Healing a Difficult Relationship
Little girls are led to believe that someday their prince will come. Reality rarely backs that dream up and many people end up in broken relationships. If you
Smart Ways to Put a Green Spin on Your Christmas
Many people who are interested in protecting the environment are concerned about the commercialism of Christmas and how much packaging goes to landfills each year. The following are some smart ways to put a green spin on your Christmas. Think about the environment and how the extra trash can affect it when planning this year
Kwanzaa Beef Stew (in Slow Cooker)
Serves 6
Ingredients:
2 lb. beef stew meat, cut in 1 inch cubes
1 onion, diced
4 carrots, sliced
1 stalks celery, sliced
3 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 1/2 cups beef broth
The Fat Burning Powers of Lemon
Can you think of anything quite as refreshing as ice water with a squirt of fresh lemon on a hot day? Did you know that adding lemon to your diet can actually help you lose weight? If you haven
Keeping Your Faith during Difficult Times
Read the newspaper or turn on the news and you may experience frustration, disbelief and depression. You could also be facing problems at work, your teenager may be rebellious and money might be tight. It
Bad Eating Habits Exposed
If you turn on the television, on almost any day of the week you
Easy Ways to Decorate Your Home on a Budget This Christmas Season
Every year families spend a good deal of money on gifts for families and friends. Unfortunately, many go into debt each Christmas and spend the next year paying off those purchases. With the cost of gifts, you want to find easy ways to decorate your home on a budget this Christmas season.
Gift giving is expensive but decorating your home doesn
Gooey Cinnamon Buns
Even though they
New Year’s Eve Budget Party Ideas
After the hubbub of Thanksgiving and Christmas you may not really want to think about New Year
How to Make an African Drum to Celebrate Kwanzaa
One of the things you can expect with any type of celebration is that there will be music. Think about all of the Christmas music you hear, beginning right after Thanksgiving. When you celebrate Kwanzaa you can expect to hear the strong rhythm of the African drum. Children love to celebrate so here are some directions on how to make an African drum to celebrate Kwanzaa.
There are a couple of ways to make a drum which will look like it came from Africa. In most cases you won
Basic Cut-Out Sugar Cookie Recipe
Yields about 24 cookies
Ingredients
4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cup butter or margarine
2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter until soft, then add brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and eggs.
In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Add flour to the butter/egg mixture and stir until dough is well combined and stiff. Divide the dough into four equal parts. On a floured surface, roll out each portion of the dough to about
Easy Ways of Adding Lemon to Your Daily Diet
At any given time of the day or night, someone decides they need to lose weight. Recent health studies have indicated lemon may be useful in shedding extra pounds. If you