The Morning Show with Brad & Jackie

Brad Weiser swears that you can use your dishwasher to cook and do laundry. I thought he was crazy until I real this. According to yahoo.com your dishwasher is one of the best allies in keeping your kitchen safe from contaminants? The dishwasher sanitizes everything that goes in it, says Bonnie Richmond, senior lecturer in food safety and sanitation at the Hotel School at Cornell University, if you use the dry cycle. During that cycle, the internal temperature of the dishwasher reaches 170°F, which is required for sanitizing.

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Looking back on 2011, I've noticed that there has been a lot of celebrity screw ups. Some funny, some not so funny. I love trash television so I pay a small amount of attention to the celebrity garbage that occurs

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Every time I walk into Abercrombie I automatically feel awkward and old because of the club-like music and pictures of half naked people that are everywhere. Even though these things bother me a little bit it doesn't stop me from shopping there. I understand that it is all advertising that isn't directed at moms like myself.

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Are food allergies on the rise?  Or maybe it's just awareness.  Whether it be a dairy or peanut allergy or a newly discovered gluten reaction, it seems that everyone I know is allergic to something.

I was at a party the other night that had a respectable spread.  I could tell that the host went through some trouble whipping up a sizable number of finger foods.  I was dishing out my third helping of "Lil' Smokies" when I heard someone ask, "I'm allergic to wheat.  Don't you have anything that's gluten free?"

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Think that your Grandma will adore the new Miss Me jeans you picked out for her? Think again. Clothes and shoes are the gifts that are returned the most often after the holiday season.

According to a recent MarketTools study from msn.com, apparel accounted for 62 percent of returned gifts last Christmas. Other presents that customers also brought back (but far less frequently) were:

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Throughout the day yesterday my phone kept lighting up with messages from friends and family. Some messages just wished me and my family a good Christmas, others sent pictures or told stories of what Santa brought them or their kids. It is nice to see the ones I love get spoiled rotten.

Here are some the amazing surprises I was told about:

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Update: We have received an overwhelming amount of phones calls and some messages from Twin Falls and Buhl of Secret Santas in action.

K-mart manager, Bonnie, reported over 50 layaway accounts paid off by Secret Santas

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The aliens are throwing out their trash! Ok, so I don't know if that is true, but I love reading about weird stuff falling out of the sky.

Yahoo.com reports that a large metallic ball fell out of the sky

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It always warms my heart to see people's kindness this time of year. They are dropping money in the Salvation Army's red buckets, donating toys, or just opening a door for someone with full hands. Kindness is one of the best things about this time of year, and it comes in all different shapes and sizes.

Some gestures are bigger than others, which brings me to the Secret Santa movement that is sweeping the nation, and possibly right here in Twin Falls.

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As soon as I think I am done Christmas shopping I think of a few more people I need to buy for. So to make things easier on myself I was looking for great ideas this morning and at yahoo.com I found a great list of cheap, good Christmas gifts. If you are in the same boat as me check out this list:

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I am so excited tonight is my son's first Christmas program. I was sharing my excitement with Brad Weiser this morning and he gave me some advice. He

asked if I was bringing my video camera. I thought to myself, what kind of question is that

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This story comes from England and the number seems really high . . . but it's possible it's true over here, too.

According to a new survey from Mashable, the average person is drunk in 76% of their tagged Facebook photos.  That's three out of every four.

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