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Works for Me Wednesday

Mexican Chicken

January 26, 2010

I mentioned in my menu plan Monday post that I am compiling a list of our favorite recipes to use in a regular menu rotation.
I thought it would be fun to share those favorite recipes with you as I have them.
Tonight we had Mexican Chicken. The recipe comes from an Old Country Store cookbook that [...]

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Write it Down

October 28, 2009

As many of you know, this week is full of preparations for our move back to the states from Germany.
The bulk will be done by Friday afternoon….we’ll have a virtually empty house. And then a few weeks later, we’ll fly home.
There have been times during this move that my head has been swimming with thoughts [...]

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Rainy Day Entertainment

October 21, 2009

For Will’s birthday we got him an indoor play tent.
Instead of having it out all the time, since that would be practically impossible to do, we save it for rainy days.
The kids have fun crawling through tunnels, throwing balls through basketball hoops and playing peek-a-boo in the tent.

It keeps them busy and helps them to [...]

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Eliminating Booster Seat Yuck

October 14, 2009

When my kids moved from high chairs to sitting in booster seats at the table, I thought our days of high-chair grime and food caught in crevices were over.
Boy, was I wrong!
The space between the booster seat and the seat of our dining table chairs can catch every random spill and piece of food there [...]

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Clean the Kitchen Before Dinner

October 7, 2009

The couple of hours between dinner and bedtime is my busiest time of the day.
The best way I have found to help with this hectic time is to get as much cleaning done in the kitchen as I can BEFORE dinner.
As I cook, I gather the dishes that are used. During longest cooking time, when [...]

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Early Bird Shopping

September 23, 2009

I’ve never been a big fan of grocery shopping.
It has always been a bit overwhelming for me. There’s just so many decisions to be made in a short amount of time.
Add in a crowd of people and three preschoolers in tow and it can easily be one of the most stressful chores of my entire [...]

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Deployment Communication

September 16, 2009

Military marriages are hard. They take a certain amount of extra work because of special circumstances that arise because of being a part of the military.
The major special circumstance that makes military marriages especially hard are constant seperations.
During this time for our country, deployments are a way of life for military members and their families.
They [...]

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A Place for the Shoes

September 9, 2009

I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying, “A Place for Everything and Everything in it’s Place”.
I have found this cute little one liner to be the best organizational tip ever. It is so true….if everything has a place and is also in that place, the clutter is pretty much non-existent.
I can’t say that I [...]