18 Crafts Using Dollar Tree Items ~ Dollar Tree Hacks

• Use An Old Book And Dollar Tree Items To Make Cute Centerpiece Topiaries
  
  
  
• Paint Dipped Picture Frame
  
  
  
• DIY Hand Painted Glasses & Champagne Flutes
  
  
  
• Hack Dollar Tree Items Into Coastal Wall Decor
  
  
  
• Make These Cute Googly Eye Puffer Fish Using Dollar Tree Items
  
  
  
• Personalized Faux Birch Candles ~ Dollar Tree Hacks
  
  
  
• Make Farmhouse Wire Baskets From Dollar Tree Ones
  
  
  
• DIY Inexpensive Centerpieces Using Dollar Tree Vases And Dishware
  
  
  
• Faux Boxwood Flamingo
  
  
  
• Watermelon Mini Terra Cotta Pots ~ Dollar Tree Hacks
  
  
  
• DIY MacKenzie Childs Vase Using Dollar Tree Items
  
  
  
• Make A Faux Succulent Mug Planter Using Dollar Tree Items
  
  
  
• Recycled Decorative Jars Using Dollar Tree Items
  
  
  
• DIY Farmhouse Coasters From The Dollar Tree Towel Game
  
  
  
  
• Turn A Dollar Tree Slipper Into A Gnome Ornament
  
  
  
  
• Use A Dollar Tree Scarf To Make This Cute Festive Gnome Treat Jar
  
  
  
  
• Glam Centerpiece And Crushed Glass Candle Using Dollar Tree Supplies ~ Dollar Tree Hacks
  
  
  
