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Texas Pecan Butterscotch Cake Recipe | 2012 Texas Pecan Board Award Winning Recipe
The $2,000 Grand Prize Winner was Rita Lutz with her own creation, the absolutely fabulous Texas Pecan Butterscotch Cake. Which I can attest to after making and tasting it today for my husband's 50th birthday. What a treat.
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Quick Mexican Dinner Recipe: 3 Bean Salsa Nachos Rancheros with Beef
Archer Farms has a three bean salsa that I never tried. I decided to make nachos rancheros and use the three bean salsa in the beef mixture. I must say the flavor was so good, we did it again the following night.
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Have Sleep Deficit? Maybe it is not your Mattress | Get A Good Night Sleep
Do you have sleep deficit? Could it be the bed pig in your bed? They come in all shapes and sizes you know.
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Black Widow Spiders and Brown Recluse Spiders Prevalent in Texas| Inspect Children's Play Areas and Outside Toy
CALL 911 immediately after being bitten. Symptoms usually start within 20 minutes to one hour after the bite, but do not wait for symptoms. Localized or generalized severe muscle cramps abdominal pain weakness tremors may...
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River Monsters | River Dangers |Reasons Why Never Go Swimming in Unfamiliar Riverways
No matter where you are in the world, there are monsters in the riverways. From Africa to New Zealand to America...riverways can be a very dangerous place to take a little dip on a heated afternoon. Beware of the unknown lurking in the murkiness...
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Get a Golf Grip!!! | An Odyssey Jumbo Grip | Benefit Your Putting Short Game With a new Grip On The Putter
Putting the ball wasn't my strongest suit while taking lessons and cutting my teeth on the greens over the past couple weeks was frustrating.
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How to Get a Brighter Smile At Home in 3 to 7 Days With a Teeth Whitening CVS Easyfit Treatment for less than Twenty Dol
The whiter the smile, the more people notice your smile. Confidence is much higher when people remark on your smile and treat you with kind words. Having a great smile is an attribute most sought after in our culture. It is also with good dental hygiene, but most of ...
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Ever Try to Quit Smoking Tobacco | Nicotine Controls Your Behavior | Why I Kicked the Habit
Quitting smoking can be a challenge because of the physical and psychological effects of Nicotine addiction; especially when smoking is coupled with many other behaviors. Smoking while drinking coffee, smoking while driving, smoking while consuming alcohol, smoking first thing in the morning...
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Patio Ideas | Home Improvement Projects for Wasted or Unused Spaces | Fun Shelving Ideas
Making Use of Unused Space,My husband, AKA "the wood man" got creative this past weekend and constructed a most fabulous shelving area for that unused space that had been sticking in my crawl since early spring
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Peanut Butter Gone Wild | Outrageously Bizarre Sandwiches | Are you Creamy or Super Crunch Person?
Peanut butter, 100 Years Strong. We all love it, kids crave it on anything/ Americans have created new ways of eating it for almost a century. For 100 years peanuts have been a staple in American life, especially for lunch. Let's face it, we were all weaned on the stuff.
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True Story: Am I Being Stalked? | Being Stalked is Scary | Listen to Intuition and Be Aware of Stalkers
How do you know you are being stalked? Intuitively, you just feel like someone is watching or following you. Sometimes you see them looking right at you and quickly turning away. Sometimes, you just have to follow your instincts no matter how paranoid you think you are being at the time...Listen to...
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What is the Difference Between Level B Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Assisted Living Facilities?
Finding the right fit for the elderly parent in an assisted living facility is the most important part of the process during the research phase. There are numerous details to consider. Knowing the individual needs of the potential resident helps a great deal
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Dallas Tornado | Haiku Poem
Dallas, Texas storm Tractor trailers flying high
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Chris Botti Concert Tour Magnificent and Designed For The Entire Family Bring the Children | Lisa Fischer is Fabulous
Chris Botti: Talented, Amazing, Magnificent. Superlatives that are uttered when speaking about the Chris Botti Tour during and long after enjoying one of the greatest cultural events I have experienced in quite a while.
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Pictures of Tree Damage from Woodpeckers, Can That Darn Woodpecker Kill My Tree?
