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The day after Thanksgiving was so beautiful, I wanted to do something different for my visiting sister, brother-in-law, and nephew. So we headed over to the PG County Trap and Skeet Center and fired shotguns for an hour. Better than the mall, for sure.

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I got a cold on Friday, and on Saturday picked up some throat lozenges with zinc in them. The research says a hefty dose of zinc near the beginning of a cold can reduce its duration by 40%. I gobbled them down and woke up feeling much better on Sunday. It's very unusual for me to feel better this quickly, and I called my pharmacist sister to talk about it. She says she's a 100% believer in zinc for colds.

So stock up on those zinc lozenges or supplements now, before you even get a cold. The ones I got were blueberry flavored and really delish.
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Jay snapped this one at the mailbox this evening.

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Ghirardelli's Mint Brownies

1 egg

3/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup butter, melted

3/4 cup Ghirardelli ground chocolate

2/3 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup mint chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Using a spoon, stir eggs with sugar and vanilla; add butter.

3. Sift Ghirardelli Ground Chocolate with flour, baking powder and salt.

4. Stir into egg mixture; add chips.

5. Spread into greased 8 inch square pan.

6. Bake 20 minutes.

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Here's another stellar cosmetic product:  e.l.f.'s tinted moisturizer. It's my favorite tinted moisturizer, and I've tried many. The bottle doesn't contain tons of product, but dude . . . it's 3 bucks.

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the six hours more per week that I work now was when I was blogging before.
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Want Cheap Art?

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The best art value in the world is children's books. Below, illustrations by Beckie Prange, Beth Krommes, and Mordicai Gerstein.

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