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Fabulous Chocolate Chip Cookies: Update
If you like your Cookies a little more dense and not to flatten out so much try using less butter. Butter gives the cookies a great buttery flavor and a crispy texture, but they tend to be more flat. Last…
Days 21 & 22: My Journey from Pudgy to "Perfect"
At the end of my first three weeks I’ve been forced to take a small hiatus from exercising. Saturday I had an assembly to attend. I was up at 3:45 am because of the baby and got up to get…
Days 5 – 20: My Journey from Pudgy to "Perfect"
I know, I’ve been a very bad girl. No updates in 2 weeks :(. Well, I have been keeping track and here is how things have gone. Days 5 & 6 Power 90 kicked my butt so bad earlier in…
Joined the 350 Challenge
Yesterday I joined the 350 Challenge to help fight climate change. The thank you message I received from Brighter Planet explains why I was inclined to do so even though they had already reached their goal of 350 bloggers. Check…
Wonderful Products for a Breastfeeding Mother
Any nursing mother knows that a babies lips, gums and tongue – soft as they may seem – can wreak havoc on a tender breast. Unfortunately, baby doesn’t always latch on the right way and there is that occasional uncomfortable,…
Italian Chicken Stew
This recipe is one that I adapted from the Food Network show Everyday Italian with Giada De Laurentis. I made it so that it was a bit quicker to put together, but still had all the depth of flavor of…
Flooding in the Midwest
Last weekend and the beginning of this weeks were horrible days of scary weather. We had tornado warnings, continuous rain and massive flooding. Everywhere you looked in NW Ohio there were rivers and creeks overflowing their banks and low lying…
Days 3 & 4: My Journey from Pudgy to "Perfect"
Everyone has their own standard of perfection. In the case of weight loss it’s the solid idea of what you’ll be like as the process of life modification molds you. You must have concretely in mind more than just what…
Days 1 & 2: My Journey from Pudgy to "Perfect"
Height: 5’2″ Weight: 188 lbs. Yikes! Believe it or not that is almost 30 lbs. lost postpartum. That’s the largest I’ve ever been. Bust: 40″ above x 47″ around x 40″ below (Can you say Triple-D?) Abdomen: 42″ Waist: 40″…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-01
@handbagheaven I’m still looking for a handba. I’ve been shopping at JCPenney, Kohl’s and Sears so far # @eMom after I had DD2 in late December I was away from my computer so long my inbox was buried in 10s…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-01
@handbagheaven I’m still looking for a handba. I’ve been shopping at JCPenney, Kohl’s and Sears so far # @eMom after I had DD2 in late December I was away from my computer so long my inbox was buried in 10s…
Look Mom! No Hands Photography
Do you love to take pictures? Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you wanted to use our camera on a tripod but didn’t have a solid place to put it? I can’t tell you how many times…
Have Your Children Participate In Nature
One of the reasons I feel so strongly about involving my little one(s) in the gardening process is because it is such a great learning experience. They learn how to plant seeds, when and how to prepare the ground, what…
Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth: Fabulous Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sweet treats are my weakness. Nothing quells my craving though like chocolaty yummy chocolate chip cookies. My favorite recipe is one I adapted from the Crisco Butter Flavor Shortening can. Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter (one stick) 1/4 cup butter flavor…
How did you learn to ride a bike?
When I was about 3 years old I had a generic Big Wheel that my mother would let me ride in the garage. She was not much of an outdoors person. She hated bugs, mud and creepy, slimy animals aka…
Sensitivity to Phosphates
You may never have thought much about this, but many manufacturers of processed and prepackaged foods add phosphates as a preservative and flavor enhancer. Your Thanksgiving turkey, juicy pork loin, frozen chicken breasts, egg rolls and even your gallon of…
Time Capsule In The Wall
Over the weekend my DH was able to finish stubbing in some new plumbing in the bathroom and he had an idea. He asked if I’d like to make a time capsule of sorts with some items that would be…
Authentic Parmiggiano Reggiano
I love cheese. Anything from cheddar to blue cheese, gouda to edam, ricotta to havarti I just love the taste of cheese. When I was a kid one we never got to try was authentic Parmesan cheese. The only kind…
Garlicky Alfredo Sauce
If you love garlic and parmesan cheese you will love this Alfredo Sauce recipe. This sauce will go great with shrimp, crab, lobster, chicken or just noodles. Typically it is served with fetuccine, but will go great with any pasta…
Do You Include Your Children?
In this age of technological advances it is easy to allow the computer, the TV, the MP3, or the video game system player to keep your children occupied and pacified. Really what are they learning? One, that they are not…
