Coffee Break with Liz and Kate » Archive for June 2009
Kate’s Escapades – The Dogs Ate My Couch!
PrintThe Dogs Ate My Couch Okay, so maybe that is a slight exaggeration. They didn’t exactly eat the whole couch, but they might as well have. There is now a dinner plate-sized hole in the back cushion of my living room couch. When they decided to go on the prowl for a midnight snack last night , they couldn’t have chosen to munch on my old, black velvet couch in the basement…nope, they … Read entire article »
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TV Talk – The Bachelorette
PrintNew Season of the Bachelor. Jake returns! See which 15 girls made Jake’s first cut. Click here. On last nights episode of The Bachelorette… Jillian went to the hometowns of the five remaining bachelors: Kypton, Jesse, Wes, Michael, and Reid. In a surprise move, Jake (my fav who got kicked off last week) came back to tell Jillian what a two-faced sleaze-bag Wes is and that he has a girl friend. Wes, who has a girl … Read entire article »
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Betcha Didn’t Know…
Print You know you’re a grown-up when… …you calculate how late you can stay out on a Saturday night based on how much you’re willing to pay the babysitter. Kate Print … Read entire article »
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Liz’s Rants: Life on the edge
Print I knew we were headed for trouble after hearing that Nestle’s refrigerated cookie dough had been recalled. Several cases of E-coli were reported, prompting store owners to pull every flavor of dough from their shelves quicker than I could say, “cookie, please?” Then came the call from my mother, who is physically unable to offer less than three deserts at family get-togethers. One of the choices the Sunday prior had been the cookie brand in question, … Read entire article »
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Betcha Didn’t Know…
Print Petroleum Jelly Next time your door’s hinge squeaks, try this: Apply petroleum jelly with a cotton swab, swinging the door back and forth to work in. The squeak will be gone in seconds. This way no one will hear you sneak out for that midnight snack! Kate Print … Read entire article »
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Betcha Didn’t Know…
Print Grilling Tips Instead of spraying your hot grill with a non-stick spray (who can say explosion?), soak a paper towel with cooking oil and use a tong to rub the towel over the grill rack. You can also get an extra basting brush (use this one only for greasing the grill, please), and brush the oil onto the rack. Voila! It’s the perfect answer to keeping food from sticking! Liz Print … Read entire article »
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Product Review – BBQ Sauce
Print Summer is here and that means it’s BBQ season. No better time than now for Liz & Kate to tell you about our fav bbq sauces. Kate highly recommends her family’s favorite… Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce “The Sauce is the Boss” It’s thick, delicious, tangy and sweet. My family gets upset at me when I buy another brand on sale. Check out the story behind the sauce at www.sweetbabyrays.com Liz recommends…Well, Liz wouldn’t taste test Sweet Baby … Read entire article »
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen PG-13
Print Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material Genre: Action/Adventure Staring: Shia LaBeough, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel Director: Michael Bay Plot: Sam Witwicky (LaBeough) goes off to college and discovers his brain has been implanted with a secret robot code that will help the Decpticons destroy the sun. Kate says: 1 1/2 stars First off let me just tell you that if you felt ok about letting your younger kids … Read entire article »
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Betcha Didn’t Know…
Print Here’s a tip for cleaning out your slimy, smelly garbage disposal. Just cut a lemon or lime in half and run both pieces through the disposal. It will be fresh and clean smelling before you know it! Kate Print … Read entire article »
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TV Talk – So You Think You Can Dance
PrintSo You Think You Can Dance Thursday night reality dancing show on FOX. The show started out with 20 contestants (10 men & 10 women) dancing in pairs. Each week one man and one woman is eliminated. America picks the bottom 3 couples, and the judges decide which 2 of these bottom 6 go home. Let me just say that the host Cat annoys the crap out of me, and judge Mary Murphy is so obnoxious I can … Read entire article »
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TV Talk…I’m a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here
Print Kate here, and I’ve decided to come out of the closet to tell you readers that I am a BIG fan of reality TV. I know, I know, some of you are thinking, “Who watches that garbage?” Well, I do. It’s my guilty pleasure. It’s how I relax after a long hard day. And I should probably tell you that sometimes I actually vote. I realize that fact alone is what pushes me over the edge … Read entire article »
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TV Talk – The Bachelorette
Print New Season of the Bachelor. Jake returns! See which 15 girls made Jake’s first cut. Click here. The Bachelorette Spoiler Alert! I promised myself that I would never again watch The Bachelor or The Bachelorette after last seasons Bachelor fiasco where Jason Mesnick proposed to one girl and then dumped her on live tv and picked the another girl. BUT here I am…sucked into another season with Jillian Harris choosing from 30 eligible bachelors. Tonight’s episode started off with 8 … Read entire article »
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Betcha Didn’t Know…How to un-stick your glue bottle lid
Print Cap on your glue bottle stuck? Just put the bottle of glue in a cup of hot water for a minute, and that should soften up the hardened glue. If the glue is still stubborn, use acetone nail polish remover on a q-tip. Just swipe around edge of cap and that should solve this sticky situation. Kate Print … Read entire article »
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This Week’s Giveaway…Fun Tape Products from Scotch
PrintCongrats to last week’s lucky winner of the “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” DVD GAME…James Franklin. This weeks Giveaway – Fun new tape products from Scotch. A Scotch Pop-Up Tape dispenser and 3-pack of refills and the NEW Scotch Donut tape dispenser with 3 rolls of tape. Check out my product review of these products on the Home Page. I love them so much, I decided to give some away to a lucky reader. I think you’ll … Read entire article »
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The Proposal PG-13
Print Rated PG-13 for sexual content, nudity and language Staring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Betty White Director: Anne Fletcher Plot: A not-so-nice editor, Maragret Tate (Bullock), discovers she is about to be deported back to Canada because her green card has expired, and realizes her only option to stay in the good old USA and keep her high powered job is to become engaged to and marry a US citizen. Enter Andrew Paxton (Reynolds), … Read entire article »
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