New York Renovator

No More Chances

Posted on31. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Well. I guess we’re not getting our January Thaw.

Here’s hoping for an early spring. Usually we get a reprieve of winter’s gloom and cold about the last week of January. No such thing this year. It was a freezing cold January, up until the bitter end. We got up to a whopping 12 [...]

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Technology Meets Toothbrush, Or…

Posted on27. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

… How To Get Your Kid To LIKE Brushing His Teeth. The Saga Begins…
Over the holidays, we got some fancy-schmancy toothbrushes for two of the kids. The Oral B Triumph with SmartGuide toothbrush, and the Oral B Pulsonic. Both toothbrushes come highly rated by our dentists and orthodondist’s office. I decided to try them out, [...]

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Condition 1

Posted on25. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

We’re back to the deep freeze here in Upstate New York. But February is on the way!! Plus, I saw this video, taken from Antartica, and I feel suddenly warmer with my 5-degree NY weather!

That’s a scientist who lives in Antarctica, showing us what a Condition 1 storm is like on the icy continent. BRRRRR!!!!

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Sigggghhhhh

Posted on23. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

On a sidenote, at the beginning of a new presidential term, I always wonder how cartoonists will characterize the new presidents. I thought GW Bush’s characterizations were extremely funny when they came out. Obama’s look is a bit too bland, me thinks. I couldn’t tell who this was until I saw the purple lips and [...]

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Review of the Black & Decker Rice Cooker

Posted on22. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Well, I finally broke down and bought a rice cooker. WHAT on EARTH took me so long?! I don’t know why I waited– these things are so great!
I have always been a very poor cook when it came to rice. Either I bought the wrong kind, or I didn’t baby it enough, or I don’t [...]

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