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St. Baldricks – Fundraising for Childhood Cancer

For the last few years I’ve looked for places and causes where we could volunteer as a family. I’ve found rare things like envelope stuffing, collecting food, garage sales for worthy causes, and things like that. I want my children to realize that not everyone is as fortunate as we are. I want them to have a spirit of giving. They are too young though to work at the Humane Society or the zoo. They are too young to do house construction. They are too young for a lot of things. And yet my twin fourth graders came home last … Continue reading →

3 Ways to Improve Your Cooking Skills

Have you ever wanted to improve your cooking skills but weren’t sure how to go about doing it? Maybe you want to work on a specific type of food, or learn how to bake. Believe it or not, there are some easy ways you can learn about cooking without spending a ton of money and without going to culinary school. Cookbooks It might be obvious that you can learn about cooking from cookbooks. However, what I find is that most people don’t bother reading the cookbook beyond the recipe. While you certainly wouldn’t read a cookbook from cover to cover … Continue reading →