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It’s been on my mind the last couple weeks as Vivian has become more and more drooly, and more and more chew-in-everything-she-can-grab. What will I do when she begins teething without my old familiar teething tablets that were no longer available in our area. So I was really excited to be able to test and [...]
The Complete Idiot’s Guide Book Review Large ornamental plants create the backdrop for garden landscapes and set off other plants and bulbs. Learn how to grow and care for flowering and garden shrubs. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Trees and Shrubs was written by Joshua Plunkett and Jeanne Hanson and published by Alpha Books, a member [...]
I really haven’t had a routine since Vivian was born. I barely got my health to the point where I could begin to exercise again when I got the Backyard Farming book deal. Insert insanity here. But wait, there’s more! Then my body broke down on me and I wound up in the hospital with [...]
The last post of our Hellmann’s Chicken Change-Up series is a twist on a classic. Remember when I posted about the time-saving baked chicken parmesan recipe? Well tonight I made a twist on that classic (and delicious) twist! Chicken Parmesan and Bruschetta Ingredients: 1/2 cup Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise 1/4 cup grated Parmesan [...]
When our children were diagnosed with asthma, one of the first things our pediatrician suggested was a deep carpet cleaning. Unsure of how to clean the carpets correctly ourselves and knowing our children’s medical well being depended on it being done right, we decided to go right to the professionals. Of course, we called Stanley [...]
From my journal – minimal editing. My kids have been dancing lately, whenever some upbeat music comes on. It started at Chuck E Cheese’s when there was a blue scren and video system that would project the kids’s image onto the background. They were delighting in seeing themselves moving in response to the music and [...]
Recently, I was able to participate as a panelist at a Twitter party sponsored by Seventh Generation (@SeventhGen) and the topic was about teaching your kids to “Live Like the Lorax“. In otherwords, to respect the earth. Y’all know I’m not a crazy hippy freak. But I do care about the earth – our first task [...]
If you are anything like me, you have a dinosaur lover in your family. A little boy whose eyes light up when he gets to talk about dinosaurs and what they probably ate, how they behaved, and how to pronounce those huge but very cool names. I’ve got a couple dino enthusiasts in my family, so when [...]
Before you write off grilled cheese as only American slices on white bread, think again. I have actually seen entire restaurants dedicated to grilled cheese. If a whole menu can be filled with variants on one sandwich, that sandwich deserves to have a month dedicated to it, and that month is here- National Grilled Cheese [...]