While inspecting the ornamental trees in the yard this spring, you may discover very peculiar holes surrounding the perimeter of the trunk and limbs....as I did you may realize you have unknowingly entertained a pesky woodpecker
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Stop Your Dog From Territorial Markings In the House | Canine Twittering
Why does your dog mark territory? The answer is... simply to communicate to the next canine passerby. Marking with urine is actually a form of Canine Twittering or perhaps your puppy is territorially texting
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Haiku Poem: Circle of life | Pampers or Depends | Birth until Death
We are born, at some point gain anticipation of the living the good life only to find in the twilight hours of our life we arrive at the point of full circle. For one the day is dawning, for another the day grows dim.
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Do It Yourself Garden Path | Stones or Gravel
Creating a Stone Walkway yourself: the first decision to make is where you want to walk and what other features you will be building for hard-scape design. A rock, a small pond, or patio fountain could be a consideration to enhance the garden experience
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Poem: Twas the Night Before HubChallege | What I Learned From Accepting the 30 Day Hub Challenge
As A New Hub Writer, The 30 Day Challenge Was a Great Experience As a new writer on HubPages, I picked up the gauntlet and accepted the 30 day challenge. Writing a new hub every day for thirty days was a tremendous learning experience. What did I learn? Much. Producing that much content in a...
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Portland Oregon Redwood Forest Excursion | Seeking Sasquach in Sequoias | Giant California Redwoods
An emotional experience hard to describe. The height of the forest canopy was tremendous like walking the streets of New York City beside the skyscrapers, you couldn't help but stare straight up into the canopy above. These Giant Redwoods tower over the rest of the forest.
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Japanese Garden at Its Finest | Most Authentic in Portland,Oregon
The best four day excursion ever to Portland, Oregon. The Japanese gardens were the best in the world outside of Japan...so they say. You be the judge. check out the pics...awesome.
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Garden Gazing Craft Project | How to Use a 'Bowling Ball' in the Garden
Make a gazing ball of your own out of old bowling ball. Gazing balls originated in the royal gardens of Europe to accentuate and add interest to the garden experiences made from various luminous elements to glass as well as having a pottered look
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50 Ways to use WD-40, Home Remedies
WD-40 is not made from fish oil...it is infact petroleum based. No matter what you have been told. Read the label. 50 way to use it for many things on the planet and beyond.
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Learning Infant CPR in Grandparents Class
It was time for Grandparents Class to start, excitedly we settled into our seats not knowing what to expect awaiting the presentation of the agenda. Grandparents class was two four-hour sessions. What could we possibly learn that we didn't already know? Honestly .... quite a bit.
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Creating a New Planting Bed In the Front Yard | Planting Your First Ornamental Tree
How to plant your first tree in thr front yard. Our front yard definately needed a tree and definitely something more attractive and interesting to look at besides the well pump with the bright blue top.
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Marriage Proposal Idea | The Gift of Address Labels; An Interesting Proposition
Hot Marriage Proposal and fantastic creativity wins a YES response!!! What do address lables have to do with it?
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Canoe Picnic On the Banks of the Potomac River in a Mad River Canoe | Scenic Views of the Potomac River by Canoe
It was here...the day planned for the river picnic in our newly purchased Mad River canoe and a beautiful day on the river it was. Come read about the adventure and see the scenic views from our adventure.
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Tap Water Test Results | Brita Filtered Tap Water | Remove Heavy Metals in Tap Water
Do you have heavy metals in your tap water? Filtered Water is the answer.... and how about osmosis?
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Pouring A Concrete Patio With Attached Sidewalk Around The House
Concrete walkway is how we decided to Get From Front Yard To Back - The Only way to go!
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Take Off Your Shoes At the Door | Honor Your Health and House | Keep Bacteria Out
Where did your shoes travel today? Striving to keep the floors clean in the house is an ongoing struggle, especially with children and pets. What did they step into out there in the world that now lives in your carpeting? Where did you walk today while at work, in the parking lot, public...
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Divorce | The Grief Stages of Divorce Recovery | Getting Through It All Takes Time
The timeframe to complete the grieving process depends on each individual person and their willingness to face the painful emotions that occur in each of the phases of the grieving process to begin successful divorce recovery.
