Right after you make your dough, roll it out between sheets of waxed paper. Put your rolled out dough in the freezer. Repeat with the remaining dough. by the time you're done rolling out the dough, your first sheets of cookie dough will be chilled enough to cut out. Very easy. I've been using this method to make hundreds of sugar cookies each year. Good luck. Jennifer

Something they want; Something they need. Something to do; Something to read. Jennifer

It's not one I've tried yet, but I think it could be quite useful. No suggestions on where to get supplies; I'm just beginning to do some research for myself. Jennifer

Well, in the interest of being "fair and balanced," I'd just like to say that I was induced 3 days to 3.5 weeks early with 5 of my 6. I had epidurals and pitocin and everything went well for the most part. Good luck with your decision. Jennifer

4 cups flour 1 t salt 1 T baking powder 1/4 c shortening 1 1/2 c warm water Mix flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut in shortening. Add water a little at a time, mixing with your hands. Knead until smooth. Divide into 16 equal portions and shape into balls. With a rolling pin roll into circles about 1/8 inch thick. You shouldn't need extra flour to roll the tortillas out. Cook on a hot (400 degree) ungreased griddle about 1 minute per side. This is my grandmother's recipe. The tortillas aren't as thin as store-bought, but they do taste so much better. If I have bacon grease, I will use that instead of shortening, but I usually save the bacon grease for making homemade refried beans. I don't use a tortilla press. I just roll them out with a rolling pin (which is actually a piece of oak closet rod dowel--that's what my family--Mexican heritage--has always used). Use a knife to trim the tortilla and make it rounder. After 15 years of admiring my aunt's tortillas for their perfect shape, we learned their secret.

I make my own tortillas and bagels and spaghetti sauce. I also make large batches of everything and put the excess in meal-sized portions in the freezer. There is far less waste that way, and it reduces the temptation to pick up a pizza when Mom is sick or the day has been hectic. Jennifer

every Monday. It begins shortly after dinner and includes song, prayer, short lesson, a game, and treats. If Mom or Dad is sick (like last night), a movie is substituted. We have a peg board to rotate assignments. Jennifer

One year we got aprons from Michael's--I think they were about $3, and the kids rubbed fabric paint on their hands and then put them on the aprons. Cute, cheap, practical. Jennifer

Must see TV here. Though I really wish I were still in the West. Jennifer

I'm hoping that my most recent book purchase will help me understand. Then again, with everybody loaning money, printing more, buying on credit, etc., maybe it's just completely incomprehensible anyway. Jennifer

I've frozen mine for months at a time. I wrap it in logs in waxed paper and then store it in Tupperware. Unless you have some unusual ingredients in that dough, it should be just fine. Jennifer

The five of them are so spread out, with vastly differing needs and wants. Soon-to-be-19yods will be leaving on a mission early next year and will need clothing appropriate to the area. 4yodd just hopes for a few small toys. Jennifer

I think Serbian and Croatian don't, either.

My bil got his bill reduced by half. Our state had something like a medical/insurance ombudsman that intervened. Bil had (foolishly) failed to sign up for insurance one year and had to have an appendectomy. He might have gotten the bill reduced because he was paying cash, and not using insurance. Good luck. Jennifer

We have stored insulin and supplies since we were married (wow, 20 years ago on Monday!). Being without insulin would kill him. And I wouldn't be too pleased about it, either.:001_smile: Jennifer