide...

Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up. 

Imagine this, laying on the beach slathered in cocoa butter.  That's pretty much the scent you get when...

I recently attended a birthday party where Mikes Harder Cranberry Lemonade was served to the adults.  It was surprisingly fun and refreshing, so I decided to give it a try at home on my own to see if...

Really good beer is the preferred drink in my household for my husband and I like to "mix" things up.  Since it is the season, I decided to give Smirnoff Vodka Cranberry Twist a try since I do enjoy...

If I was keeping a life time-line, 2009 would be the year of the olive oil. This year I have discovered olive oil soap and olive oil moisturizer to go with the butter substitute made from olive oil I've...