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DIY Cleaning the Quad D.E. Cartridge Style Filter for Swimming Pool Maintenance | Pictures 2012
It was time to clean the filter for the swimming pool for the first time. After calling a pool professional, it was explained the cost would be about $100. Hmmm we thought, maybe we could do it ourselves. After doing so, we were certainly glad we did
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Dog Walking Relieves Boredom From Stress | Dogs Need Daily Exercise
Exercise your dog to relieve boredom and stress. Dog Walking is not only good for your dog, it is great for you too. The bonding experience will yield large returns as master and dog enjoy a mutual experience. Read on....
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Poison Ivy Rash Heals More With A Day at the Swimming Pool
The Three P’s of Evil Vegetation are Poison Ivy, Poison Sumac, and Poison Oak. The allergic reaction can be a small red patch of mild irritation to extreme itchy huge blistering sores that swell and ooze with infection
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Leprechaun Shenanigans: My Grandmother's Day Tribute | Is Grandmother a Leprechaun?
Tribute Story to my grandmother, one of the many humourous adventures and shenanigans of my grandmother.
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Secret Tips to Reblooming Amaryllis Bulb Successfully
Holiday bloom lovers be encouraged to pass by that boring trend towards poinsettias for that of Amaryllis. These fascinating beauties never disappoint that winter craving for a fresh bloom. See how to raise your own.
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Mustangs of Las Colinas World's Largest Equestrian Sculpture | Horses Running Through Fountains | Irving, TX
When touring the state of Texas from another state, I don't know about you, but in the back of my mind I know I was hoping to see a Long Horned Steer, an authentic cowpoke, a wondering armadillo or coyote, a Blue Bonnet in bloom, a large cactus with arms stretching out into the surrounding desert ….
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Achilles Hair: The Permanent Wave That Was Only Temporary | Perm Not
Why is it that if we have straight hair we want curly and vice verse. I think it is human nature to want what we cannot or do not have. It is our Achilles heel or in my case, Achilles Hair.
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Good Rules to Follow on Online Chats When Married
Has Facebook Social Networking been a catalyst to higher divorce rates? After researching the question posed, it appears to be a resounding YES. Today Facebook boasts of 200 million daily users and simultaneously Google posts reports from the legal community attesting to a statistic that 1 in 5...
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Bald is Sexy: Baldness, The Non-Hairstyle of the 21st Century | Go Naked
Today baldness is attractively worn by men as a form of non-hairstyle where being bald seems to be more comfortable than ever before. Men are finally believing what women have known for decades: Bald IS Sexy. A clean-shaven head can be classy and very sexy on most men. There’s inherent...
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Adopt a Pound Puppy | Our Story about Emily, A Mixed Breed Pound Puppy Who Loves Adventure
Pound Puppy mixed breed adoption is the best. Our pound puppy, Emily loves to travel. As soon as hubby's shoes go on in the morning, Emily goes on alert, stalking the doorway. If I have not fed her before that time arrives, she will refuse to eat as she stands ready for the road. With one snap of...
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PET Moving Safety | Car Travel | Do Airbags Harm PETS?
How do you prepare to travel with a Pet....read on for great tips.
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Best Preparation Tips When Moving Your Pets | What Pet Records Are Required For IntraState Laws | Quarantined Pet
When the family relocated to this past year across seven states, it was a major event. We had two dogs and a cat that needed to travel by car for two days. Preparing to move to another house is very stressful for your pets. I did not realize that paperwork would be required to take pets across...
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Hawaiian Islands Surf in Waikiki, Oahu is The Birthplace of Surfing - Hanging 10 Evolution in Hawaii
After 12 hours of travel, we arrived in Paradise at last in Oahu, Hawaii: The Birthplace of Surfing. During this week I scheduled my first surf lesson on the Island of Oahu, the Surfing Capitol of the Planet.
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Waikiki Surf Lessons | Oahu Surfing Capital of the world | Surfer Slang
SURFER SLANG Vocabulary: A special vacation in Hawaii where I successfully crossed a couple line items off my bucket list: I swam with wild dolphins and scheduled a surf lesson all in the same week. Shibby, as they say, dude, what better place on the planet to learn how to surf than on an island...
