Wipe down the walls and cabinets. Wash light fixtures and switches. Mop under the fridge, stove, washer and dryer. Get a few plants. Spider plants will recycle the air in a room in about 48hrs.

I just made meatloaf for dinner. Here is the way we like it best. 1.5 lbs of ground beef 1 can cream of mushroom soup 3 eggs 3/4c oatmeal pepper 1 onion chopped optional: 1 green pepper chopped or grated carrots. Mix together and bake at 350 degrees for approx one hour or until brown. The other recipe that we like is 1pkt lipton onion soup 1/2 to 3/4 cup bread crumbs 1/2 cup hot water pepper 1.5lbs of ground beef 3 eggs 1/2 to 1 cup shredded carrots mix the first 4 ingredients together and let set 10 minutes. Add the pepper ground beef and eggs (carrrots if you like them). Top with ketchup and brown sugar (mix to taste approx 2:1 ratio). bake at 350 for an hour. This recipe is great with the carrots added. The ketchup and brown sugar really give the meatloaf good flavor. I have used the splenda brown sugar blend for this and it works well.

My kids don't like eggs but when we make egg pizza they love it. Basically its an omelet that has veggies and a little bacon or ham with cheese on top and is not folded in half. The veggies and cheese hide the egg. I serve it with toast.

The news today had a story about salary negotiations for season two.

When I have a crowd my favorites are taco bar, sloppy joes or pulled pork. All work great in the crock pot.

Where in the Cape Fear region are you looking at? We live in a rural setting between Wilmington and Jacksonville and about 1.5 hours from Raleigh. We have an abundance of options due to where we live and my willingness to drive a bit. The cost of living is a bit higher here because as I keep hearing "everyone wants to live at the beach".

You did a great job knitting the bag. I love it!

Caring for the family comes before anything else. I would work at any or all if my choice is that or my kids being hungry.

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I am so sorry.

We have a family pizza party. The kids dress up and we decorate the yard.

We don't have any dressers. In my closet we have baskets on shelves for socks and panties and such. I hang up everything else even jammies. For the children I hang all of the kids clothes and they have a little 3 drawer plastic thing for socks and panties.

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All bedding gets washed weekly. Pillows every month. I vacuum bedrooms twice a week and I move and vacuum under all of the beds every other month.

:grouphug: I have just the opposite problem. My son is very tiny he is 4years old and 29lbs. When he gets upset I just remind him that everyone is different and that its a boring world where everyone looks the same. When ds can't keep up with sister I remind him that there are things he can do that sister can't. I also keep a few things on hand that are for him only when sister is doing something he is not physically able to.

I would suggest 4-6oz of warm prune juice and mix in a dose of milk of magnesia. Very few people don't go with this.

:grouphug::grouphug: I'm sorry.

I would just let it drop.

For what its worth, I think your solution is lovely. I'm also impressed you are letting them make a return visit.

Great pictures! Thank you for sharing. My 5year old loved seeing them.

That is just awful.

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I'm sorry.

My mom buys from logink and hasn't had any problems.

I make sure each one has 14 pairs of socks and underwear and then enough outfits for 7-10 days. Of those outfits I try to make sure that the tops and bottoms can be mixed. As for jammies they each have 5-7 days worth. This is my motivation to keep up with the laundry.

Dh had horrible high cholesterol. His doctor recommended a low carb and diabetic diet and now dh labs are normal.

Huggies and the Costco brands worked best for my babies but I really think it depends on the baby. Each diaper is cut a little smaller here and bigger there so depending on the shape of your baby one diaper will work better than others.