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From birth to college, it seems that kid's lives are all about the stuff. And unless you live in a mansion with a children's wing, you know how all that stuff tends to take over the entire house. How do you keep it under control? Have you discovered the world's best toy box? A simple and stylish way to keep art supplies organized? What about all those stuffed animals that seem to multiply like rabbits?
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10-03-2008 @ 11:58AM
LS said...This isn't so much "kid-related" as it is a "mom's sanity saver"...
I'm a cook and baker by hobby. I had TONS of family recipes, and four bookshelves (and counting) full of cookbooks. But it was getting to the point where I wouldn't cook because I couldn't remember which cookbook held my favorite bread recipe, or which oatmeal cookie recipe was that awesome one from the last time.
So I broke down and bought Mastercook Software (made by Valusoft, I believe). I spent several days (yes, DAYS) inputting all my favorite recipes, adding categories, tags, putting in all those notes that I had in margins, and even scanning in pictures.
Then I printed them all out, put them in page protectors, and inserted them into a pretty (plastic covered) three-ring binder, complete with dividers.
Now, when I want one of those go-to recipes, I know it's in that book. I weeded out a lot of the un- or little used cookbooks (those ones that you buy as a fundraiser, and then never look at), and kept only those that are pretty, useful, or have sentimental value (like Grandma's).
I whittled a four-shelf, ever-growing monster down to a two-shelf pleasure.
And the best part is, if I need to go back and correct or change something in the recipe, or I need a nutritional analysis, or need to print out a copy for someone else, it's a bing-bang-boom-done proposition.
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