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cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 1 Feb 11

I live 1500 miles away from my family, and my Mom & Dad recently sent me the sweetest gift. They sent me a Flip video camera so that I could easily record, upload, and e-mail video clips of my girls. It was an awesome gift, and...

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cbchops I love scrapbooking. I've never tried digital scrapbooking though. Mabe I should...it seems like it would be a little less time consuming. Do you reccommend any particular software? It's great that you've been able to keep up with it for your chuldren. One...

4 Feb 11

marguicha @marguicha (223720) • Chile 1 Feb 11

Of all my crops this first year of gardening for veggies, tomatoes were by far the greatest success. I have learned a lot, but I will put that into practice next year. Even with the tomatoes I learned too late that I should have...

gardening

tomato recipes

tomatos

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cbchops Blenders are amazing! You can use them for just about anything. We lucked out and got a high quality commercail grade one from an ice cream shop that went out of business. You can use is to mix bread dough, make soups, salsa, smoothies....there are a million...

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cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 31 Jan 11

In the last few weeks I've been "experimenting" in the kitchen. Honestly, I've surprised myself. I've challenged myself to ditch the recipe cards for at least one meal a week. For this meal I just "wing it." I check out the food...

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cbchops Eww! Exploded eggs are bad news...the mess..the smell...the whole thing! Yuck, yuck, yuck! I forget things all the time when I'm cooking. I normally forget garlic bread when I'm toasting it for just a few minutes in the oven. My family has developed a liking...

1 Feb 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 31 Jan 11

In the last few weeks I've been "experimenting" in the kitchen. Honestly, I've surprised myself. I've challenged myself to ditch the recipe cards for at least one meal a week. For this meal I just "wing it." I check out the food...

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cbchops Hi...I see you're new to myLot. I'm pretty new at this too, but it's my understanding that the quality of your posts is much more important the the mere number of posts. Leave great comments, start great discussions...get paid. You probably won't strike it...

1 Feb 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 1 Feb 11

I love to shop on Ebay. It's a game for me. I hunt down great buys and then watch and wait to try to get the bext price while not loosing the item to another sneaky ebayer like me. I'm working on getting an amazing deal on a sofa...

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cbchops The deals you can get on new technology are amazing. You can get great things at a fraction of the retail cost. A while back I bought MP3 players from China for Sunday School prizes. They were a bit difficult to load with music, but for .99 a piece my Sunday...

1 Feb 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 1 Feb 11

I love to shop on Ebay. It's a game for me. I hunt down great buys and then watch and wait to try to get the bext price while not loosing the item to another sneaky ebayer like me. I'm working on getting an amazing deal on a sofa...

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cbchops You can definitely find stuff on eBay that you can't find anywhere else. If you can dream it up...someone is trying to sell it on eBay! I think that's part of what makes it so great. You can get great collections or sets of things in "bits and pieces" and pay...

1 Feb 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 1 Feb 11

I live 1500 miles away from my family, and my Mom & Dad recently sent me the sweetest gift. They sent me a Flip video camera so that I could easily record, upload, and e-mail video clips of my girls. It was an awesome gift, and...

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cbchops I take lots of pictures too! I really try to capture as much of my girls' lives as I can. They're only going to be little once. I'm so thankful for technology that helps us remember it forever.

1 Feb 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 6 Jan 11

A friend of mine recently made the transition from a stay-at-home mom to working,full time outside of the home. She loves her job, the only complaint she has is that she doesn't have much time to cook for her family & they're...

cooking

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cbchops Great! I have a chicken in the refrigerator. I'll give it a try tonight! I try to use natural ingredients. Canned stock is one of the few canned items I purchase. I feel guilty feeding my little girls additives and processed foods. They deserve so much better!...

1 Feb 11

marguicha @marguicha (223720) • Chile 1 Feb 11

Of all my crops this first year of gardening for veggies, tomatoes were by far the greatest success. I have learned a lot, but I will put that into practice next year. Even with the tomatoes I learned too late that I should have...

