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Looking for a name for this type of diet.

bchaplin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:24:34 -0800

Mostly vegetarian diet with some meat, lots of fruits and vegetables, few carbs, no dairy. Is there a name for this type of eating, and where can I get recipes? For health reasons I want to reform my eating habits. I just read the book Eat to Live and am completely won over to the idea of eating that way, but the issue for me is the implementation. I'd like to greatly increase the fruits and vegetables I eat, but not give up meat entirely. I do want to forego dairy food, though, and cut back on carbs. I've tried it for a few days, but honestly, my cooking expertise ends at chopping up a salad or steaming greens. Is there a name for this type of eating? I need to find some simple, easy-to-do recipes if I am going to be successful.

How should I build temporary, attractive walls/dividers on the cheap in my basement?

drinkspiller — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:24:24 -0800

How should I build temporary, attractive walls/dividers on the cheap in my basement? These paper soft walls look great, are flexible and temporary, but cost a small fortune. Looking for an alternative I could simply and cheaply set up myself to block off a 13'x13' section as a "room". The basement is unfinished, dry, with concrete outer walls and wood joists in the ceiling.

FSAfilter: help me spend $250 on useful medicines/ vitamins before the end of the year.

netsirk — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:00:49 -0800

My Flexible Spending Account (FSA) has about $250 left on it to be used by the end of December - it's use it or lose it, so I'm looking for ideas on the most useful things I can spend this money on within the next 3 weeks. I am potentially interested in stocking a basic medicine cabinet items that would be useful for a baby/ small child. The baby is due to arrive in March, and I have little experience or knowledge regarding what medicines may be good to have on hand in the future. Baby asprin, sure, but are there other perhaps not so obvious good-to-haves?

I'm also considering stocking up on other basics for adult use, like good quality vitamin C tablets.

My FSA covers standard pharmacy purchases, like throat lozenges, theraflu, ibuprofen, vitamins, bandaids etc.

I do not have any prescription medications that require filling, and I have fully used up my annual dental benefits.