Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Moms blow off steam in a wide variety of ways.
Busy moms have a great deal of pressure and need a way to blow off steam. Some run marathons or do Zumba, while others prefer no-impact stress-relief like knitting or meditation. What do you do to release your everyday stress? Rita Ronin, Douglasville mom to Ashton (10) The best way for me to relieve stress is to go for a run. I don’t need to run 10 miles or any huge distance but I find that just a couple of miles (or sometimes as little as 20 minutes) helps me reset the day and calms me down. Denise Lee, Douglasville mom to Carolyn (7) and Kiki (5) I think my idea of relieving stress might be different from most moms since it includes my kids! When I start getting tense and need to “blow off steam” I start a fun (usually messy) craft …
Friday, April 29, 2011
Pesto is a versatile condiment, spread and sauce that's good for you and your family.
For me the sign that spring has sprung is not evidenced in the crazy pop-up storms, the masses of annuals available at Home Depot or the lovely whiff of my neighbor’s BBQ on Saturday evenings. It’s the appearance of all the amazing seeds that are suddenly available at my local nursery. I feel like a kid in a candy store, oohing and aahing over all the pretty pictures on the miniature envelopes and marveling over the different varieties of veggies and herbs. I get especially excited about basil seeds. Why basil? Because we LOVE pesto in this house! My daughter is especially pesto-crazy, demanding a huge glob of pesto before she even has her breakfast. We love growing our own basil because it allows us to make pesto for pennies on the …
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The Home Depot
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
This place is a unique help in making healthy, affordable meals.
If you could use one word to describe Moms it would most definitely be “multi-tasker.” We’re the family chauffer, nurse, teacher, counselor and chef–all rolled into one. Sometimes we’re so busy juggling all the tasks that keep the household running that the things that we enjoy most become drudgery. Take cooking, for example. Meals are often created on-the-fly and it becomes a chore rather than a pleasure. Enter Dinner A’fare. In short, Dinner A’fare makes dinnertime less stressful by providing a more convenient way for you to create home-cooked meals. In just two hours you can make 12 affordable dishes that have either 1 to 3 or 4 to 6 servings each. Here’s how it works: Make an appointment with Dinner A’Fare and choose which meal …
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The Dinner A'Fare
2750 Chapel Hill Rd, Douglasville, GA
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Minde Herbert
3:09 pm on Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Super! Another tip: Roast the walnuts in a dry skillet for about 10 minutes before adding them to the food processor. This give an extra layer of flavor that's really fantastic. Let me know how it goes, would love to hear about how you like it. more ›