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Buying holiday gifts

Last year I planned to write about this, but at first it seemed too far ahead of the holidays to write, then it was too

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Calzone recipe

This is a recipe for spinach calzones that I’m planning to adapt to make into broccoli since I have a lot of broccoli around this

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Weekly menu plan

Here’s the menu for this week: Sunday – breakfast – oats and milk, fruit; lunch – sandwiches; dinner – chicken noodle soup with veggies, leftovers

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Making fabric gift bags

Have you ever noticed after Chanuka, it takes much more time to wrap the gifts up nicely than it does to unwrap it?  Around here, it

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The Nutcracker

Tonight I took my three daughters (8, 12, 14) out to see a performance of the Nutcracker.  I’ve taken them three times in the past,

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Making fruit leather

These past several days, a couple of my boys have been motivated to make fruit leather and dried fruit.  Since we got the dehydrator, dehydrating

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The Business of Being Born

Last night I went to see this film, The Business of Being Born, at a women’s showing sponsored in the community.  I was ambivalent about

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Alternatives to sugar

I’ve mentioned before that I don’t use any sweeteners of any kind for myself, and for my family I absolutely avoid white sugar.  So I’ve

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Oat walnut burgers

Last night we had these oat walnut burgers for dinner; my kids always enjoy them.  My oldest son asked me what it is that makes them

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Toilet training

A couple of weeks ago we decided now would be a good time for our 2.5 year old to become independent of diapers during the

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