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Faking elegance: the faux poached egg

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Are you tired of people coming to your house and telling you your egg-cooking-skills are downright abysmal?  Well, look no further friends, I have the perfect way to redeem your street cred:  faux poached eggs.  Now, these aren't your typical poached eggs.  Those require skill and patience to master.  Ain't nobody got time for that.  These are simple.  Anyone can do it.  Seriously.  Anyone...well, kind of. They look just like the real deal, and taste...

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Just stopping by...

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I have had the most eventful past couple of days.  First of all, I finally changed my blogger template.  Please let me know in the comments or e-mail if you absolutely hate the new features and I will try my best to alter whatever is making you so unhappy.  In other similar news, isn't it pretty?!  I was so scared to mess my template up beyond repair, so it took me about two weeks to...

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All that glitters is not gold...

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...but sometimes you can love something just as much.  Welcome to my new, weekly segment of Thrifty Thursday!  ....actually...this whole blog should be a thrifty Thursday because living on pennies definitely does not allow for me to go and buy me some Chanel...but I don't think I would want to.  For one pair of Chanel shoes, I could buy hundreds of other shoes...I digress... As my sister's overexcited students say, LOOKIT!!! That's right people!!  I...

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Happy Valentine's Day!!

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Happy Valentine's Day Lovers!!!  May you get lots of flowers, chocolates, and kisses!  Here's a really sweet short film that I love in celebration of the day. ...

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Will the real ramen please stand up...

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My mother came to visit us this weekend!  To celebrate, we went to a new Japanese ramen restaurant that we had heard great things about.  I kid you not, the lines for this place are insane.  Naturally, Saturday found us at Ramen Tatsu-Ya.   {naturally "vintage" picture taken via shoddy camera phone} {Number 2} {Number One}  Up until that moment, I had only had those delicious ramen that come in the instantaneous cups.  Please do...

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Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Lace Collar

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 Oh. My. Gosh.  I had always wanted to make a cake like this.  Even time I saw this, I just died of jealousy because no matter how delicious my cakes were, lace collars make them look 100X better.  Mine looked like the ugly stepsister in comparison, so I finally bit the bullet.  You know what??  It was incredibly easy, so easy, in fact, that I may do a tutorial on it, and then we can...

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Persian Kitten- Houston, Texas I am planning on making some significant changes to the blog layout over the weekend.  I hope you guys like it...and are patient while I work out the glitches since I know zero about html.  Have a great weekend everyone!!! ...

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I'm gonna pop some tags....

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My name is Linda and I have an addiction to thrift stores.  Typically, I look for something specific until I find exactly what I want, like this black dresser from target that I bought new in box for $50.00 at Good Will instead of over $100 at the store.  Thank you Good Will!! Other days you arrive and find something so special that you have to purchase it.  That little brass duck is a stapler!! ...

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Bean Salad

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Last week I started experimenting by adding foods back into my diet that I had been restricted from.  I will spare you the results of these experiments, but please know that this is NOT a low FODMAP meal.  With that said, this is probably the meal I miss the most of anything that I have had to cut out of my diet.  I love this salad.  My sisterfromanothermother Stephanie first introduced me to it.  Her...

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Skin Care Products

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For about two years, I struggled with acne, which I think were clearly related to the onset of my stomach issues.  I tried everything.  I realize now that I may have become a little obsessed with the issue.  I mean, if this was my biggest problem, then obviously I had a good life, but acne can really mess with your self-confidence.  Thankfully, I seem to have everything under control now, so here is a list...

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