Our 17 year old son is almost done with his week of $20 meals. He’ll be guest-posting here soon to share his impressions of how the week went. Next up: our 16 year old daughter and one of our 13 year old sons. I spent yesterday afternoon toodling around to various stores with them....
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Every Christmas I hang a garland of twinkle lights and greenery over my bay window. I love it so much that it is always the very last Christmas decoration I take down. Often it lasts a good month longer than the Christmas tree. Occasionally I’ve left it up til spring, making it over with...
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Ever have trouble getting bread to rise? I sure do. When I really want to guarantee good bread, I hand the job off to my 16yo daughter. She has a great touch with yeast bread and almost always gets good results. However, I’ve been reading that pre-soaked and cooked grains are better digested by...
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Today I am sitting thinking happy thoughts. Saturday we had the joy of hanging out with all our kids. Dinner was teriyaki chicken and rice, guacamole and chips, and fruit salad, with apple crumb pie and ice cream for dessert. Dolphin Tale was the movie. I’d been looking forward to seeing it for awhile...
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~~ Our 17 year old was the first one to shop for his week of food. Since he can drive, he did the shopping solo. We decided to let him share a few items with a sibling to be able to pay decent prices. Those items were: a gallon of milk, a pound of...
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Someone asked for more details about my Merrell Pace Glove ‘barefoot’ shoes. I’ve tried them barefoot but don’t love the sweaty feeling, so I prefer to wear them with thin socks. They are form-fitting enough that there’s not enough room for thick socks, and I like to lace them loose for the most flexibility...
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Preparing teens to feed themselves without going broke
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The winner of the Curly Q shampoo is commenter #8 Rebekah J. I’ve got another fun giveaway for you today. Recently I bought and read such an interesting book that I contacted the author to ask for a copy that I could give away here. And good news: she graciously said yes! 7: An...
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We had a lovely weekend of various activities including getting together with all our kids. Our daughter Amanda is 5 months pregnant and feeling her baby move lots, and our daughter Erika is only 4 weeks from her due date now. I had the utter fun of sitting with both of the Saturday night...
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