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  • Menu Plan for the Week of 2/7/11 to 2/13/11

    Monday 2/7 b. Applesauce Bread, Fruit Salad, Milk l. Annie’s Macaroni & Cheese, Applesauce 2Go, Snap Peas, Cookies s. Cinnamon Bread w Peanut Butter & Jelly d. Wilted Spinach, Dried… Read more →

  • YOU don’t get any chocolate. YOU didn’t win. Chocolate…is for winners. The 8 y.o. (who hasn’t seen Glengarry Glen Ross – honest!) Read more →

  • Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Brown Butter Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies (adapted from Cooks Illustrated) 1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon baking soda14 tablespoons unsalted butter1/2 cup granulated sugar3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar1… Read more →

  • 8 Useful Online Tools for Web Designers and Developers

    For this post, we’ve found some online tools that are useful for design and development tasks, and the best part is…they’re all free to use. 0 to 255 0 to… Read more →

  • What Is Facebook, Really?

    Facebook is not really a website anymore. Rather, it’s a vast, branded utility. It’s like another World Wide Web, but with a profit motive. It’s a kind of Wikipedia, but… Read more →

  • Remember those pink fluffy boots you gave me when I was 5? You loved them; I did not, so they ‘disappeared’. Well, actually they ended up at the bottom of… Read more →

  • On Groundhog Day

    The 12 y.o.: So the Groundhog…I think his name is Pete? The Mom: Phil. The 12 y.o.: Ok Phil. And what was up with the Abe Lincoln costume? The Mom:… Read more →

  • On Texting

    The 12 y.o.: So, were you surprised to get a text from me during school? We’re doing a unit on technology so the teacher let us use our phones during… Read more →

  • Mommy – I don’t want you to die. But everyone does. So can you be sure to put in your will that *I* am the daughter who gets your Louis… Read more →

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