Husband tells me it is time to wake up…I sleep like the dead. I lie in bed until 6:20 a.m. when I know I need to get up or kids will be late for school. I get up and stagger to bathroom to brush my teeth. Teen and tween are already up getting dressed,...
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Cuisinart Elite Collection 14-Cup Die Cast Metal Food Processor — $279 The Cuisinart Elite Collection™ 14-Cup Food Processor delivers the next big innovation for the modern kitchen. With 11- and 4½-cup work bowls nested inside the 14-cup bowl, plus the adjustable 6-position slicing disc and reversible shredding disc, it provides home chefs with multiple...
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My basement storage room is work in progress. Everything has a home…theoretically. The problem is that some items have several homes. The floor is perhaps the worst home for any item. I can lose items in a sea of boxes and bags. I’m currently missing the orange juicer. Needed it Christmas morning. Search Christmas Eve....
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As a former foreigner, I now claim Thanksgiving as a my holiday. As a child Thanksgiving was celebrated intermittently. When in America, do as the Americans do. As a freshman in college, far away from home I was taken in by English friends of my parents. I trekked from Amish Country PA to Edison,...
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Eating dinner as a family is becoming a thing of the past! Well, that statement might be a little extreme, but in our family we do struggle to eat together. We do the: - eating two dinners — one before and one after the activitiy - feeding one child ahead of the other children...
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It’s that time of year again. Time to get kids ready to go back to school. Time to clear out last year’s backpack of papers and binders in time for this year’s papers and binders. I’ll let you in to a little secret…I’m not that organized. In our family back-to-school shopping is a much...
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I had my first child in 1996. From 96 through 2002 I was a freelance production editor for a health care publisher — the term WAHM had not been invented yet! Some weeks I was full time, other weeks part time. Publishing work is schedule driven so I had weeks where I was heavily in...
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Hey folks! Welcome to the first giveaway on my new blog! The first of many more to come — judging by the stack on my dining room table, not that I’m procrastinating or anything. No, not me! A week or two ago, I saw a tweet about a giveaway for a green dishwashing liquid....
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A week or so ago I posted about my experience with ecostoreUSA. I have some great news… ecostoreUSA is offering free shipping on orders $25 and up, all this month for Earth month. This is a great opportunity to try ecostore products. Take it from me…you won’t be sorry. Coming up this month ecostore...
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Winner picked for ecostore USA giveaway via random.org. Winner is 21 — will let you know her details when she e-mails back. Update: And the winner e-mailed back…Christina G. Check her blog listings of coupons, dicounts, and giveaways: http://extra-entries.blogspot.com/ This was a good giveaway. Hit the spot with me as I am trying my...
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