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Back To School – The Paper Stacks

Laurel Plum — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:16:00 +0000

This week has been crazy! The Little Guy has now finished his first week of real school. He did very well and really enjoys it. Yay! ! This has been a BIG transition for both of us. Honestly, I think he has taken it in stride better than I have. There were a lot of things [...]

School Room Update

Laurel Plum — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:40:34 +0000

Is anyone curious about the progress in my little school room? I’ll give you an update today on the clean up then we will get to the fun stuff! The next articles will be all about the projects that I am putting together to organize the room for learning for him, year long manageability for [...]

Make A Launch Pad

Laurel Plum — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:08:02 +0000

Okay. I know you have heard this one before, but I can not NOT mention it. Especially when we are talking about kids and getting back to school. Every home needs a launch pad. It is just a simple place where you put everything so it is ready to go out the door as you do. [...]

Goulash Recipes – per Request

Laurel Plum — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:18:08 +0000

When making up your meal plans, try to come up with many meals that will give you a two for one. You can make extra of some ingredients the first night specifically to utilize the leftovers to concoct dinner a second night. I will give you a few examples, but anyone can look at the ingredients of the meals they already typically make to come up with recipes that will reduce cooking time on a second meal.

Menu Planning Part 3 – Cooking Big

Laurel Plum — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:00:58 +0000

Large family gatherings are big around this part of the country. It is very common for brothers, sisters, cousins, moms and dads, aunts and uncles, PLUS additional friends to all gather once a week at Granny’s. Especially on Sunday afternoons. In addition, when I was growing up, our house was where all of the kids [...]