Scrumptious and Simple Honey Wheat Bread Recipe

Posted by on May 17, 2009 in Best of MeckMom, Popular Posts: Recipes | 18 comments Sorry, guys.  I know I promised this post yesterday but life got in the way.  For those of you anxiously waiting, here’s the recipe I mentioned in my last post. I tried out and adapted several different wheat bread recipes and finally settled on this one for three basic reasons.  1 – It’s made entirely from food storage ingredients (no refrigerated items needed).  2 –...
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The Perfect Tool for Slicing Bread

Posted by on May 14, 2009 in Popular Posts: Parenting Hacks | 3 comments One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2009 was to start using the food storage I’ve moved from house to house over the last 10 years.  Since I’m a carb-lover by nature, I decided to kick off my new goal by skipping the bread aisle in the grocery store and committed to making my own each week. My family was thrilled with the change but there was a small problem.  Each Monday...
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Simple Strategy for Keeping Track of Keys

Posted by on May 6, 2009 in Popular Posts: Organizing | 1 comment As a mom of four, I’ve found that it’s nearly impossible to be on time.  It doesn’t seem to matter how much prep work I put into getting our family ready, some mysterious force of nature always thwarts my efforts.  One of the most frustrating delays for me is lost keys.  I’m sure you Moms out there can relate; you finally manage to get everyone ready and out the door on...
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Here’s to the Meanest Mom in the Blogosphere

Posted by on May 1, 2009 in Links I Love | 3 comments Motherhood is messy.  Perhaps that’s why we’re always combing the blogosphere looking for solutions to life’s perpetual battles.  On a recent hunt of my own, I came across a site that grabbed my attention with a tightly-clenched fist.  It wasn’t your standard ‘how to be a magnificent mother’ type blog.  Rather, it was an unabashed account of one mom’s...
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