Archives for July 2007

In the last few weeks, my 19 year old son Stephen, myself and Duane, have been talking to an Army recruiter about the possibility of Stephen enlisting. Neither my husband nor myself have had any experience with a military lifestyle or commitment so we were a bit surprised when he came to us with this […]

When a gorgeous shade tree died, that helped cool our house, I knew I needed a summer strategy for getting dinner to the table without cooking. So I started gathering up salad recipes into a complimentary 50 page ebook. If it is too hot to cook at your house, download Sensational Summer Salads ebook for […]

Yesterday’s paper had an article about rapidly rising grocery prices for certain items. They mentioned that it is estimated that 30% of food purchased is thrown out. YIKES, I’d be broke if I wasted that much food. What do you think? Marilyn

“Food production is energy intensive, says the article in today’s paper, from the natural gas used to make fertilizer, to the fuel used to harvest and transport crops, to the plastic wrap used to package items.” The more we buy food with less processing such as chicken, but not pre-cooked/marinated chicken the better the price. […]