Used Coffee Grounds Have Value 1

Used Coffee Grounds Have Value

Are you dumping your used coffee grounds into the trash or down the sink? Don’t!  There are better uses for them that you have probably never thought of or known about. 1. How about using coffee grounds as to feed your plants? Coffee is highly acidic and makes great plant food.  Your tomatoes, hydrangeas, blueberries, …

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healthy watermelon desert

Watermelon Granita

Here is a sweet desert that is actually good for you. The recipe makes 4 servings and each serving has only 70 calories, 0 g total fat, 0 g saturated fat, 19 g carbohydrate, 0 g dietary fiber, 1 g protein, 0 mg sodium.   Watermelon Granita Ingredients: 2 limes 2 tsp. sugar, divided 1/3 …

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road to flagstaff

Flagstaff, Arizona and the magic

It was a place to stop and stretch your legs while on the way to the Grand Canyon, California, Chicago, or some other faraway place. You could have a cup of coffee at Miz Zips or another local diner, fill your tank with gas, or even spend the night in one of the seemingly endless …

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We Were Green Back Then

Being Green Back Then!

Since many of you who read this blog are from my generation, I felt that you would enjoy reading this “oh, so true” post that a friend posted on Facebook: Being Green Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic …

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Simple Wisdom for Life and Business 3

Simple Wisdom for Life and Business

As I said in an earlier post, this blog isn’t just about gift ideas.  Here are some fun nuggets of wisdom for life as well as business.  They may be tongue in cheek but each and every one of them is oh so true! Don’t name a pig you plan to eat. Life is not …

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Why would you want to go to Phoenix to shop? 4

Why would you want to go to Phoenix to shop?

The time has passed when Flagstaff business owners can take it for granted that residents will shop locally out of mere loyalty or a desire to see tax revenues stay in town. For years, local businesses have pondered the question, “How can we keep our customers from going to Phoenix?” One local business, Creative Gifts …

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How to Make Holiday Shopping Easier 5

How to Make Holiday Shopping Easier

I’m not much of a store shopper anymore. I don’t get up at 4:oo in the morning to catch that great sale. Every time I go to the mall, it looks different as new stores replace old ones. Let’s face it. I live in Flagstaff, Arizona.  I used to love going out to the mall …

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Flagstaff Shopping

Why The Little Stores Went Away Let me take you back to the days when Flagstaff was a small town. When complaints were flying that you had to go to Phoenix if you wanted to shop. And when you could find a parking space downtown.  I’m talking about the time before the Flagstaff Mall, WalMart, …

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