• Turn Dollar Tree Faux Fruit Into Cute Bookshelf Filler ~ Dollar Tree Hacks
  

12 Easy And Delicious Recipes

• Thai Peanut Chicken Flatbread Recipe
• If you aren’t using flatbreads yet, I encourage you to try them. You can use flatbreads as the base of a quick and healthy meal. Additionally, there are endless possibilities for toppings and meals. You can even make dessert flatbreads. My boys even like the small ones for tacos instead of corn or flour tortillas. Typically, they come in an oblong shape, large oval, and small oval. The large ovals serve two unless you’re serving teenage boys. And, if you have teenage boys you know what I’m talking about. The small ones are great for tacos and young kids....
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• Crockpot Chicken Tacos Recipe
• TACO-BOUT a new delicious recipe! 😉 We love tacos in this house. Ground beef, shredded chicken, black beans, cauliflower, fish, you name it, we love it wrapped up in a warm tortilla with all the fixings! They're a staple in our dinner line-up because they're so versatile. The toppings and flavors are practically ENDLESS and you'll never end up with the same combination! Take the work out of dinner with these warm and juicy Crockpot Chicken Tacos. Seriously, all you have to do is add all of the ingredients to the slow cooker, set it, and forget it. When you come back a few hours later, you'll have an incredibly flavorful chicken to enjoy with all of your favorite toppings....
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• Caramilk Blondies
• Caramilk is a caramelised white chocolate, also known as blonde chocolate, made by Cadbury. It’s a favourite in Australia and New Zealand and a big hit in the UK when it finally came over – exciting stuff! I never knew I’d be a fan of golden blonde chocolate. It’s a similar taste to the old Caramac bars (which isn’t actually chocolate) if you remember those from childhood! I love the golden caramel flavour of Caramilk and I wanted to pair it with a simple brown sugar blondie to enhance that caramel sweetness for the ultimate sweet treat. I use part brown sugar, part white sugar so you get the tasty caramel hint in the blondie, but the Caramilk remains the star of the caramelised show! This easy blondie is deliciously chewy, which works perfectly with the chunks of chopped Caramilk inside....
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• Chocolate Cherry Brownies
• These are the main ingredients and substitutions for chocolate cherry brownies. See recipe card below for full ingredients list and instructions. Butter is a great baking fat and adds a great rich flavor. If dairy free, use coconut oil instead. The chocolate chips are by far the most important ingredient. These brownies will taste like the type of chocolate used. Carefully select your chocolate chips to suit your taste. I prefer dark chocolate chips....
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• Easy Twice-Baked Potatoes With BBQ Turkey
• This recipe for twice-baked potatoes is easy to make and tastes fantastic! I used sweet potatoes instead of regular white potatoes, which makes them paleo and gluten-free. They also taste great with any type of filling, but I prefer homemade paleo BBQ and ground turkey stuffing. Yum! The best thing about twice-baked potatoes is how fluffy they are. Every bite just melts in your mouth. I took this classic recipe and not only made it healthy but added protein and the best homemade BBQ sauce. What you have here is a complete meal that tastes like you have a personal chef! One of my favorite ways to make twice-baked potatoes is by swapping out the white potatoes for sweet potatoes. Not only does it taste sweeter, but it just looks more appetizing, too! All that fluffy sweet potato goodness is mixed with fiber-rich vegetables and lean ground turkey. Just one of these will fill you up. It tastes so good – and good for you too!....
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• Homemade Pizza Dough
• Homemade pizza dough is so easy to make! This recipe creates the most perfect chewy, fluffy, and airy pizza crust. Use it for strombolis, cheesy bread sticks, garlic knots, and more! Trevor grew up eating pizza on Fridays with his family, and he wanted to carry out this tradition at home. We love ordering a meat lover's Sicilian pie from our local pizza restaurant, but naturally I wanted to discover how to make restaurant quality pizza at home. I literally spent months making...I don't even know, probably close to 100 pies to come up with the best pizza dough recipe EVER! Most recipes use the same basic ingredients, but I realized that it's less about the ingredients and more about the TECHNIQUE in which you make the dough and HOW you bake the crust. I'll be sharing my tips on how to create the best fluffy, crispy, and chewy dough that's so good you might as well open your own pizzeria....
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• BraveTart’s Lofthouse-Style Cookies
• My daughter and her friends are in love with grocery store Lofthouse cookies. We recently made this upgraded homemade version as our celebratory New Year’s Eve dessert. She and a friend had the honor of icing and decorating them with sprinkles. The recipe is from the award winning baking book, BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts by Stella Parks, which I received as a holiday gift. Yay! (much more to come from this book, of course) We have tried other homemade versions but agree that this is the best one yet. The original recipe notes that these “cookies” are really pillowy, soft and tender cupcake tops coated with creamy frosting. In my opinion, calling them cookies adds to their appeal. I made half of the recipe (noted below)- perfect.... 
