Monthly Archives: July 2010

NOT for Arachnophobics!

By Headmistress | Published: July 31, 2010

Updated to fix the missing pictures.  They were here- but I tried Blogger’s “Jump break” button, and it didn’t work. Seriously. If you freaked out by spiders, do not look at the rest of this post. I really, really mean it. You do NOT want to look and see what the FYG found in the […]

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Yummy Breakfast

By Headmistress | Published: July 31, 2010

Sunset Ideas & Recipes for Breakfast and Brunch Cottage Cheese PancakesYou make these in a blender and then you pour the batter right out of the blender onto the griddle so you have fewer dirty dishes to clean after breakfast. Very, very tasty pancakes. 3 eggs1 cup small-curd cottage cheese2 Tablespoons oil1/4 cup flour1/4 teaspoon […]

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Making a Game of It

By Headmistress | Published: July 31, 2010

Don’t miss our book giveaway!!Previously As Joyce finishes setting her hot cake on a ‘cake cooler,’ (which I presume is a cooling rack) Mrs. Powers suggests she run upstairs and wipe up the bathroom tiles as well, as her son left pools of water on the floor when he bathes earlier that morning. Joyce’s are […]

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Saturday Review of Books

By Headmistress | Published: July 31, 2010

It’s up, and it’s good reading.  Pay a visit, leave a link to a book review post of your own.

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Notes from The Omnivore’s Dilemma

By Headmistress | Published: July 30, 2010

The Omnivore’s Dilemma (Young Readers Edition) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Pollan points out that the governtment subsidies on crops artifically skew our our food supply, as it depresses prices of corn and soy products (and also, I think sugar) artificially.  Essentially, this is a problem in my view because it’s not a free […]

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