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Working Mom 2 Three 2015 Round Up!
Happy New Year’s Eve, 2015! All week you’ve been seeing all the round ups – best books, best bloopers, break ups, babies – well, here’s another – the round up of the best posts from Working Mom 2...
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Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2016 and a new year. Turn the page on the calendar. Start fresh. Even if you don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions, it’s hard to ignore the pull of a new year to think of what you want...
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Nonworking Mom 2 Three?
Well, hey, hi – here I am posting after a loooong absence. What a year it’s been! I thought last year was crazy, but 2016 is turning out to have it’s share of life twists. After the new year, I...
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Tex-Mex Eggrolls with Cilantro Dipping Sauce
Tex-Mex Eggrolls are a labor of love, and I wouldn’t have chosen to make them if my daughter hadn’t specifically requested them to bring to the annual pool-party pot luck (you may remember last year’s...
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What does an unemployed mom do all day?
I never really wondered what it would be like being a stay at home mom. I knew I had to work, so why spend a lot of time on a lifestyle that couldn’t be. Besides, as my family grew, I realized that...
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Wrapping Paper Organization
Dang has it been hot this week! Into the 90s every day. I haven’t felt like doing much, even in the air conditioning. I tackled the very small task of organizing my wrapping paper. I had seen this...
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What I Miss About Working
No matter how much you love your profession, a job is a job, and if we are honest, there are days when we just don’t want to work. Now that I’m unemployed and have no choice, I find I am missing...
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Pickled Red Onions
Earlier this week I mentioned that I miss certain things about my old workplace’s cafeteria – one of which was the pickled red onions that they would serve as a condiment with certain offerings. I...
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Our Summer Soundtrack
The summer days are flitting away. I feel like I’m living one of those movie calendars – you know the ones that they put in old movies to show the passing of time – like the pages of a book, the...
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Peace
Hi All! Have you missed me? If you have been wondering where I’ve been, well, I’ve been sitting in front of my computer every day for a good part of the day searching for a job. Yes, still...
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Soup!
It’s been soup weather for a while now. I love soup all year round, but I admit that it doesn’t have as much appeal to me as it does in the fall and winter. After indulging in hot dogs, burgers,...
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Happy New Year 2017!
I am so ready to be done with 2016! This year has been a crappy year for many reasons – which is saying a lot seeing as 2015 was all about being treated for breast cancer. I am usually a...
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Lessons I’ve Learned Since Being Unemployed
It’s been a full 7 months since I haven’t had a job. This is the longest time that I’ve been unemployed since I was 16 years old. It’s been an education in many ways, and I thought I’d share the...
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Meal Planning Redux
I originally posted about meal planning back in January of 2015. I felt that it was a good time to drag it out and post it again. With the new year, I’ve heard lots of resolutions for meal planning....
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An Organized Brain?
The last couple weeks there has been this ad in my Facebook newsfeed for a free online workshop to teach me how to be more organized. The ad’s statement about being disorganized: “. . . it’s not your...
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The Best Eggplant Parmesan!
Don’t you love these food posts that proclaim their recipe to be “the best”. How do they know? Have they tried every recipe in the world? I realize that this hyperbole is part of the blogger gig....
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St. Patrick’s Day Rant
St. Patrick’s Day is this coming Friday, and if you are one of the 64 million american adults that will be celebrating in some way, you may be searching the web for ideas for Irish food, local...
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Why do we do it all?
Since I’ve been unemployed, several times Chuck has wondered aloud, “when did you find time to do all this when you were working?” He’s referring to all the doctors’ appointments, and school...
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Sweet Hot Mustard Chicken Thighs
I’ve been preparing dinner for my family for a long time. I’ve had a meal plan for almost 20 years, and there hasn’t been much change to it. I’m always trying new recipes, but there are only a few...
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Top 10 Things to Bring to a Vacation Rental
We recently got back from our annual vacation to Maine. We have vacationed in various rented condos for the last 25 years! Along the way, I’ve learned a trick or two about packing for the vacation...
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