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• 2 Ingredient Banana Ice Cream
• For when we want a quick and easy ice cream or snow, this 2 ingredient banana ice cream saves the day. It’s probably one of the easiest recipes we have, and its result is just amazing! We know it’s November but in northern Mexico it’s still a bit warm so we were in the mood for something cool and light. Nothing better for that than a banana ice cream that only has banana and almond butter, yes, only those two things. The almond butter can actually be replaced by any other ingredient, preferably without unsweetened, such as cocoa powder or coffee.... 
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• Brookies Recipe
• Today’s my oldest son’s birthday! He’s twelve. I can’t believe he’s twelve years old. It seems like yesterday that I brought this bright-eyed bundle of joy home from the hospital. Lincoln was the best and easiest baby ever. I said while I was pregnant that I’d rather have a bad pregnancy and a good baby than the other way. I was blessed with an easy pregnancy, bad delivery, and an easy baby. Two out of three isn’t bad. We were planning his birthday party when he told me he wanted a ‘cake’ that was a brownie on the bottom and chocolate chip cookie on top ‘cooked together’, he said. Both my boys are little foodies and give me suggestions all the time for the blog. I’ll have to say some of them are great, some crazy but doable, and some downright impossible! I didn’t have the heart to tell Lincoln that what he was describing was called a Brookie and it had already been ‘invented’.... 
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• Lobster Ravioli Sauce
• For the best sauce to serve with lobster ravioli, try this easy recipe. This garlic cream sauce with browned butter is so rich, fancy, & decadent. This homemade sauce cooks up quickly and as the shallots and garlic infuse flavor into the browned butter, the kitchen smells amazing. The nutty brown butter then gets some heavy cream and a touch of magic, brandy. Once it comes together it turns into a beautiful light pink creamy sauce perfect for lobster ravioli. Wondering why this is the perfect sauce to serve with lobster ravioli? Well, it is simple and it complements the rich flavor of the delicate shellfish filling. I wanted something creamy to serve with lobster ravioli. I didn’t want pesto or a tomato sauce. I tried browned butter sauces, lemon sauces, and cream sauces. I liked them all but wanted more. So to make the best easy sauce to toss with lobster ravioli, the perfect combination of browned butter, cream, and garlic is my all-time favorite. I think my family agrees. Both my husband and Enzo fell in love with this sauce so much that Enzo literally scraped the plate clean to get every drop of sauce. This browned butter and creamy lobster ravioli sauce recipe call for only a few ingredients. To make the best sauce use good quality ingredients that are full-fat, do not use low-fat dairy when making this pasta sauce. Salted butter, heavy whipping cream, and freshly shaved parmesan create the creaminess that makes this lobster ravioli sauce so comforting. A few spices and aromatics like shallots and garlic bring in a sharp bite to cut the richness of the cream sauce. For a decadent touch, the brandy is the final touch that sets this sauce over the top. This sauce recipe goes well with any brand of store-bought lobster ravioli. So whatever your favorite is, this recipe for a cream sauce pairs perfectly. It is a good sauce for all the common brands of lobster ravioli like Costco, Trader Joe’s, Rana, and more. If you love seafood ravioli from restaurants like Carrabba’s, Olive Garden, or Red Lobster, this sauce recipe is so much better. This creamy garlic sauce is good with shrimp, crab, and butternut squash ravioli.... 
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• Candied Bacon Recipe
• This irresistible Candied Bacon recipe (aka Millionaire’s Bacon or Pig Candy) is made with thick slices of bacon coated in brown sugar and baked in the oven until perfectly crispy and caramelized. Learn how to easily make Candied Bacon with only 3 ingredients and enjoy the best ultimate party snack! We love bacon recipes and recipes that use bacon! After all, bacon makes everything more delicious. Some of our favorite recipes are Bacon in the Oven, super crispy Skillet Potatoes and Jalapeño Popper Quiche. There are many names given to this fantastic bacon recipe and there are many celebrities like Alton Brown and Snoop Dog making it. You may call it Candy Bacon, Millionaire Bacon, Man’s Bacon or simply delicious-sticky finger-licking-glazed-bacon. The name doesn’t matter however here are a few reasons why you should make it.... 
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• Strawberry Napoleons
• What is a Napoleon? Flaky puff pastry layered with fresh strawberries and an easy to make Bavarian cream. Today’s post is a little nostalgic for me, these strawberry napoleons are one of the first things I ever baked for my husband. Looking back on it, I was so proud of this dessert. Proud and so pleased with how fancy and elegant these fresh spring strawberry napoleons are. They sound exotic, right? And they taste it too. They’re light and fresh, but oh so indulgent. I’ve been making them ever since, rightly so, since they’ve earned a spot on the list of my husband’s favorite strawberry desserts....
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Recipes, Crafts, Repurposing, Fun Facts And More :)

