{"id":777,"date":"2009-10-18T20:15:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T02:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=777"},"modified":"2009-10-18T20:15:10","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T02:15:10","slug":"apple-picks-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/18\/apple-picks-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m definitely going to be making these Pumpkin Spice Magic Bar Mini’s<\/a> from Picky Palate sometime this week.\u00c2\u00a0 They look delicious, and I can’t wait to use my mini cheesecake pan!\u00c2\u00a0 See what I mean?\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t they look scrumptious?!<\/p>\n

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I have a tendency to just shut down completely whenever I get the slightest bit sick.\u00c2\u00a0 Definitely something I can’t do now that I’m a mom.\u00c2\u00a0 This post from Keeper of the Home gives some great tips on Keeping the Home Fires Burning While Mama’s Sick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m hoping the tips from Clean as You Go, Managing the Meal Prep Mess<\/a> from Simple Mom will help me to be less messy when I cook.\u00c2\u00a0 I love cooking, but hate the cleanup afterwards!\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve always known that I should clean as I go, but never quite knew how to do that.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a great article from the PBS Parents website all about accepting our limitations as parents.\u00c2\u00a0 The Good Enough Mother<\/a>, by Elaine Heffner explains that a good enough mother:<\/p>\n