Same sink...different location

"Same sink different location" is my favorite expression from my mother-in-law about "vacationing" with the family.

- Can't believe it's been... so many years.  Your wit, wisdom and guidance rings more true as each day passes.  (My mother-in-law passed away more than 14 years ago.)

My other favorite...five boys were easier than one girl.  The girls would brood and you never knew if it was something you did... or said or just "because..."  With the boys...(five of them) you'd hear the furniture move, the loud voices and before you knew it "they were walking out the door together."

This is hysterical...the dairy industry can "cure"...PMS!

Hahahahahaha.  This is hysterical and satire at it's best! Wait, they're serious? I thought it was a skit from Saturday Night Live.

Ad touts milk as cure for PMS, but is it valid? from Daily Dose

What did I do with all my time before we had kids?*

*My high school English teacher loved to remind us that baby goats are" kids" and children are young people.

Super Gardening tips from friends and family

Herbs: The transplanted 20 year-old oregano plant has taken off: snipped off a few stems, rinsed and dried, placed in a paper bag in the kitchen cabinet and will have dried oregano in one to two weeks.  Thanks sis for this tip!

Tomato plants: Short on bees?  Gently tickle the inside of the yellow flowers with a q-tip that has the tip pulled out.

Dead head flowers: to keep your plants healthy and strong, deadhead (pinch off) the dead flowers.  Or, in the case of hydrangeas...snip off the finished blooms.

Will post some pixs soon...

Banned chemicals found in tons of imported fish

By Laurie Udesky | www.fairwarning.org and Anne Paine | The Tennessean

Fish from overseas that are contaminated with chemicals not allowed in the U.S. food supply are showing up for sale in this country, including in Tennessee.

Three American fish importers pleaded guilty earlier this year in Mobile, Ala., to federal felony charges of mislabeling fish and seafood.

Their illegal haul included more than 120,000 pounds of imported fish, brought in to Mobile and Seattle, that tested positive for the suspected human carcinogen malachite green, an antifungal agent, and for an antibiotic that U.S. authorities also prohibit for use on fish that people consume.

Over the past 12 months, officials in Tennessee, one of the few states doing testing, found evidence of a prohibited substance.

Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and Florida also turned up the same in recent years while screening imported fish.

How much tainted fish might end up on plates in restaurants or homes is unknown, but one Alabama official says it's coming into the country despite a U.S. Food and Drug Administration effort to block such shipments.