• Holishkes – Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
• Stuffed cabbage rolls, a blend of sweet, sour and savory flavors, are popping up everywhere from diners and delis to five-star restaurants. They are the new mac-and-cheese, but comfort food with a healthful twist, warming the cockles of your heart, while warding off heart disease. Many countries lay claim to its origins, which accounts for the several interesting riffs on the traditional recipe. • Jewish cabbage rolls (called holishkls, a concoction of ground beef, rice and raisins enveloped in cabbage leaves and simmered in a sauce of brown sugar, lemon and tomatoes) have been traced back 2,000 years to Eastern Europe. They were served in celebration of the fall festival, particularly Simchat Torah, which marks a new Torah cycle. The dish is believed to have originated in the ancient Middle East where it spread to Eastern Europe as trade routes flourished and various ethnic groups migrated. 
• Serendipitously, cabbage rolls became ensconced in Scandinavian cuisine when Sweden’s King Charles XII brought the recipe back to his homeland after fleeing to Moldavia in the Ottoman Empire in the early 18th century on a military mission. Today the Swedes celebrate Kåldolmens dag (Day of the Cabbage Roll) in late November to commemorate the anniversary of King Charles’ death, serving the Kåldolmar delight with boiled potatoes and lingonberry jam. 
• Romanian sarmale combines ground pork, caramelized onions and rice nestled in a pickled sauerkraut leaf, and then smothered in dill and tomato sauce. It is often topped with bacon or smoked sausage. 
• Poland’s golabki, translating to “little pigeon feet” (named after the French dish that wrapped cabbage around cooked pigeon), stuffs the leaves with pork, beef, rice or barley, accompanied by sour cream and sweet paprika. 
• Ukrainian holubtsi are typically vegetarian, filling pickled cabbage leaves with either buckwheat and wild mushrooms or a mixture of whole grains and root vegetables, braised in tomato juice or vegetable stock served with perogies. 
• Egyptian mahshi kromb are simmered in an aromatic tomato-based sauce with mint, cumin and other Middle Eastern herbs and spices.
• The Asian variation wraps Chinese cabbage around seafood blends, tofu and shiitake mushrooms.... 
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• Cheeseburger French Fry Casserole
• Of all the great ways to eat potatoes, the french fry just might be the best. There’s nothing quite like those crispy fried edges and the smell of the deep-fryer, or the way each individual fry finds the perfect balance of salt and fat. Despite how unhealthy you know they are, you can never stop at just one. Fries can be jazzed up with fancy toppings or inhaled from a paper bag of greasy fast food. French fries are downright addictive and the perfect food for almost any occasion: a side at a cookout, a midday snack or a late-night wine session. Those perfectly cooked potatoes are more than just an iconic American food; they’re eaten all over the world. Even in countries where you can’t find a McDonald’s, you can probably get your hands on some french fries. The Brits eat their chips thick-cut with salt and malt vinegar, Canadians eat theirs drenched in brown gravy, and Belgians eat fries dipped in mayonnaise. No matter what your condiment of choice is, you probably haven’t stopped to think or learn about what is one of the world’s favorite foods. There are a lot of things about fries you may not know.... 
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• Lace Patterned Coffee Table
• Lace can be made in two ways, by hand and by machine. It has the open weblike pattern made by using the thread or yarn. The delicate fabric can be made from various threads such as silver, silk, linen and gold. The cotton thread is mostly applied to create lace today. However, the usage of silk and linen threads is still applied. The synthetic fiber is generally used as the primary material for the manufactured lace. The thread is not always employed by the artists to create unique lace. Some modern artists apply the silver wire or copper wire to create lace.... 
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• A Marble is a small spherical toy. These balls vary in size. Most commonly, they are about 1 cm in diameter and can be used for a variety of games called marbles. Marbles were invented thousands of years ago and were a popular item in Ancient Egypt and Rome. Marbles became commercially viable in the 1800s. Marbles are often&made by melting recycled glass, that is & then cut into even portions and dropped onto moving & rollers that allow&the malleable glass to form balls as they cool. Marbles, said to be named due to the stone that they were manufactured from in the past, have been historically&made of clay, and they were also produced using glass or&stone. Marbles are most commonly & made of glass, although steel, ceramic, plastic or & clay is sometimes used. Marbles are one of the oldest played games of time.... 
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• Owl Pretzels
