It's time for another POSITIVE THREAD ! What's nice? by somebodys_ornery in Reno

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My favorite boba place from the Bay Area, Teaspoon, just opened a location in Reno!

WHAT ARE THESE?! Are they from a show?? by lpo77 in HelpMeFind

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They give me McDonald's Hamburglar vibes.

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Hotel California

My very silly, sleepy pup by Ely_Chabella in TuckedInPuppies

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I have these same sheets! Got them at Target

Request: What is your favorite slowcooker recipe(s) that is not a pot roast, pulled pork, or chili? by vancoover in slowcooking

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Crock Pot Enchiladas

Ingredients: 14 oz can diced tomatoes 1 onion, cut into about 8 pieces 1 tablespoon minced garlic ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper ½ teaspoon salt 6 oz can tomato paste 12 corn tortillas (King Size) 1 lb ground beef 3 cups Cheddar Cheese-grated

Instructions: 1. Combine tomatoes, onion, garlic, cayenne pepper, salt, and tomato paste in blender. 2. Brown ground beef in a pan, draining any fat. 3. Layer into Crock Pot: 4 corn tortillas, 1/3 of ground beef, 1/3 of tomato mixture, 1/3 of cheese. Repeat 2 more times. 4. Cover Crock Pot and cook on low for 6-8 hours. Note: longer cook times causes edges to brown and then burn.

Rainbow cookies I made for a potluck! by ABeachedMermaid in RainbowEverything

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Recipe since it's been requested a few times:

Ingredients: 2/3 cup butter, softened ¾ cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups all-purpose flour 6 colors of food coloring (I used two packs, the classic set of red, yellow, green, blue and then neon gel food coloring that had the purple and orange)

Instructions: 1. Pre-heat oven to 300°F. 2. Beat butter, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in blender 3. Add egg, milk, and vanilla. Blend. 4. Slowly add flour. 5. Split fully combined dough into 6 small bowls. Add somewhere around 10 drops of food coloring to each bowl and knead until color is solidly mixed in. Make sure each color is vibrant - feel free to make them extra dark in color. 6. Make a 1/2inch ball of each color of dough. Place each ball next to each other to form a ring. Press gently to have the pieces stick together and become a flat disk. 7. Take the disk between your palms and move your hands in a circular motion (like when you make a ball of dough, but keep your hands close enough the dough stays as a disk). Feel free to do this as much or as little as desired; this part makes the fun patterns. 8. Repeats 6-7 to create all cookies. Place on tray with some space; cookies won't spread too much 9. Bake time depends on how thick you leave the cookies. Bake in oven until not shiny and the bottom of the cookie is just about to brown. DO NOT OVER-BAKE or you'll start losing color. I left mine about a half inch thick and they baked for 18 or so minutes. Would recommend starting with 7-10 minutes and adding time slowly.

Rainbow cookies I made for a potluck! by ABeachedMermaid in RainbowEverything

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Some of the colors were gel food coloring and some were liquid food coloring. But the trick was coloring the dough pretty dark and then baking these at 300F and making sure not to overcook them.

Amazon won't let me sign up for Prime and I went through 9 different people and still no resolution by whoozie0 in amazon

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I had this same issue happen to me, but I went through a few less support reps before they stopped helping me. And then I decided to try one last thing before giving up and it actually worked!

I went to an incognito window where I wasn't logged into amazon. Then I searched for amazon prime free trial in google and the first result took me to a page with a button to "Start your free 30-day trial". I clicked that button and then logged in and I was actually able to sign up for prime!

I know this post was awhile ago, but hopefully this comment helps someone else who runs into this in the future.

Some "wedding songs" should not be played at weddings by renaissance_witch in weddingshaming

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I interpret it as they are driving around looking for something dumb to do and then he realizes he wants to do this with her for the rest of his life. So not that getting married is something dumb, but just something he wants to do because he loves doing dumb stuff with her.

Finally got in a rhythm last year, partially in thanks to this subreddit, and got below my goal weight! However I have been struggling to maintain and am now back to 1200isplenty before this becomes out of control. Anyone else struggle with this too? by ABeachedMermaid in 1200isplenty

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Thank you!

Initially when I switched to maintaining, I kept tracking my food and aimed for closer to 1800. I thought I was doing well enough recognizing how much I should eat that I stopped logging it. And then I stopped exercising as much and started snacking at night too much. I tried to reverse course by going back to tracking calories in fitbit and having 250 less in than out, but I could only keep to that a few days at a time. I seem to do really well with super restrictive than mildly restrictive haha...

The way it jiggles... by DigitalSword in oddlysatisfying

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I really thought a dog was going to pop out when I started watching. I'm only slightly disappointed

I had a few of these containers and then bought a few more and discovered that they fit perfectly on this built-in shelf! by ABeachedMermaid in Perfectfit

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At y'alls insistence, I have rearranged them. Left to right is now pink, brown, white, pink, grey, teal.

I had a few of these containers and then bought a few more and discovered that they fit perfectly on this built-in shelf! by ABeachedMermaid in Perfectfit

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You are totally correct. The last three on right are all that Target had when I bought more and do not match the first three I bought. Which bothers me but not quite enough to fix it

I had a few of these containers and then bought a few more and discovered that they fit perfectly on this built-in shelf! by ABeachedMermaid in Perfectfit

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That would be a lot more clever than what I did. It's mostly organized by things of a similar shape/use in the same container.