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Archives for September 2009

Don’t send those dried out carrots to the compost before you read this.

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September 29, By Kristia 7 Comments

My family loves baby carrots with dressing as a snack, so recently I bought two bags that were on sale in a Buy One Get One Free promotion. But before we could eat them all, they dried out and just weren’t that appetizing for any of us. The thought of throwing away an unopened bag […]

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Shoe-Fly Cake

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September 28, By Kristia 10 Comments

…or muffins. I grew up in Pennsylvania Dutch country where Shoe-Fly Pie is a specialty. While I like Shoe-Fly pie, I LOVE Shoe-Fly cake. It is another one of those recipes that takes me back to my childhood. My grandmother always made it for me because she knew how much I loved it. She sent […]

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Whoa Nellie! Put the brakes on that spending.

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September 24, By Kristia Leave a Comment

Have you ever had a month where you looked at your bank account and you wondered, wait just a minute, there should be more in there? Where did it all go? Well, we are having that month. I was entering some transactions into Quicken and some $$ went here for that and some $$ went […]

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Got Perennials? Fall is a good time to divide and save.

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September 22, By Kristia Leave a Comment

We have a long empty flower bed that would cost me a fortune to fill with store bought plants. I have a lot of echinacea and black eyed susans that need divided and fall is a great time to divide certain perennials. If you divide in the fall, you should do it 6-8 weeks before […]

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Turkey and Veggie Sloppy Joes

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September 21, By Kristia 10 Comments

Are there recipes in your file that take you back to your childhood? My mom and nanny made sloppy joes a lot when I was growing up. But we didn’t call it sloppy joes, we called it barbecue. I find that the word barbecue means different things to different regions. In my neck of the […]

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A Women’s Health Checklist for Turning 40.

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September 17, By Kristia Leave a Comment

This is the third installment of my Turning 40 Series. I am focusing on my health so that I can hopefully live a long full life with my family. I am an older mom of younger kids. I had my first child at 36 and my second at 38. I was 17 years old and […]

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A Financial Checklist for Turning 40.

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September 16, By Kristia 1 Comment

This is the second post of my Turning 40 series. As I stated in my first post, I am turning 40 this fall. I read somewhere online that turning 40 is kinda like half-time in a football game. You have already played the first half and now you have to plan for the second half…of […]

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Preparing for my BIG 4-0.

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September 15, By Kristia Leave a Comment

This fall is a big season for me. I will celebrate 9 years of marriage and 18 years together with my husband, my oldest turns 4 and I turn 4-0…yikes…I can hardly say it or even type it. A big milestone and a time everyone wants to remind me that I am getting old. OLD, […]

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Mediteranean Orzo Pilaf

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September 14, By Kristia 11 Comments

I had never even eaten Rice-a-Roni until college when my roommate made it for me. I thought she was a gourmet cook when she added chicken to the rice while it cooked and voila…chicken and rice dinner. Wow, I was so impressed. I didn’t know a thing about cooking back then and I didn’t really […]

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Goodbye Summer, Hello Routine.

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September 2, By Kristia Leave a Comment

My family had a wonderful summer filled with trips to the pool, picnics, playdates, the beach, bubbles, ice cream, fresh garden food and for me and my husband – an occasional Corona light with lime on our back patio once the kids were in bed. My kids stayed up late and slept in. They were […]

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