• Owls are intriguing birds that easily capture the attention and curiosity of birders. These facts may help clear up a bit of their mystery and reveal what a hoot owls really are. Many owl species have asymmetrical ears. When located at different heights on the owl’s head, their ears are able to pinpoint the location of sounds in multiple dimensions. Ready, aim, strike. The eyes of an owl are not true “eyeballs.” Their tube-shaped eyes are completely immobile, providing binocular vision which fully focuses on their prey and boosts depth perception. Owls can rotate their necks 270 degrees. A blood-pooling system collects blood to power their brains and eyes when neck movement cuts off circulation. A group of owls is called a parliament. This originates from C.S. Lewis’ description of a meeting of owls in The Chronicles of Narnia. Owls hunt other owls. Great Horned Owls are the top predator of the smaller Barred Owl....
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• Turn An Old Sweatshirt Into A Pet Blanket
• A house cat’s genome is 95.6 percent tiger, and they share many behaviors with their jungle ancestors, says Layla Morgan Wilde, a cat behavior expert and the founder of Cat Wisdom 101. These behaviors include scent marking by scratching, prey play, prey stalking, pouncing, chinning, and urine marking. Cats are believed to be the only mammals who don’t taste sweetness. Cats are nearsighted, but their peripheral vision and night vision are much better than that of humans. Cats are supposed to have 18 toes (five toes on each front paw; four toes on each back paw). Cats can jump up to six times their length. Cats’ claws all curve downward, which means that they can’t climb down trees head-first. Instead, they have to back down the trunk. Cats’ collarbones don’t connect to their other bones, as these bones are buried in their shoulder muscles. Cats have 230 bones, while humans only have 206. Cats have an extra organ that allows them to taste scents on the air, which is why your cat stares at you with her mouth open from time to time. Cats have whiskers on the backs of their front legs, as well. Cats have nearly twice the amount of neurons in their cerebral cortex as dogs. Cats have the largest eyes relative to their head size of any mammal. Cats make very little noise when they walk around. The thick, soft pads on their paws allow them to sneak up on their prey — or you....
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• Turn Dollar Store Coffee Filters Into A Heart Shaped Valentine's Wreath
• The average heart is the size of a fist in an adult. Your heart will beat about 115,000 times each day. Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood every day. An electrical system controls the rhythm of your heart. It’s called the cardiac conduction system. The heart can continue beating even when it’s disconnected from the body. The first open-heart surgery occurred in 1893. It was performed by Daniel Hale Williams, who was one of the few black cardiologists in the United States at the time. The first implantable pacemaker was used in 1958. Arne Larsson, who received the pacemaker, lived longer than the surgeon who implanted it. Larsson died at 86 of a disease that was unrelated to his heart. The youngest person to receive heart surgery was only a minute old. She had a heart defect that many babies don’t survive. Her surgery was successful, but she’ll eventually need a heart transplant. The earliest known case of heart disease was identified in the remains of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummy. The fairy fly, which is a kind of wasp, has the smallest heart of any living creature. The American pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal, but it has the fastest heartbeat at 1,200 beats per minute. Whales have the largest heart of any mammal. The giraffe has a lopsided heart, with their left ventricle being thicker than the right. This is because the left side has to get blood up the giraffe’s long neck to reach their brain....
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• Turn An Empty Folger's Coffee Can Into A "We Are Going To Disney World" Piggy Bank
• Though her popularity waned a bit in the 1930s, Minnie Mouse has been around just as long as Mickey. In fact, they share the same birthday. While Walt Disney famously reminded us that “It was all started by a mouse”, we would argue that Mickey wouldn’t be who he is today if it weren’t for his better half. Here are nine fun facts you may not have known about the mouse behind the mouse. “Minnie” May or May Not Be Short for Another Name....Much like Mickey, there is some dispute as to whether or not Minnie is short for another moniker. The comic strip The Gleam — which was briefly published from January 1942 to May of that same year — originally referred to Minnie as Minerva Mouse. More recently, the Mickey Mouse television series that ran from 2013 to 2019 featured an episode (episode 14 of season 4, to exact) in which Mickey refers to his sweetheart as “Minifred”. She Has Two Pets....While it may be more commonly known that Minnie has a pet cat named Figaro — who originally appeared in Pinocchio — she also has a pet dog as well. Fifi, her prize-winning Pekingese, often serves as a love interest for Pluto. She is perhaps best known for Pluto’s Quin-puplets, a 1937 short in which she leaves Pluto to tend to their litter of pups while she goes out for food. Pluto was Originally Her Dog....Pluto has become Mickey’s loyal pooch and best friend, but it wasn’t always that way. When the character first debuted in 1930’s The Chain Gang, he served as a bloodhound tracking down an escaped Mickey. At that time, he didn’t even have a name. Shortly thereafter, he appeared in The Picnic as Minnie’s dog Rover. The character quickly evolved into Pluto, named after the planet (that’s no longer a planet), which was named by an 11-year-old girl shortly before Disney capitalized on the popularity of the galactic discovery....
