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Aug30
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 As I promised with Monday's menu plan, here is the recipe for the Sausage & Four Bean meal for tomorrow's dinner! I think this would be an interesting addition to a potluck, personally. I'm looking forward to tasting it tomorrow to see if it's as good as it sounds. We made the Lebanese salad last night and it turned out really well, even without sitting for the "minimum" of three hours that the cookbook stated it needed. (Oops.) Even my six-year-old ate some of it, along with the pita bread on the side. Chilled for the right amount of time it too would be good for potlucks and bbq time. Hmmmm...
Here's the recipe for tomorrow's dinner:
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Aug28
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Graco fans take note: a safety notice has been issued regarding certain ComfortSport (R) car seats. If you are using a ComfortSport car seat in the rear-facing position and using the LATCH system for your vehicle, there is an increased...
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Aug27
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Every Workerette knows how important it is to plan ahead and try to streamline things like grocery shopping, meal preparation, and kitchen storage in order to (hopefully!) add a few more minutes to the day. ...
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Aug25
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How many of you Workerettes are feeling just a weeee bit overwhelmed from time to time? I thought of the perfect analogy, if you're old enough to recall the following tool.Remember when libraries had card catalogs that had little drawers...
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Aug24
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We're nearing the end of summer and I can't be the only one that relocated recently, can I? Many companies choose to move families during the summer to help cut down on the interruption of children's studies mid-school year. That's...
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Aug21
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I have a confession to make, ladies: I think I'm becoming a recipe nerd. Seriously! I hit the library yesterday and was on the prowl for as many back issues of Good Housekeeping and Ladies Home Journal as they'd let...
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Aug20
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Today was a long, busy day for our family! Right now we're doing "single vehicle ops", as my hubby says, until we can get our other truck down to California from Washington - usually it's no biggie since I work...
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Every Workerette knows how important it is to plan ahead and try to streamline things like grocery shopping, meal preparation, and kitchen storage in order to (hopefully!) add a few more minutes to the day. ...
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Aug16
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Since we're already in the kitchen for Slow Cooking Thursday, let's pick up a few quickie cooking tips while we're at it! Try some of these on for size - and don't forget to leave me a comment with your...
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Whether you're a Workerette juggling a job outside the home, an at-home mom, a work-at-home mom or all of the above *yikes!*, you've probably wondered if a slow cooker would be useful for you. I'm personally learning that the...
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Aug14
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Dealing with a deadbeat parent who won't cough up the dough? According to this news report, a fairly new option called the Passport Denial Program may convince the obligor to finally pay up on that back child support in order...
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When I was growing up my mom tried several different direct sales opportunities to supplement my father's military salary. There was Tupperware, Tri-Chem, Tiara, Friendly Home Toy Parties - those are only the ones I can remember off the top of...
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Is your child's school green and healthy? If you've been impressed by the healthy school meals your kids have access to, or the positive changes the cafeteria team at a local school have made, now is your chance to give...
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Alright Workerettes, sharpen your pencils and get your fresh Word documents open. It's time to send off submissions to LadyPens to market yourselves, your writing, or your business, and try to win some fun prizes on top of it all!As...
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This one is already all over the news, but if you're like me and don't watch the news because of all the gruesome gabbing going on, you'll want to click over and read all of these Mattel recalls. Turns out...
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Aug13
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Cost Plus World Market has announced a recall of the pictured metal folding chairs due to collapses that can cause injury to the person trying to sit in them. Too bad, these are cute little chairs! Look them over and...
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Okay, Workerettes, it's time to put the call out once again for folks who'd like to be featured here on Workerette.com. Let me help YOU get noticed!As you may have noticed, I've been featuring articles from a variety of women...
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Right before we moved I tried to use up as much as possible from our freezer, fridge, and pantry, but it just wasn't enough. A family of three can live for a while the way I stock up, which is...
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Organic chocolate lovers, take note: Whole Foods has issued an allergy allert and voluntary recall of certain chocolate bars that may contain undeclared almonds. If you or a family member have allergies to nuts, be sure to check your sweets...
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Every Workerette knows how important it is to plan ahead and try to streamline things like grocery shopping, meal preparation, and kitchen storage in order to (hopefully!) add a few more minutes to the day. ...
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Aug11
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This one speaks for itself, gals. Ten minutes of prep time, no cooking, and plenty of spice to tempt your tastebuds. Go with the Eden Organic version of the soy beans, diced tomatoes, and soy sauce, as well as organic...
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YAY! I got the rest of the kitchen boxes unpacked and I have my cookbooks back. Now to sit down and make a Menu Plan for Monday. I'm so sick of fast food, between me and you! As I was...
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Looking for more ways to prepare for the return to school? If you're trying to cut pounds by cutting calories from lunches and keeping activity levels high, consider the weight added from ye olde backpack! Kids can develop lots of...
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It's that time of year again! Everyone's trying to hit the back-to-school sales to prep for the upcoming year. We have it a little easier since we home school pretty much year 'round, but for the past month we've been...
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Aug10
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As you know, I've got some baby weight left to lose. I accepted the May Day Weight Challenge recently (still have a few weeks to go, thankfully!) and last week, while on the road, I made a commitment to a...
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Crystal over at Biblical Womanhood recently asked the following of her blog visitors:"At what age did you begin assigning chores for your children? What sorts of chores did you assign them when they were little? Do you have a set...
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As the movers delivered our household goods on Monday, I was reminded that there's a whole lot of summer left to enjoy. I'm looking forward to getting through the rest of the boxes and such indoors (I'm halfway there -...
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My husband and I were just checking out bikes at Costco yesterday so this product recall caught my eye (as did the fact that Raleigh is based in Kent, WA, a scant half hour from where I lived until the...
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Howdy, Workerettes! Did ya miss me? We're finally getting settled into our new home here in California (well, new to us, anyway) and I am finally back online and ready to post, post, post for you!As luck - or Murphy's...
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