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Category: Parenting

  • Mom? You know how you peel a carrot or an apple with a knife? How do you keep your eyes peeled? The 5 y.o.

  • Menu Plan for the Week 7/25 – 7/31/11

    My heirloom veggie garden goodness is kicking into high gear w zucchini, peppers, carrots, golden beets, English peas and beans. I’m also supplementing from local farmers with family favorites like…

  • On Booze, Beverages & Blondes

    The 9 y.o.: Mom? What ARE you looking for? This is the third time we’ve passed the Faygo display. We’re going in circles. The Mom: I’m looking for cream of…

  • The BEST Double-Chocolate Zucchini Bread EVER

    Everyone who eats this bread LOVES it. Kids cannot taste the ‘magic’ ingredient. This summer, our garden is producing zucchini like it’s going out of style, so I’m saving the…

  • On Historical Analogies

    The Mom: And IF there are any problems, we will be in the car heading home quicker than Hitler took Poland. Do you have any questions? The 12 y.o.: How…

  • The girl with the most clothes in her closet wins. The 5 y.o.

  • You know how in the bible days there was manna? I think zucchini is our modern manna ‘cause it just keeps popping up in our garden. And it’s filling but…

  • Great CEOs are Born, Not Made :: Harvard Business Review

    Bob Lutz in his recent book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters makes the point that GM was doing fine until in the mid 1970s the MBA-trained finance guys took control…

  • On Pharmaceuticals

    The Mom: I *need* Midol. The 5 y.o.: You need your doll? That would be in the toy section of Target. Let’s go.

  • Goodbye Wallets :: Hello Mobile Payments {INFOGRAPHIC}

    via plasticmobile.com

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