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Thanksgiving Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes

Thanksgiving Holiday Meal Sweet potatoes just speak of Thanksgiving. What a treat they are, and healthy as well! This slow cooker version is an easy step to getting out of the kitchen and spending time with...

19 comments    advice family how to
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How To Create A Recipe!

Do you want to cook something different for dinner or dessert, but not sure where to start? Over the years of cooking, I had to be creative, because kids were awfully hard to please, not to mention a...

16 comments    family how to food
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Got Attitude? 10 Strategies That Help!

Bad Attitude got you down? Some days, you just wake up with an attitude. On any day, you're either the bug, or the windsheild. "An Attitude" meaning not a good one. It doesn't feel good to feel bad, but it's hard to shake. Stress piles up on...

19 comments    advice family tips
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The White Potato Gets A Bad Rap

I love potatoes - sweet, white, red you name it. I'll walk a mile for a mashed potato and that is precisely the point of this article. WALK THE MILE. I did a bit of research on the white potato just because: ...

21 comments    how to food tips
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The Good and Bad of a Stalk of Celery

What's in a stalk of celery, besides water? Oops...sugar. I'll tell you the bad first, it's a short list. Celery's Bad Celery is high in sodium and what calories it has are mainly from the sugar, with...

19 comments    health food tips
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10 Fabulous Uses For Peanut Butter

The following Peanut Butter information, will not gross you out, as did my dissertation on the 10 Fabulous Uses for Toenail Clippings. I do apologize for that hub, and when you have time, please take a look...

72 comments    health food children
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The Importance of Optimism, A Foster Parent's Story

I have a story to tell. As a foster parent of over 18 years, and after parenting over 250 kids and teaching classes for 13 years, plus counseling adoptive families and families in crisis, I've been inspired...

34 comments    advice life family
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Christmas Buttermilk Chocolate Sheet Cake

Part of the magic of Christmas is that all sweets, delicious meals, and brightly or creatively wrapped gifts just seem to appear. Or so it was, if you were 10, or 17, visiting my many aunts and grandmother in...

23 comments    home food recipes
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10 Fabulous Uses For Toenail Clippings

Toes are completely misunderstood and under appreciated for their great contribution to our day. How could you walk without them? So, when's the last timeyou really utilized those toenail clippings? ...

123 comments    health how fun
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Have You Ever Met A Hard Boiled Egg You Couldn't Peel?

I'll tell you this tip right off: Cold hard boiled eggs are easier to peel than hot ones. Now, you're probably tempted to read no further, but Cockle-doodle-dooo! (ok, bad joke.) This method is a great one...

21 comments    entertainment life advice
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