My brother is graduating from college this morning. It’s very bittersweet since we are all so proud of him, but it just reminds me how fast time flies! We are 9 years apart, so I have pretty clear memories of the day he was born and of him growing up. I remember thinking that little [...]
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For weeks after I had gotten a product sample of Wet Ones antibacterial wipes, I kept forgetting to put the Handi-Wipes travel kit in my diaper bag. Then, I would have a thought when I was out–I wish I had my antibacterial wipes for…. Wiping off hands as well as the Potette at an outdoor [...]
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Did you know…. (Shelli did!) ….that you can make an educated decision of which loaf to buy when you have bread on your shopping list? I was taught by my husband when we first got married that the best method was to just give the loaf a gentle tap on the top to see how [...]
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Place one square of matzah on a paper plate (it IS Pesach, you know! = NO dishes – YEA!) Dump some KforP (Kosher for Passover) tomato sauce from a jar on top, sprinkle w/ mozzarella cheese, and nuke for exactly 1 minute. Cut with pizza cutter, watch your 2 year old ask for “mosh peesa [...]
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To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, the United States Postal Service has issued a forever stamp in her honor. The only problem is that they didn’t use a picture of Lady Liberty. Instead the picture they used is of the Statue of Liberty replica from the New York-New York Casino in [...]
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1) Put parchment paper down on the cookie sheet before making fish sticks or chicken nuggets – you will be amazed. 2) Popcorn made easy: 1/4 cup popcorn kernels, splash of olive oil, sprinkle of salt, paper bag. 4 tiny folds, nuke on popcorn setting. Never buy microwave popcorn again. 3) Never buy cookie cutters [...]
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This works not only for kids learning how, but for us slightly less neat grown-ups… Before cracking eggs, simply place a paper towel UNDER the bowl, and any drips or spills will be captured BY the paper towel. Then, you can also place the discarded egg shells on the paper towel resulting in an easy-peasy [...]
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Boil the ENTIRE bag or box of pasta. Drain, put back in pot. Mix with olive oil and a pinch of salt. Whatever isn’t used for dinner can be stored in the fridge all week and mixed with new and exciting things for a few meals to come!
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So many of you, like me, (or at least, humor me, and pretend you’ve done this) go to UNload the dishwasher, and pull out the top rack, only to discover that half of the things flipped over, and are now vessels FULL of yucky dishwater water. And so you carefully remove them, dump them in [...]
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Because this is $.99: and this: is $1.49 a pound it’s much more economical to buy the former. But usually, you just need one or two to keep you going for the week. So instead of this: simply do this: Toss into a ziplock bag, and store flat in your freezer until frozen, then toss [...]
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