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• Brad Pitt is an actor who went from a Midwestern teen athlete to one of Hollywood's most recognizable stars. At the start of his career, he landed roles on shows like "Dallas," before breaking into film with parts in "Thelma & Louise," "A River Runs Through It," and "Interview With the Vampire." Over the years, he's been praised for his work in the "Ocean's" movies, "Se7en," "Moneyball," and "Twelve Monkeys." He's also a successful producer with an Oscar for "12 Years a Slave." Despite being in the entertainment industry for decades, there are some things that fans might not know about the "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and "Ad Astra" star. He's "not much of a crier" while watching movies, but "How to Train Your Dragon" got to him. "In the end, he lost his leg and they're living in harmony with the dragons … it got me," Pitt told W magazine in 2012. He also told the magazine that he got sick following a trip to Cabo and "wept" while watching the Kevin Kline movie "Life as a House." "I don't know if it would still hit me the same way, but on my 27th hour of just pure wretchedness, this movie crushed me," he said.....
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• It's theorised that there are seven types of breasts among women, according to experts from San Francisco lingerie brand ThirdLove. Despite common belief, it's not just breast size that varies significantly, but shape as well, and it's the shape that determines the seven different types of breasts.There Are 8 Types Of Nipples In The World....Bet you didn't see that one coming! According to Dr. Tsippora Shainhouse, M.D., a board-certified dermatologist and paediatrician in Beverly Hills, California, there are eight different types of nipples. All of them are normal, and it's certainly possible to have a combination of two or more types. Boobs Are Not Just Made Of Fat....Contrary to popular belief, boobs are not just made up of fat (although fat determines their size). They are made of a combination of fat and fibrous tissue (which give them their shape), as well as glands and ducts that make breastmilk. More Than 2 Women Under 40 Are Diagnosed With Breast Cancer In Australia Every Day....Every day in Australia, more than two women under 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer. And while the National Breast Cancer Foundation recommends doing a breast self-examination once a month (ideally three to five days after your period starts as your breasts are less tender and lumpy during this time), 90% of women aged 18 to 35 check only a few times a year or less. To put that in perspective, 73% of women in Australia use a hot hair styler at least once a month. In light of this information, the National Breast Cancer Foundation has actually teamed up with ghd to create a limited edition 'Pink Collection' featuring three of ghd's signature products—with $20 from each item sold going towards breast cancer charities—to remind women to take control of their breast health, just as we do our hair......
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• How many dogs are is just too much?
  That’s the question you’ll be asking if you have one pooch and you’re considering getting another to keep your pup company. According to the American Veterinary Medical Foundation, 38.4% of U.S. households own an average of 1.6 dogs, so you’ll be in good company. However, many factors will determine what the perfect number is when it comes to dog ownership. For example, people living in urban areas of the northeastern states tend to have fewer dogs than those who live in the mid-west where the population is sparser and more outside space is the norm. How Much is Too Much? As dogs are pack animals, a family of two or three dogs is thought to be better than one solitary animal that relies solely on you for company. However, the more dogs you own, the less individual attention each dog will receive from you. And that can be where problems begin. The relationship and bond between you and each dog in the group become diluted, and rather than being seen as the pack Alpha, you become just another pack member. That can lead to insecurity within the pack, and scraps may break out, as dogs jockey for position in the pecking order. Of course, if you have a large family, the human to dog attention ratio can be more balanced with each family member having one or two “favorite” dogs. In many cases, that can be all it takes to rebalance the harmony within the pack. So, the number you should take on depends on several factors:
      your availability
      your ability to humanely care for them
      your resources
  and the amount of space you have inside and outside your home. Generally, most people can comfortably own one or two dogs, although that’s often a full-time job! Some folk who maybe have a large family, and live in a vast place with lots of indoor space and land outside may be able to balance four to six . However, owning more than six dogs takes an extraordinary person with exceptional devotion and the resources to go with it.
  
