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  1. 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
  2. Something they want; Something they need. Something to do; Something to read. Jennifer
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Must see TV here. Though I really wish I were still in the West. Jennifer
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. For kneading dough, the Bosch wins hands down. It does all the kneading, which is very important to me, since my thumbs/wrists can't handle the work. For multi-purpose work, and if I could do some of the dough kneading, I might go with the KA. Especially if cost were a factor. But I do really like the Bosch. Jennifer
  16. My recipe makes three loaves, and we go through 4-5 loaves a week, so some weeks it's one batch, and some weeks it's two. Making one loaf at a time just would not work. I got a Bosch mixer (so worth every penny!) to do the kneading for me. I have tendinitis in my thumbs/wrists, and so kneading the dough by hand would kill me. It has taken a lot of practice to get it right, but I can now make 75/25% whole wheat/white flour bread that is every bit as soft as store bought sandwich bread. In fact, dh was complaining it was too soft when it was 50/50, so I upped the whole wheat content. Everyone loves it. It took me a long time to figure out how exactly the dough should feel because I didn't have someone to guide me. If you can find a friend to show you how to make bread, that would be really helpful. Or maybe a YouTube video. If all else fails, you can ask here, and I'm sure all the bread bakers will be happy to help you out. Jennifer
  17. It's a time to invest in yourself--paying off debt and learning new skills/college education. It's also a good time to store some food. With inflation in food prices, you're guaranteed a good return on your investment, as well as some peace of mind should a natural disaster or personal crisis hit. If you are still looking to invest in the stock market, at least spend some time trying to determine future trends as you analyze various stocks. Jennifer
  18. Rader is my surname. I am a fan of my children and my in-laws. They're all fabulous!

  19. Rader is my surname. I am a fan of my Rader children and my in-laws. They're all fabulous.

  20. You can pressure can butternut squash. You must not can it in a boiling water bath.
  21. Settlers of Catan is a huge favorite here, too, but it is for children who are a bit older. Last year I bought Quoridor for the family. It's a strategy game that can be played well by even 6yodd, which my highly competitive self is finding rather annoying. It's fine when I let a child lose; it's not fine when I try to win and can't. ;) Anyway, Quoridor is a good game for 2 or 4 players that also has the bonus of being able to be played quickly. Jennifer
  22. I like your posts, love your blog. And I used to think Dave Ramsey was pretty sharp. Not so sure anymore. Jennifer
  23. I think these are the absolute best. Every recipe is tested by their kitchen before being published. Each issue includes a Q&A section, quick recipes, kid recipes, party ideas. The ingredients are all things you can actually find in a grocery store, and the food is stuff that real people want to eat. Dd12 loves browsing through, looking at the pictures and deciding what she wants to make next. And it's laid out simply enough for her to do. (Though she does tend to stick to desserts.) Good luck. Jennifer
  24. You might wish to consider having an alternate means of heating your home. If you have a fireplace, do you have a good supply of wood for it AND does it produce enough heat? (Ours most definitely does not.) We have a kerosene heater and 20 gallons of kerosene (planning to increase that to 50-60 gallons). Ice storms could knock out power for weeks. It gets unbelievably (to me) cold here in the winter. And we have a few different methods for cooking--barbecue, camp stove, backpacking stoves, and the fuel for them. Plus we are storing 25 gallons of gas as well. We have an outbuilding far from the house to store this fuel. I don't know how comfortable I would be storing them in a garage attached to the house. Jennifer
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