So far, this post has generated more personal comments to me than any other of my newspaper columns. People tell me this one is clipped, and hanging on their fridge. We start out by identifying clear boundaries: You cannot hide on the roof (anymore), inside of cars or, definitely, in the house. Warmer Octobers, unlike [...]
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He fought an uphill battle all week to get ready for this night. The little storm trooper had a little trouble keeping up with everyone else, and his helmet kept bugging him bu he completed the night halfway through by saying, “I have everything I need.” Ahhh, to feel complete.
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The boys are concerned that little brother will be too sick to go trick-or-treating, and, horror of horrors, will get NO CANDY! So, they’ve devised a plan. The little boy made his very own H1N1 sign (“How do you spell H1N1?”) and drew an unhappy swine. The brothers will take the photo, along with an [...]
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The flu has arrived here — we have no idea if it is H1N1, or if there is something worse yet to come. But it doesn’t really matter. We are alive, and we’re all taking very good care of each other. We started with the herbs right away and the Oscillo stuff seemed to help [...]
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Making a pie from a pumpkin is as easy as baking a potato. Yet, some of you are as mystified as Cinderella’s stagecoach by the whole concept of turning a pumpkin in a pie. It’s so easy! The important thing to remember is to “let the oven do the work for you.” Just like a [...]
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Two letters have already been sent home from school this week — “Headlice in the classroom.” Who wants to deal with the laundry, the chemicals and incubation periods? Not me. Some local hair salons are selling over the counter spray, full of Rosemary Essential Oil, to prevent the lice from even thinking about jumping on [...]
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I’ve been telling all of my friends about Tessa Kiros’s method of making two meals at once by first boiling your chicken, and then frying it — because I love multi-tasking. (Really, I like taking the night off once in a while.) I stumbled upon this recipe while reading the House Beautiful review of Tessa’s [...]
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We started our search at the barbershop, where I managed to squeeze four boys into the cue before the lunch crowd hit. There were some grumpy old men sitting in those chairs while they waited for one boy, then another… and then… well, you can imagine. “Never before have I had to wait so long [...]
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