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I’m going bananas!

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I like my bananas to be a little bit green when I peel them and eat them. I try and only buy two or three because by the time I eat the last one, it’s turning yellow and the peel is too squishy and soft, and there’s a strong banana taste. There was a sale at the grocery store, and silly me stocked up on the darkest green bananas I could find. So, I bought five of them. They’re stored at room temperature and even against a corner wall, so no sunlight hits it. Yesterday I picked up one of the bananas to bring to work, and it already had brown spots on it! That’s how yellow and ripe it was, 4 days later. What gives!? It was so gross too. I’m surprised that I really dislike them that much when they’re yellow, nice and ripe. I suppose I could save it and make banana bread out of them…hmm.

Does anyone know how to stunt the ripening of bananas? Will putting them in the fridge not make them turn yellow as fast? It’s annoying going to the grocery store every so often to pick up the green ones, so I just never end up doing it and eating any bananas until I do my biweekly shopping trip to the shop.

Gah! There’s GOT to be a way.

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Favorite reads

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I’m a fan of photography, sarcastic blogs, and interesting reads so I decided to share with you all, a few of my favorite diverse websites out there.

Daily Dose of Imagery: This man goes around Toronto on a daily basis and takes some perfectly breathtaking photos of random things! It’s pretty much the first website I go to on a weekday morning. He’s the reason I want a tilt–shift lens. And Guess what? Viewing his snaps around Toronto has made me feel semi–comfortable walking around and exploring more of the City Centre when I’m alone. Perhaps it’s because I feel that I’ve already been there while I view his photos on my huge 22″ monitor at work. He has also had the opportunity to shoot some movie stars while they were in the city for the Toronto International Film Festival (which you can see in the second, and third photos). I remember once the four way stop diagonal crosswalk (4th photo) was first introduced, he posted a photo that morning and I looked at it. That evening when I went home to watch the CBC news his photos were actually shown during the news hour! I was so excited for him, thinking “Oh look! I was on his website today!!” Hopefully you all too, will enjoy viewing his site, and photos.
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Rachel Richter Photography: In all honesty, I don’t visit this site nearly enough. I think she primarily takes photos of children and babies. I’m in awe of her processing and ability to capture the most gorgeous photos of kids – which is quite a difficult thing to accomplish.
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Mrs. January: Cassie is a smart shopper and even better saver. I have always read blogs about people in the United States about their frugal shopping deals and how they managed to get items for little, or nothing. I was pointed in the right direction when I asked an American girl for a link to help me cut down on my grocery bill, but alas the link was for U.S. Citizans only. Somehow I stumbled upon Cassie’s MJ website and now I too, am a Queen of coupon clipping and waiting for a great sale to hit the stores by browsing online flyers and deciding what to buy before I go. Family members poke fun at the fact, but in return I show them how much I have saved on a grocery bill or necessities. I once went to a grocery store and the original price run up at $81.39 and I handed the cashier my stack of bills, some of which were ‘try me free’ offers, like soups. I ended up only paying $43.57. That gives me much more options to budget my $100 biweekly allowance for groceries. I can get so much more stuff this way. Stock up when there are sales, that’s a big one in my books. For instance: Boyfriend goes through a regular sized box of vector cereal, per day. Yes, it’s a lot but on my way home from work one day I went to the grocery store and saw that there were tons of flats of vector cereal on at a discount price. I bought ONE box (lol), and called boyfriend right away, saying we needed to get the car out and drive here to pick up a stash. We ended up leaving with three or four flats. Our bill came to something ridiculous because we had to pick up other things. But we knew that he would eat it all before it went bad. There are just four boxes of that cereal on the shelf. It lasted only a few months, but it saved us a lot of money in the long run.
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Dooce: Heather B. Armstrong is her name, and don’t wear it out! Heather’s website is very popular and I don’t think I’ve ever left a comment on her site. In her daily writings she speaks about her husband, a three year old daughter and two pups. While Heather does write about her everyday life, her writing style has everyone glued to their monitors in suspense as she writes the most intriguing and super funny entries about some of the simplistic tasks, like taking her daughter shopping for clothes. Heather also takes some greats shots of Chuck (one of the dogs – definitely my favorite dog that has ever lived + you can buy 2009 calendars with each month representing a different picture of Chuck. Bonus!) balancing things on his head, or wearing silly outfits (Photos are below as well as more talented shots coming from her SLR). Dooce.com is a good read and definitely a keeper on my list of daily sites to check in the morning.
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In the Kitchen, Photos

Meringue gone mad

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Not bad for a first attempt, if I do say so. I’ve never made a pie before! (I’m so not a baker.) Lemon Meringue is our favorite, so for our Thanksgiving Dinner tonight this dessert will be awaiting us after our nice scrumptious meal. It’s so hard to whip those egg whites until the peaks form. Maybe I should have whipped longer, but I was impatient and wanted to put it all in the oven until it was finished.

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