A Crazy Cure
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Hiccup-curing lollipops?
Seems strange, but 13-year-old Connecticut resident Mallory Kievman has invented them. With the help of a team of MBA students, she’s hoping to get them on the market this year.
The secret ingredient is apparently apple cider vinegar, which sounds like an unhappy flavor for a lollipop. But Mallory - who’s already perfected the formula for the “Hiccupops” - says she’s “tweaking... READ MORE
How the Piggy Cookie Crumbles
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Wednesday, January 19, 2011
(Updated: Here’s the recipe!)
Two days ago, 4-year-old Daniel spent the better part of an hour browsing the pages of one of the girls’ cookie cookbooks. Frequently, he called me over to show me hat he thought was a particularly yummy-looking photo.
I found his interest in baked goods endearing and I was in a capable mood, so I told him to pick any recipe he wanted and I would buy the ingredients and... READ MORE
Oh-Sew-Sweet Epilogue
Posted by Lynn Wehner in Homemaking on Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Let’s just say I get by with a little help from my friends.
I mentioned in a post last week that my seamstress talents were — how would you say it — non-existent. But what to do about straps for that Princess Belle dress for my daughter’s Costume Ball?
Well, my friend Heather’s amazing mom (“Our Nuna”) came to the rescue. Merely add simple straps to the plain, straight dress? Pshaw — too simple for... READ MORE
Playing With Your Food
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, August 30, 2010
I came across these clever plates today—Mr Food Face and friends. How brilliant!
That was my first thought, anyway. Then I thought about how this could backfire, images of the toddler crying because he doesn’t want to eat Mr. Food Face’s carrot-stick moustache or broccoli side-burns. Would this be too traumatic?
It’s worth the risk. I can absolutely see myself getting into the most creative of food... READ MORE
Bus Stop To Nowhere
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Here’s a bittersweet and amusing story out of Berlin.
A home for Alzheimer’s patients had trouble with clients wandering off.
The law doesn’t allow them to detain people against their will, so staff were forever running after people or worse, having to call the police to help locate them.
Creative and humane solution? A fake bus stop.
Benrath home teamed up with local care association called the ‘Old Lions’. They went to the Rheinbahn transport network which was happy to provide the bus stop to nowhere.
“It sounds funny,” said Old Lions Chairman Franz-Josef Goebel, “but it helps. Our members are 84 years-old on average. Their short-term memory hardly works at all, but the long-term memory is still active. They know the green and yellow bus sign and remember that waiting there means they will go home.” The result is that errant patients now wait for their trip home at the bus stop, before quickly forgetting why they were there in the first place.
“We will approach them and say that the bus is coming later today and invite them in to the home for a coffee,” said Mr Neureither. “Five minutes later they have completely forgotten they wanted to leave.”
The idea has been so successful it’s been adopted by homes across Germany.
With a polite nod to ninme.
Pretty Baskets Full of Love
Posted by AGroup in Homemaking on Friday, July 02, 2010
As I was savoring my sweet treats this week the thought occurred to me that I would like to start a gift basket closet.
No, not for me, though don’t think for a minute I’m above it.
Rather, I want to create a gift basket closet that resembles those gift closets that I’ve heard some of you super organized gals possess. You know: the ones that hold oodles of presents already wrapped for those unexpected... READ MORE
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