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Top Ten Inventions for Babies and Their Parents
Grandparenthood makes a person go a little baby crazy. A mind consumed with baby thoughts. Sentences reduced to baby talk. Conversation reduced to discussions about what baby gifts to purchase for Christmas. And today, a top ten list of the greatest baby inventions of...
3 Recent Foodie Finds
Life has been a series of cooking adventures down our gravel road lately. The man of steel is cutting down on sugar, and allergy tests keep revealing more foods I need to avoid. At this rate, we'll be reduced to foraging nuts and berries in the fall and eating...
Older Than I Feel
The past week has been so hard on my perky, Pollyanna you're-as-young-as-you-feel attitude, it left me thinking I'm plenty older than I feel. The onslaught began last week with the birth of our first grandchild. Of course, that was a joyous occasion, and the man of...
Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili
After yesterday's top ten list of chilly weather meals, today's post features a new recipe that might end up on next fall's list. This crockpot chili recipe took a little work to throw together, but it was worth it. The house smelled wonderful all day while it cooked,...
Top Ten Chilly Weather Recipes
For the past week, a chill's been in the air. Hot suppers jumped to the top of my what-to-cook-tonight list. So I opened the recipe file and came up with this list of top ten favorite chilly weather foods. Please, leave a comment about your favorite hot meal and a...
No Need to Change; Just Pivot!
An article about cutting edge business buzz words in yesterday's Des Moines Register gave me an entirely new outlook about change. The story explained why the business world prefers the word pivot to change this way: When things didn't go well, it used to be that you...