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Bison, Beefalo, or Belgian Blue Angus - Cattle Genetics Industry Evolves
Beefalo is a selective breed of cattle is the most popular and sought after beef cattle in the world today because of its exceptionally lean, high bone out, high yielding carcass as compared to other cattle breeds in the industry for beef cattle.
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How to Find A Lost Cat |Animal Shelter Suggests Using a Scent Beacon
My cat named Shadow escaped through an open door after we moved to Texas. He was nowhere to be found. We searched for days in the small suburban community where we had just moved a few days prior. The local shelter suggest using a familiar scent: A scent beacon of sorts....
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The 30 Day HubChallenge Wonderland Experience | Challenge Yourself to Write More
What is a 30 Day HubChallenge? What is Hub score and HubKarma? Sounds mystical, but it is very logical indeed. These internal ratings are tools used by HubPages to measure your participation in the community. The more you read, vote, link, backlink, and share, the better your score. In the...
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A FAKE COW Saves Africa From Nagana |TseTse Fly Disease |Hello Hormones; Goodbye DDT, Plan For Misquitoes in the Wild
FAKE COWS save lives. Selective breeding of this resistant breed continues to organically control the disease through the passing on genetic resistance to further strengthen the herds overall resistance in future generations.
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7 Easy Tips for Cats and Dogs Living Together Peacefully
Cats and Dogs can learn to live together in harmony. Introduce your pets to each other slowly; at their own comfort levels. These levels will be based on their own life experiences with other pets and environments. If they are older pets, they will likely have more protective instincts from...
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Japan Aid | Imagine All The People Living Life In Peace | Red Flag for Humanitarian Relief
Imagine there's no Heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people, Living for today...just like the song goes.
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Swimming With Dolphins in Oahu | How Does It feel to Swim with Wild Mustangs of the Seas
I wanted to swim with dolphins. A couple years ago I traveled to the lovely Hawaiian island of Oahu. During my vacation I was determined to strike a dream off my bucket list.
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Recipe: How to Build Best Ever Cranberry Sesame Seed Summer Salad | Asian Salad
I have served these salads very successfully over and over and I am never disappointed with the raving reviews from everyone who eats them. Sesame seeds are very high in micronutrients like copper, manganese and trytophan. They are also high in calcium, magnesium, iron, B1, zinc and phosphorus too.
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What is Considered Abandonment in Marriage? Is Divorce Pending? Which Spouse Keeps the Dog?
Abandonment: People seem to abandon things for many reasons, but mostly out of the lack of ability to control a situation or lack of ability to care for something. What is considered Abandonment in Marriage?
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Poem: My First Mother's Day | Tasting New Love as her Mom
Even though I had about a month to sort through the blankets, one-sies, diapers of all sizes, and the like before the big day arrived, I still had no clue really what was about to happen in my life especially to my heart.
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Learning a Professional Golf Swing and Body Stance in a Professional Golf Lesson | Oak Hollow Golfcourse
We discussed body positioning in the setup for the swing. This was what I wanted the most help with. I was so unsure how my body was supposed to swing. I knew exactly what I was going for when playing softball. The golf swing was a mystery tour.
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Driving with 7 Iron and 9 Iron | Golf Lesson at Oak Hollow Golfcourse
FIRST LESSON at Oak Hollow golfcourse, McKinney, Texas: Like a student waiting for the bus on the first day of school, I was excited and full of anticipation while waiting on the driving range for my first golf lesson. FORE!!!
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Chipping and Putting at Oak Hollow Golfcourse | Professional Golf Lesson
Third Lesson: Chipping & Putting...I have two clubs in my bag that I have never tried to use, one marked 'S' the other 'P' or so I now know them as the Sandwedge and Pitching Iron. These beauties are used to chip in either very sensitive situations like when you are laid in the sandtrap or when in...
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How to Make an Easter Topiary Centerpiece With Peeps | Homemade Faberge | Easter Craft
Great Easter Craft Project: Topiary Centerpeice. When Easter is over, you pop this off the nail it is sitting on and replace it with the next creation for the following season and redecorate the base to match the season. Fun project for all ages.
