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At 39, as a mother of two young children, I have finally discovered that it does hurt me more than it hurts them. It hurts to say, “no,” to be told that I’m mean and to be the barrier between that thing my child wants most in this world, for the moment, and them actually […]
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I usually fix pancakes when my grandchildren visit us. Pancakes with chocolate chips, pancakes with food coloring, pancakes with honey and not syrup, you name it and I am here to please with the various request that come from a 4 year old. This particular day was not just an ordinary day, however. For today, “CarCar” was turning five! […]
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When I was pregnant with my daughter, I worked to have everything ready for her arrival. I had her tiny socks tucked away in a drawer, washcloths and bath soap stocked in the bathroom, the carseat base was properly installed and I even cleaned the oven for the first time in years. But I did […]
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Grilling Season Wind-Down
Spicy BBQ corn This easy-to-make recipe gives you delicious corn-on-the-cob that tastes very different from the traditional “boiled and buttered” method. Ingredients • 6 ears of corn • 1/2 cup olive oil • 1 tsp chili powder • 1 tsp cayenne pepper • 2 tsp hot sauce (Tabasco, Frank’s RedHot or Sriracha) • Salt and pepper Directions […]
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Bringing your baby to work can be a unique incentive for young parents in the workforce. I brought both my children to work with me from 12 weeks to 6 months old. I was, and continue to work at the North Dakota Department of Commerce out of Bismarck- a state agency focused on attracting, retaining […]
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“Dear Jill, I get coupons in papers delivered on Friday and Saturday in my area. Twice in the last three months I have cut out a coupon to use that day and the coupons have been refused, though they were for the item listed. I wrote to one of the companies to ask if there was […]
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Elizabeth Dahl-11 5th Grade, Hope Christian Academy, Dickinson “I like my mom’s pasta carbonara,” said Elizabeth. “It’s pasta with cheese and bacon. There’s cream sauce with it and you can use long noodles so you can slurp them up. Last time mom made it was on our birthdays so we only had to help a […]
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The best selling book, The Secret, talks about the problem of not having a clear vision of what we want. We spend the majority of our time avoiding or getting rid of stuff in our lives that we don’t want. Wherever we place our focus, is what grows. The more we direct our attention on […]
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Q and A about Vitamin K
As an expectant mother, you inevitably will have several forms to fill out and information to take in during and after your baby’s delivery at the hospital. Being prepared for some of the common questions can make your time in the hospital less stressful. One routine injection given to your newborn is vitamin K. In […]
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I have a confession. I have over 22,000 photos in my laptop storage. It’s ridiculous, I know. I had a hard enough time trying to manage my compulsion to document everything before I became a mom, and now with a one and a half year old and another baby on the way, I might as […]
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In association with CHI St. Alexius Health in Dickinson, Dr. Thomas Arnold, Dr. William Matt Lowe II, and Mary Jo Wicks, FNP-BC, are happy to announce the beginning of CenteringPregnancy® in Dickinson. CenteringPregnancy is “prenatal care that includes traditional health checkup with additional time and attention in a group setting.” CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson […]
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Kindergarten Ready!
Parents, a simple Google search will yield a myriad of ways to get your child ready for kindergarten, but most of those articles have to do with making sure your child knows what he or she needs to know before they start learning from their teacher. Before you sit your child down with letter and […]
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By Caitlin Meyer, Adult Programming Coordinator, Dickinson Area Public Library Picking out school supplies has got to be one of the best experiences for back-to-schoolers. But the only thing that could possibly trump the pencil case that looks like a monster or the notebook that looks like the tail of a mermaid would be the […]
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Ok, I saw it tonight for the first time, school supplies lining the aisles at our local store. I have always said that summer is over once the 4th of July comes and goes. It is then that the advertising for ‘back to school’ is seen in our newspapers and media. Summer clothes are stuffed […]
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Learning to let them fly
How much do I let my four-year-old roam free? That has been the quandary of my summer. I recently moved into a row of town homes with garages open and streets full of kids and bikes and so much sidewalk chalk. My boy has been in heaven. I like to think of myself as the […]
