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    Polite ways to avoid the Sunday germ swap

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    My recommendation is to speak with the pastor, emphasize that 2017-2018 is predicted to be a worse than usual flu season, and ask if the congregation can instead do elbow bumps for the next few months like allisoncooks recommended.

     

    I don't usually use Country Living as a scientific source, but this article consolidated the information I was looking for:

     

    http://www.countryliving.com/life/news/a45463/flu-season-prediction-2017-2018/

     

    Here's a scientific source: https://www.bcm.edu/news/infectious-diseases/experts-say-2017-flu-season-could-be-severe

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    If you and your spouse could get away...

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    We would go to England and spend a week attending Premier League soccer games. That's DH's bucket list item; lucky for him I am a futbol fan.

     

    My version of a week away would be a trip somewhere to see the aurora borealis.

     

    Or, a week in the mountains or a ranch in Montana/Wyoming/Saskatchewan.

     

    For beautiful cities in north America, I recommend Vancouver-did you know you can snow ski while seeing a breathtaking view of Vancouver, the pacific ocean, and gulf island? Don't ski? Take the Gondola and enjoy the view!

     

    Victoria, B.C. is also breathtaking, especially because of the ferry ride.

     

    Montreal: be French Canadian for a week! It's a beautiful city any time of year.

     

    Charleston, SC and vicinity: My parents spend a week at Isle of Palms each November, and I had the pleasure of joining them a few years ago. The beaches are lovely to walk on, and the tide is such that there is plenty of hard-packed sand to walk on during low tide. It's not very touristy; many of the people bring their dogs, and they are running around having an excellent doggy time. It's close enough to Charleston so that you can easily drive in for lunch or dinner.

    Best bakeware?

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    casserole- I will do those in either metal, stoneware, or corning ware. I prefer metal - but it has more to do with size and how it is being served. I really want to replace my great big metal baking pans. 16 x 12? something like that. I use them all the time.

    dh went out and bought a deep metal catering tray for him to use for lasagna.

     

    bread pans, cake pans, and baking sheets. metal, preferably aluminum. no exceptions.

    my cheese cake pan is a slip bottom pan. spring form pans do not heat evenly.

    my tube cake pan is also two-piece.. I mostly use it for fruit cake. hardly make angel food cake - too many leftover egg yolks.

     

    pie, I prefer how they do with metal - dh tends to use pyrex. I may pursue that, as I don't like how the crust turns out.

    I do dutch babies in pyrex. - I didn't like them in cast iron. my pyrex is deeper than the aluminum.

     

    eta: I got some 'non-stick' baking sheets from calphalon (aluminum) becasue they were big. I have a range, so I have a bigger oven than most wall ovens. I consider the non-stick feature pretty worthless - it really was all about the size. 14 x 17 1/4. no edge. those are jelly roll pans - and I do use them, but not for cookies.

    I had to google "dutch babies," wow they look great! :o

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    Best bakeware?

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    bakeware? for baking what?

     

    for aluminum pans, I like fat daddio. professional quality.

     

    I never ever bake with pyrex. ever. my niece learned one of the reasons her rolls were failing was baking them in pyrex.

    stoneware or cast iron. sometimes.

     

     

    eta: browse surlatable. (I much prefer their quality to williams sonoma)

    Thanks! I just ordered a fat daddio cheesecake pan and a couple of cake pans! Off to browse surlatable and pampered chef!

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    If the Roomba changed my life, what else do I need?

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    My Dyson animal changed my life! Cordless, light, I don't get tired from dragging a canister or upright around the house.

     

    I gave the roomba to ds23, but might get another one.

     

    Bosch Dishwasher changed my life!

     

    Vinyl Tile flooring throughout the house changed my life, but that's more of a,suggestion to file away for when doing home renovations or buying a new home.

     

    One more thing: Cold brew coffee changed my life! I make it in my big french press, and drink it cold in the afternoon. I really didn't think the taste would be better, but it is smoother and so much less acidic than hot brewed coffee!

     

    Last thing: Plastic hair ties! I have lots of long, fine hair, and regular hair ties cause breakage. I forgot a hair tie at yoga a few months ago,and a friend loaned me her plastic, spirally hair tie. It holds the hair securely without slipping or causing breakage, and one hair tie lasts forever:

     

    https://www.amazon.com/invisibobble-Power-Traceless-Crystal-Clear/dp/B01CD75HFU/ref=sr_1_5_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1510869196&sr=8-5&keywords=plastic+hair+ties

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    Homeschooling and menopause. Yikes.

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    Yes, it's a pain to teach while sweat is dripping down your face. "Mom...why is your face so red?"

     

    "Mom, why is your shirt so wet?" :ack2:

     

    I'm not homeschooling anymore, but estrogen/progesterone isn't doing a thing from for me! I've got more hormones than a teenage girl, but the sweats continue!

     

    Fruit smoothies used to help a lot (fruit contains phytoestrogens), so some of you who are just beginning to get flashy might consider trying them.

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    Best bakeware?

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    My bakeware recently departed to ds23's home. Yeah!!!!

     

    Time to get new stuff for the first time in oh, 30 years! :party:

     

    So...what's the best, besides La Creuset?

     

    I used Pyrex forever, but read that new Pyrex does not handle heat as well.

     

    Regarding cost? I'm open to anything: If it's too expensive, I can just look at it and dream. :o

     

    Glass, ceramic, you name it, I am open to anything! :o

     

    Thanks in advance for any advice! :)

    Those of you who deal with nerve issues - is there anything that works?

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    Gabapentin can be great; but I spent a very interesting few days with my sister in the er when she suddenly stopped taking it without tapering the dosage (her orthopedist told her to stop all meds before surgery but did not give instructions to taper the gabapentin).

     

    She had SEVERE hallucinations and basically trashed her house because she was convinced bugs were coming to get her.

     

    Not saying don't take it it because it really helps with nerve pain. Just make sure to taper the dosage when coming off of it.

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