Warts: Lemon Essential Oil . Just a drop two to three times a day, directly on the wart – and it disappeared. Stomach Flu: Each boy got his turn at this flu, about 3-4 days apart. I didn’t have Mama Milton’s remedy, Oscillococcinum with me, but I did have essential oil of Cinnamon, Oregano and [...]
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I should have known things were going to go wrong, when I couldn’t even print my list of 13 things to do before you leave for vacation – due to some hard drive error. So, working from memory, here’s how my way out the door went. I put the Blockbuster DVDs on the roof of [...]
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Men, when you’re standing at the back door with the car running, trying to get a jump on the traffic, and she’s still in the house doing “whatever” it is she is doing. This is what she’s doing. Grab a number and go help her. And ladies, here’s a checklist to help keep you sane [...]
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DON’T DO THIS!!! WARNING! DANGER!!! This is definitely a list I need to keep and re-read, as the 4 boy’s birthdays revolve around the calendar. This happened June 7, for my second-born son’s birthday. But, I am just now recovered enough to be able to write about it. I don’t like going crazy with birthdays, [...]
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It’s the end of the school year, and I will inevitably get one of those “handprint” poems from the kids, or the one, “There Will Be Time” by Peggy O’Mara. They tell me that childhood doesn’t wait. They advise me that I’m caring for eternity, children grow so quickly, and that the dishes can wait. [...]
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My husband has been out of town for two nights, and there are about 5 more days of travel ahead, including the weekend. So, it’s up to me to juggle the boy’s after-school sports schedules, homework, questions to the teacher about their “extra-curricular” end-of-the-year projects. (Do teachers think May is actually December? Piling everything on [...]
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I love Diner Food Code Names. What are they? You know, Adam’s Ale, is Milk. You can read more, here. So, today, here are 13 more for you to have some fun with. The lucky person with the most correct answers will win a $10 gift card from Starbucks’, where you can get yourself a [...]
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When I was pregnant, everyone said, “Kids grow up too fast.” They also said, “kids say the darndest things.” I vowed to make it last as long as I could by recording the best of the things they said. So, instead of a yearly brag letter about us at Christmas Time — I put a [...]
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