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This video done to the tune of the William Tell Overture is a must listen to if you need a laugh! Click Here to listen to the William Tell Mom Sayings Love it! Marilyn Moll urbanhomemaker.com

October 4, 2007 I want to invite you to a Child Training and Character Building Seminar with Pam Forster of Doorposts, tonight! It’s free. Pam and her family started Doorposts 1990, with the If-Then and Blessing Charts. They were originally designed for their own family’s use, but friends kept telling them that they needed to […]

October 4, 2007 On a discussion list I follow, many posters have been saying they have replaced their microwaves with small toaster ovens that also have a convection feature. The people sound quite delighted. I had a gas/convection combo oven at one house and didn’t really find it advantageous for baking bread. However, I received […]

Last week, I noticed the bread I occasionally buy when I run out of my yummy homemade, had gone up 50 cents a loaf, a whopping 25% increase on bread since August! In my most recent newsletter, I wrote about how my wheat supplier had had to raise prices about 25% recently. Yesterday, another grain […]

I won second place in a pie baking contest this week-end during our Mountain Harvest Festival. This recipe is so easy and delicious you really should try it if you need a quick dessert. 3 egg yolks (no white) 1 – 14 oz can Sweetened Condensed Milk 1/2 Cup Key Lime Juice 1 – 9″ […]

Last Friday morning I went grocery shopping as I was expecting my two out-of-town sisters for the week end. Have you noticed that in the last couple weeks that the costs of milk and dairy items, grain products such as bread and cereal, and related baked goods are shooting through the roof? For example, my […]

We nearly had a frost two nights ago, there was snow at the higher elevations. We took precautions this year, covered the tomatoes and they were fine. Last year we had an early, unexpected frost and that was it! I was out of town Monday night and my husband picked all the tomatoes and even […]

Making a Fall Centerpiece is very easy and inexpensive. My talented friend, Sandy Tuin has taken an inexpensive cloth napkin with Fall colors. On top she has used two small silk pumpkins (real ones are fine) that she bought last year at 90% off at Hobby Lobby. Combined with a few pieces of mini-Indian corn […]

One topic I talk a lot about is buy fruits and vegetables locally and seasonally. When we visited Oregon last month we enjoyed shopping at a family farm. This sign posted at the end of the parking lot caught my eye. Here is a picture of the old packing shed where we bought some fresh […]

How would you answer this question? <<<Could you please tell me what type of oil I should use in making my bread. I normally use canola oil but was reading that it is very bad for one. Olive oil would have a strong taste. What do you use, sesame oil? If you could help me […]