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cbchops I've never tried green ones. They definitely shouldn't be too ripe thouggh. I wouldn't try drying them if they're mushy. Also, if the tomatoes have bruises on them I cut off the bruised parts. Good luck! You may try making salsa with your tomatoes too. I...

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cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 6 Jan 11

A friend of mine recently made the transition from a stay-at-home mom to working,full time outside of the home. She loves her job, the only complaint she has is that she doesn't have much time to cook for her family & they're...

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cbchops What am I don't wrong with my broth? When I just boil the chicken in water it doesn't seem quite rich enough. (I don't take the bones out either.) That's why I boil it in canned broth. When I just use water and add "Better than Buillion" it's better. Any tips?...

1 Feb 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 31 Jan 11

In the last few weeks I've been "experimenting" in the kitchen. Honestly, I've surprised myself. I've challenged myself to ditch the recipe cards for at least one meal a week. For this meal I just "wing it." I check out the food...

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cbchops Give it a try! Start easy with something that you can't really mess up too bad...like pasta sauce. You know the base is tomatoes. Add some garlic, basil, & oregano. Toss in some veggies if you like. Then use you sauce in a pasta dish. I've shared a couple...

1 Feb 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 31 Jan 11

In the last few weeks I've been "experimenting" in the kitchen. Honestly, I've surprised myself. I've challenged myself to ditch the recipe cards for at least one meal a week. For this meal I just "wing it." I check out the food...

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cbchops If I left the cooking to my husband we just might be in trouble. We'd eat lots of sweets though. He's an excellent baker!

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cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 31 Jan 11

My husband and I moved to the Florida Heartland 6 years ago. My children are old enough now that I would like to take them on inexpensive, special day trips every once in a while. We sometimes visit Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo and...

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cbchops My girls love Disney. It is pricey though. We save that for a once a year trip. The Seaworld pay for a a day play for a year pass is great. I forgot about that one. My girls are definitely old enough to enjoy that now. I definitely think we'll check into that...

31 Jan 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 31 Jan 11

In the last few weeks I've been "experimenting" in the kitchen. Honestly, I've surprised myself. I've challenged myself to ditch the recipe cards for at least one meal a week. For this meal I just "wing it." I check out the food...

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cbchops You're right...you do feel so much better when someone really likes something you came up with on your own! Last week a friend came over in the afternoon and picked through the fridge to find some leftovers. She found a pasta dish that I made the night before...

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cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 31 Jan 11

My oldest daughter has recently become interested in video games. I'm ok with her playing the games (or watching someone else play them) every once in a while. I don't want her to be one of those kids that ALWAYS has their...

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cbchops You've found great ways to fill your time. I think it's really important for kids (teenagers too) to be involved in a variety of activities. It give you a chance to try different things and figure out what really interests you. If you have a good understanding...

31 Jan 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 31 Jan 11

In the last few weeks I've been "experimenting" in the kitchen. Honestly, I've surprised myself. I've challenged myself to ditch the recipe cards for at least one meal a week. For this meal I just "wing it." I check out the food...

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cbchops What a great story! I think that having confidence in your own abilities is really important. For some reason, people have gotten the idea that you have to be a rocket scientist to make a great meal. It's really common sense stuff. You just have to figure out...

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cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 31 Jan 11

I've been a stay at home mom for nearly 4 years. I love every minute of it -- spending every day with my girls, cleaning the house, cooking. I really do love to take care of my family. Recently, I've been overwhelmed with a...

stay at home mom

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cbchops Thanks! That sounds like a logical solution to my problem. I'm working on my Master's Degree right now too. That's normally when I do my school work. I could stay up a while longer and do some other online work though. Do you mind me asking what kind of work...

31 Jan 11

cbchops @cbchops (61) • United States 6 Jan 11

Since my oldest daughter began to talk, I've said that I'm going to keep a journal full of all the funny things she says. It's almost 3 years and another talking toddler later, and I'm starting today. I know I'll forget all the...

kids

motherhood

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cbchops Oh my goodness! That's so funny. We've definitely got some funny potty training stories around here. My oldest in almost 4, and she still wears pull-ups at night to keep the bed from peeing on her!

31 Jan 11

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