Keep Your Flowers Fresh, Box Cake Hacks, Ice Cream Recalls, and More

February 15, 2022

Tip of the Day

If you’re looking for a simple stress buster don’t worry about picking out the perfect exercise routine or meditation app, start easy by taking a walk each morning before you do anything else.

Happy Tuesday! It’s the day after Valentine’s day so on top of scoring discount chocolates, now is a great time to use this clever hack to keep fresh flowers alive longer.

Speaking of sweets, we have some good and bad news. On the good news front, these simple tips can help you make any box cake taste homemade and this hack is a chocolate cake flavor booster. On the bad news side of things, if you’re pairing your cake with ice cream you’ll want to check out this information about ice cream safely recalls first.

And water cooler trivia? Here’s a really appropriate post-Valentine’s day bit of trivia for you. On this day in 1903, the very first teddy bear was put on a store shelf by toy store owner and inventor Morris Michtom. The bears were named after President Theodore Roosevelt, a well-known hunter and conservationist, as a result of a semi-apocryphal tale of him rescuing a bear cub

– Jason

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