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Give adventures, not junk: 13 Maine experiences you can gift (even last minute) - mainetoday. Posted: December 15, 2014 The clock is ticking.

Give adventures, not junk: 13 Maine experiences you can gift (even last minute) - mainetoday

And not to make you feel bad after all that gift-purchasing you’ve already done, but studies show possessions do not make people happy. Experiences make people happy. By the Fire's Light - CreepypastaCreepypasta. Add this post to your list of favorites!

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Rating: 9.0/10 (762 votes cast) “I gotta tell you, Connor, this is one amazing story,” Kurt said, plopping down on the couch next to him. “You’ve got me believing in the boogie man again. I actually checked under my bed last night.” 5 Essential Apps for Google Drive. Top Toy Picks for 12 Year Old Boys. Public Library. Executive: Pam Gormley Born and raised in the Bronx and a proud Yankees fan, Pam came to Maine with her family, Mal, Katie and Quinn in 1994.

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Before making the move to the best place on earth, Pam worked for Reader's Digest for 23 years. "Being Director of Skidompha is the best job ever! Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries. Created by the ALSC Education Committee, 1989.

Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries

Revised by the ALSC Education Committee: 1999, 2009, 2015; approved by the ALSC Board of Directors at the 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference. Download a PDF Version Here - Free downloadable, camera-ready PDFs professionally designed are available for ALSC members only. Have your ALA login and password available. Other Resources: The core competencies visualized as a comic by ALSC member Lisa Nowlain. SafeShare.TV - The Safest Way To Watch and Share YouTube videos. Homemade Lotion Bars (2 Recipes!) and Lip Balm. UPDATE 12/27/12: I’ve been using an alternate recipe since my second batch of lotion bars.

Homemade Lotion Bars (2 Recipes!) and Lip Balm

See the alternate recipe below! Hello, friends! The good news is we survived Monday. The bad news is we have four days to go (unless you love your job, in which case you’re probably peachy right about now). I do love my day job, but I also love my weekends. This weekend, I made my own lotion bars and lip balm! I tweaked her recipe just a bit and went with canola oil instead of vegetable oil. What You Need: Original recipe: Soap Center: Soapmaking Information. Mix together the mint water and the borax, stirring until well mixed.

Soap Center: Soapmaking Information

Set aside. Mix together the sunflower oil, coconut oil, and beeswax in a glass measuring cup. Place the cup with the oils--beeswax mixture in a pan of water (about 1 to 2 inches of water), making a water bath. Heat over medium heat until the beeswax is melted (8 to 10 minutes), stirring occasionally. When the wax is melted, bring the mint solution almost to boiling (put the glass cup with the mint water/borax in the microwave on High for 1 minute, or use a water bath on the stove top). Remove the oils-beeswax mixture from the water bath. Allow the lotion to cool completely. Pour the lotion into a clean container with a lid. Note: Mint water is made by boiling fresh or dried mint leaves in water and then letting the mixture cool.

Mexican-American War - 1 of 6. Www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/Track_casting_382484_7.pdf. Www.penobscotswcd.org/publications/insects.pdf. Recipe: Half Sour Pickles. So I became an addict sometime around 1970.

Recipe: Half Sour Pickles

In Miami, on Collins Avenue, at the coffee shop lunch counter of the Eden Roc. It was a glorious day. You see, in those days, all the class hotels along Millionaire’s Row served up all the half sour pickles you could eat, for free, 24 hours a day. Bowl after bowl after bowl, the entire length of the counter, on every table, at every booth. These wondrous, pale green inside, brilliant green outside, incredibly crunchy, manna from heaven, half sour pickles. I’d grown up with dill pickles, and had met many a sour pickle, and even some sweet pickles were actually pretty good under some circumstances.

Brooklyn Farm Girl. If I could stand on top of a mountain I would yell “I love pickles!”.

Brooklyn Farm Girl

I really do. They’re pretty, they’re crunchy, they’re full of flavor, they hit the right spot in the afternoon when you need a snack, they’re great on a burger, they’re great at 4AM standing in front of the refrigerator. Pickles, they’re just really good. With the cucumber plants in full producing mode right now we have been picking (and pickling!) Quite a few kirby cucumbers. A few notes about these half sour beauties: Learn to code. Individual_monsanto_federal_position-large.jpg (2832×1716) Cademy. Dance Party Grades 2+ | Blocks Minecraft Hour of Code A Minecraft Tale of Two Villages Grades 2+ | Blocks, Python Make a Flappy game Play, Design & Code Retro Arcade Games codeSpark Academy with The Foos: Create Games.

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