2009-11-20T20:11:36-06:00 urn:uuid:7a6ccac0-46b5-40ca-b936-d7f70163f63d urn:uuid:0b695939-6ebc-48f8-8c7a-0e33a0dd002d 2007-01-29T18:06:45-06:00

<p>It’s hard sticking to a budget, providing nutritious food and getting dinner on the table within 45 minutes of coming home from work — not to mention keeping straight what the kids will and won’t eat.</p> <p>But thanks to a menu-planning system I devised a few years ago, it has gotten easier (though I still want my week off).</p>

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<p>Getting your home back into shape after the holidays could be a daunting task were it not for simple solutions we have collected over the years. So here are some of them to help you get past post-holiday cleaning blues.</p>

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<p>Congratulations! You’re pregnant. Now comes the stressful task of figuring out which baby gear you actually need. It’s easy enough to head to the baby store, grab the scanner gun and beep on every item in sight for your registry.</p>

By Rebekah Davis urn:uuid:2fbb1df0-4efa-4a67-8358-8e0d6f578877 2007-01-29T18:00:20-06:00

<p>In the couple of years that I have been attempting a career as a full-time mom and a part-time writer, I have learned a few things that I think anyone considering taking their career home ought to consider. Maybe these will be helpful for someone who is ready to leave behind office politics in favor of an in-home office.</p>