• Hoarding: Now, some people take dog ownership a step too far, taking on scores of dogs that run wild around the home. That situation often leads to both dogs and humans living in unsanitary, unhealthy conditions. Also, most often they are not de-sexed, leading to litters of unwanted puppies being born, and a population explosion that continues unchecked. Such hoarding often leads to the authorities becoming involved and seizing all or some of the dogs for the animals’ welfare. A classic case of dog hoarding was recorded in 2012 in Pennsylvania. Two brothers pleaded guilty to animal cruelty after almost 200 were discovered on their property. Like most hoarders, the brothers genuinely loved their pets, describing them as their “boys and girls.” And when veterinarians checked the dogs, mainly Chihuahuas, they found them to be in overall good health. Even the bodies of 30 canines that were discovered in a freezer on the premises were reported to have died of natural causes. The dogs’ bodies had been kept after death, simply because the brothers could not bear to part with their pets.The dogs, in this case, were fortunate in that the two brothers, although perhaps misguided, did care for their pets properly, and potentially damaging in-breeding did not occur. However, most animals owned by hoarders are not so lucky, suffering severe health problems, emaciation because of a lack of food, and untreated injuries caused by fights due to overcrowding......
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• The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving and bologna fun facts. As we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we just did not know. We have decided when these fun facts pop up, that we would share them with our readers in our section titled “Did You Know?” For today’s Did You Know we will look at Bologna fun facts. Bologna Fun Facts: Bologna sausage, also known as baloney or polony, is a sausage derived from and somewhat similar to the Italian mortadella (a finely hashed/ground pork sausage) containing cubes of lard that originated in the Italian city of Bologna.  Mortadella dates back to the 15th century, and the original recipes included myrtle, ‘mortella’ in Italian, hence the name. U.S. government regulations require American bologna to be finely ground, and without visible pieces of lard. Bologna can alternatively be made out of chicken, turkey, beef, pork, venison or soy protein. October 24th is National Bologna Day.  There are 1,632 people in the U.S. listed on whitepages.com with the last name ‘Bologna’ and 88 with the last name ‘Baloney’ Americans eat 800 million pounds of bologna annually. Oscar Mayer is the most popular bologna brand thanks to its 1973 jingle “My bologna has a first name….” Bologna is a popular breakfast food in Newfoundland, served fried as a substitute to ham slices. It is also sometimes barbecued as well. In either case, it is referred to as “Newfie Steak.”......
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• Whether you love or hate her, Nicki Minaj has been in the fame game for quite some time, gaining the well-deserved title, ‘Queen of Rap’. From Nicki’s badass lyrics, bust-ups with stars, to crazy outfits and alter egos, the best-selling female artist has grown into a household hip-hop name. Her Barbie ways, flawless flow and crazy personality is why we love her, and keeps us wanting more! But the popular celebrity hasn’t had it easy; to find out more about her tough upbringing and struggle to fame, here are 28 Nicki Minaj facts you probably didn’t know about the baddest female rapper around. She Has a Mix-Cultured Nationality. Although you might think that the rap star is American, she is actually of African, Trinidadian, and Indo-Asian descent. She was born in Trinidad and Tobago and then moved to the Bronx in New York City when she was five years-old. Nicki Minaj’s Parents are Gospel Singers. Music runs in the family! Nicki’s father, Robert Maraj, is a financial executive and part-time gospel singer, while her mother, Carol is also a gospel singer but also worked in payroll and accounting departments! It looks like the Bang Bang singer grew up around music, although she decided to follow suit with a different genre. Her Tough Childhood Has Shaped her Personality. Many think that the American Idol judge is ice-cold. It’s hard not to see why after the rough upbringing she’s had. Her drug-addict father sold all their furniture when she was a youngster and even set fire to their home in an attempt to kill her mother. Her tough early life gave Minaj the fire to make something of herself and empower other women that are in a weak situation like her mom. She has a Controversial Brother. This Nicki Minaj fact might blow your mind. In 2017, Nicki’s, 38-year-old brother Jelani Maraj (photo: far right) was found guilty of predatory sexual assault on his 11 year-old step-daughter. Although Nicki reportedly visited her brother with her mother after the guilty verdict, she hasn’t spoken about the matter, publicly.......
