Category Archives: How To

Let’s Talk Turkey! Safely!

Thanksgiving is right around the corner—again.  My daughter calls it the forgotten holiday.  As soon as Halloween decorations come down, Christmas displays in stores come out—and where does Thanksgiving fit in?  In our house it is a day to reflect on how grateful we are for everyone and everything we have.  And it just happens to also be a BIG food day!  Childhood memories of a turkey cooking in the oven, and all the trimmings served to family around a
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We Need To Purchase What?

After the holidays it was brought to my attention that the home microwave was acting funny. Not ha-ha funny -- but it was not working like it should. Now that does not surprise me, the microwave was a wedding gift. And my husband and I are fast approaching 25 years. So now the shopping begins, my husband is really into looking at the Internet, reading articles -- you know research. I on the other hand need to go and physically look
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Get a Plan: My New Year’s Resolution

What’s my new year’s resolution? I want to get better at planning, really, any kind of planning. I tend to live day by day, which definitely has its benefits, but drawbacks it has too. What am going to plan? I want to do a better job at planning for the week’s meals ahead of time…meaning before 6 o’clock at night when I’m scrambling to throw together yet another dinner “creation.” I could start with planning the whole week, but that is
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