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I have been trying to write this post for almost three weeks. It is a horrible subject to post about. It is not about how to keep your teenager safe. Unless you lock them away in a padded room, teenagers with any exposure to the "real" world are at the mercy of themselves and others. At this very moment, my 17 1/2 year old son is at a friends house, a couple of miles from here. He rode his bike over there this evening, and curfew isn't for an hour. I won't go to bed until he is back home, I won'… Continue

What does it mean to be a Mompreneur?
According to Wisegeek, http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-mompreneur.htm , mompreneur is a newly coined term for women who establish businesses at home while also acting as the full time parent of their children. The mompreneur movement is one steadily growing in the US as mothers try to find ways to make money, express their creativity or business acumen, and also to parent their children.

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Baked Beans, Pasta Salad and California Style Chicken Croissants

Ginny's Baked Beans
For our family, Labor Day has always represented that bittersweet transition from the relatively lazy days of summer to the hectic fall schedule of school and sports. Inevitably the same dishes would be requested year after year. One staple that could always be counted on, and definitely expected, was my mother-in-law Ginny's homemade baked beans. When you walked in the front door of her house, yo… Continue

Today was the big day, Back to School! In an effort to be prepared, the night before I asked my 2nd grader what he would pick as his favorite lunch items. The reply I got was “Pizza… oh, and plums. Plums are like my favorite ever. I like yogurt too.” For a six year old, I think he had some pretty good ideas. This is officially my fifteenth year of sending children off to school, and I have had some definite winners and losers in the lunch box category. Having children in private school means the… Continue