One of the most difficult things about eating fresh, healthy foods istheir unforgiving shelf life. Wilted leaves, brown skin and growing mold are afew of the surefire signs of wasted money and nutrients. Luckily, there are many solutions to this problem! Here are a few ways to keep some common produce items last longer.

Ha!

Clearly, I have been riding the elevator wrong all this while.

Life in the Boomer Lane would be lying to you if she were to tell you that personal security has not been on her mind.  This is because a gun store is scheduled to open in LBL’s hitherto touchie feelie, peace-loving neighborhood and LBL feels completely mystified and out of the loop, when considering the thought of citizens lined up to purchase firearms for self-protection.

LBL assumes that many people buy guns because it gives them a sense of security against marauders, in much the same way as having an alarm system or a large, surly dog on one’s premises. Unlike alarm systems, large surly dogs and guns can both get out of hand, causing non-marauders a lot of harm. And, unlike alarm systems and large surly dogs, guns are often stored in shoe boxes in the back of high shelves, providing marauders time to carry out most of…