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• Microwave oven is a direct descendant of radar. The first microwave oven that was commercially available had 1.8 meters in height and weighed 340 kilograms. It used three times as much power as today's microwave ovens, and was water-cooled. Microwaves are reflected by metal. The heating effect of microwave radiation was discovered accidentally in 1945.  The first food to be deliberately cooked with a microwave was popcorn. The first public use of a microwave oven was in January 1947. Speedy Weeny vending machine was placed in Grand Central Terminal and it sold freshly prepared hot dogs.    The short, wide shape of a microwave oven, that is now common, was developed by Litton Industries in the ‘60s. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that over 90% of American households owned a microwave oven in 1997.  Consumer ovens usually use microwaves of 2.45 gigahertz while large industrial/commercial ovens often use 915 megahertz microwaves. Microwave heating is the most efficient on the water because of its dipole molecules and less efficient on fats and sugars. A common idea that microwave ovens cook food "from the inside out" is a misconception. A microwave oven converts only part of its electrical input into microwave energy - some 64%. Food and cookware taken out of a microwave oven are rarely much hotter than 100 °C........
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• Learning to talk begins in the womb. Your baby could hear your voice and other sounds from about 23 weeks of pregnancy. So although she won't say her first word until she's about a year old, she's learning about language right from the start. Your voice is your baby's favourite sound, and she'll love to hear you talk and sing to her. It's never too early to start reading to your baby, and the more words she hears now, the better her language skills are likely to be later on. Babies are born with the ability to swim.    Newborns naturally hold their breath when underwater, and even splash about with their arms and legs. If you take your baby to a swimming class you’ll see these innate talents in action! Your baby can go swimming as soon as you like, but if you're planning on taking her yourself, wait until after your six-week check. It's important to make sure you're healing well before going in the pool. When you do go swimming with your baby, make sure that she doesn't get too chilly. Choose a special baby pool with warm water, or try a baby wetsuit instead of a regular swimming costume. A baby, with a stork mark on her forehead, smiling and looking at the camera. Birthmarks are surprisingly common.  About a third of babies are born with a birthmark of some kind. The most common type is a stork mark (pictured), also known as a salmon patch or angel kiss. This is a pale pink patch on your baby's face or neck, which may appear more red when she cries. Stork marks usually disappear within six months.  Most birthmarks are harmless and will disappear on their own, though some can be a sign of a condition that needs treatment. If your baby has a birthmark, or any unexplained bumps or colouring on her skin, ask your GP to take a look. Newborns are short-sighted. Newborn babies can only see clearly about 20cm to 30cm (8in to 12in) in front of their faces. Everything else is a blur of light, shape and movement. Fortunately, this is the perfect distance for your baby to gaze into your eyes as you feed her! By the time your baby's one month or two months old, she'll be able to focus her eyes on a toy when you move it in front of her face. And by the end of the fourth trimester, she'll be able to see close-up colours and shapes much more clearly.  Help your baby to explore her developing vision by showing her toys with bold patterns in bright, vivid colours. Babies have more bones than adults. Your baby was born with about 300 bones. As she grows, many of these will get harder, and some will fuse together. For example, the skull starts as three pieces of bone joined by cartilage, so that it can fit through the birth canal. This is why your baby's head has soft spots. But these pieces eventually join to make one solid bone. By the time your baby reaches adulthood, she's likely to have just 206 bones in her body. Breastfeeding takes practice. Babies need to learn how to feed from the breast, just as you need to learn how to help them latch on. This can make the first few weeks of breastfeeding tricky and uncomfortable, but it does get easier with time. Babies have tiny tummies, and need to feed often at first. So if you're breastfeeding, you're likely to spend a lot of time with your baby at your breast in the early weeks. Be prepared, and remember that there's plenty of support available.....
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