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Edible Topiaries | How To Make Topiary Centerpiece for any Occasion
Edible Topiaries are just plain fun. I will share with you how to make a simple base for an edible topiary that can be used throughout the year for various holidays, parties or just because you like to be creative.
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Centerpiece Topiary Recipe: Snowflake Coconut Truffles Topiary White or Chocolate
A Topiary constructed of homemade Coconut Truffles is not only a heavenly site; It is Heaven on Earth and quite the crowd pleaser. Mine was a complete hit at the 2009 Master Gardener Christmas Dinner. It is still talked about today.
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Recipe: Fondue Party with Friends & Classic Cheese Fondue | Fondue Pot Etiquette & More Things Fondue
Fondue Garden Party...what fun!! Dip, Dunk, Swirl, and Savor, but remember Fondue Etiquette
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XYLITOL Natural Sweetener is safe for Humans but Bad for Dogs
Xylitol On The Rise: I didn't know what Xylitol was a few short weeks ago; apparently, I have been eating it for quite some time and likely so have you. Do we really think about reading the label everytime we pop something into our mouths. If we do, it is usually to check for the caloric intake of...
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History of First Toothbrush 1938 | Toothbrush Technology 2012
Flossing is the second most important daily activity. Though most people hate doing it, flossing will save your teeth from decay due to food lodged between tight teeth and plaque buildup
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Baby Pacifier | " The Binky" and Its' Antique Silver History
A Baby pacifier from the late 18th century is an interesting cultural object. A colonial teething ring has been known to be worth $2,500. That is some serious Baby Bling!! Read on for the unusual historyof the baby pacifier sometimes referred to as the sugar rag for the commonfolk.
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What Does Golf Club Forgiveness Mean in Golf | Let's talk about Iron forgiveness
Before forgiveness was generated into the design of clubheads it was the uncomfortable tingle or vibration felt through the fingers, hands and arms that immediately identified when the ball hadn't been struck purely or in today's terms 'in the sweet spot'
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Self Breast Examination for Early Breast Cancer Detection | Breast Scan Exam
A couple years ago my family experienced the trials and tribulations of our mother being diagnosed with stage 0 breast cancer (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ). Just the word 'Cancer' is scary. Though, when it happens to you it is shocking. She had regular...
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List of Toxic Human Foods Your Dog Cannot Eat
Use this list as a guide to keep your dog from eating human foods that are harmful to their health—and could be possibly fatal.
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Ski Poem about Freedom | Spiritual Mountain Ode to the Downhill Slalom
POEM: About A Skiers Heavenly Flight; facing the ups and downs of a holy mountain experience and a physical relationship with the creator of all things
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THE DANIEL FAST: A Spiritual Diet to Cleanse Your Body, Soul, and Mind | A Cleansing Fast
Follow this fast for three weeks, your obedience to this fast will cleanse your body from toxins; making your energy level soar. This diet is not meant for you to loose weight, you should eat like you normally do only eat those foods outlined below. From the book of Daniel.
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Can You See The Giant Oak in an Acorn ? Commentary on John Leax's Sabbitical Journey on Stewardship
John Leax answers these questions in the Sabbatical Journal which serves as witness to his own process of dying to oneself found in the book, Grace is Where I Live. Leax sought a deeper purpose of his vocational calling as a writer while on sabbatical leave as a university literary professor. This...
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TORNADO STORM SHELTER KIT Survival Checklist - What Food goes in?
Does your family know where to shelter themselves from a tornado? EVERY family member should be ready to go to a designated area and have specific chores to complete.
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Tornado Alley | Enhanced Fujita Scale, Twisters or Funnel clouds |Tornado Sends Tractor Trailers Flying in April 2012
Early warning of an appraoching tornado and quick responses, save lives. The following research will help you to get as prepared as possible for the potentially devastating effects of a tornado. Plan your work and work your plan. Stay calm; you can do this!!
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Low Energy Level, Gaining Weight, Symptoms of HYPOTHYROIDISM an Underactive Thyroid
Do you constantly wake up during the night...causing fatigue, brain fog and a general sense of lethargy. Is fatigue a daily battle for you?