046 Caring for Older Cats

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How to Fix a Sash Weight

...n. If not, you’ll need to get some replacement cord at your local hardware store. 3. To install a completely new cord remove the window from the frame and locate the circular hole seen in the diagram below: Tie a knot in the end of the sash cord and use a small nail to secure it in that hole. Thread the other side of the cord through the pulley and secure it to the weight as seen above. Having lived with old windows now for seventeen years, I’m a...

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How to make hot sauce

...eally easy to fall to temptation and just buy a bottle of something at the store. So here’s a confession: we’ve fallen into sin around here, and haven’t made our own hot sauce in a good while. We dodge the homemade when we know better. We know a thousand times better. And yet it happens. The jar ends up in the cart, and then in the fridge, and then in the back of the fridge, and eventually in the garbage. What is appealing about the jar on the she...

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