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I enjoy cooking - for the most part. Well, no, I love to *cook*. The part I don’t like? My kitchen sucks. It’s old, out of date, not near enough counter space and the poor oven has been better days. We keep thinking we’ll go ahead and get new appliances . . . but then something else happens. Like, the kids need new clothes. Or the plumbing goes berserk. You know, “fun stuff.”

So I have a kitchen I really dislike but I like to cook so when I can clear enough counter space to make it happen, I like to bake bread, cookies, muffins, and other good stuff. We’ve had some really great meals lately - crockpot chicken that the kids loved!, a noodle casserole they all gobbled up and apple muffins among other things. I still have some recipes to try and I’ll try to post the crockpot chicken recipe and the others either here or over at The Weight Loss Papers sometime this weekend.

Right now, there is 10 grain bread (the recipe is at The Weight Loss Papers) rising in the pan on the counter. About 10 more minutes until it goes in the oven. There is also a basic sandwich bread in the bread machine. It’s got about two hours until it’s ready to put in the pans to rise before cooking in the oven.

I know - it’s summer. What am I doing using the oven?? Well, I live in Seattle (that alone should explain it) and it’s only 70 today. Just right for baking bread.

Maybe if I can find the SD card for the camera, I’ll take some pictures when everything is baked and post them.

Do you bake bread? If so, what are your favorite bread recipes?

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Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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About a year ago, I started a membership site for real estate investors and those interested in learning about investing. However, it hasn’t done very well. Mostly because I just have not had the time to devote to it that I really need.

The good news is that now that my first REI book has come out in paperback form, I have some additional incentive to do something with the site. So, my ideas are being solidified and outlined into a tangible schedule that I will be implementing to get the site up and fully running. That’s my agenda for this weekend.

So, look for a post here next week when I’ve got everything set up. You’ll be able to find updates about all of my ongoing projects here, eventually.

Also coming next week will be some additional pages on this site about various aspects of my business. If you have any thoughts or ideas as to what that should entail, please drop me a note via email or post a comment right here.

By for now!
~ Annie

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This week marks the beginning of school again and signifies that summer is officially over.

And, if you’ll remember, a couple of days ago I mentioned my oldest daughter wants to go back to school. Even though we’ve decided to let her, I’m a little worried about that. So we came up with a plan for this year to ease her back into school.

The co-op. Our school district has a homeschool co-op where the kids go a couple times a week to classes and the rest of the time, they’re at home, just like traditional homeschool. It would give her an opportunity to “go to school” and to meet other kids, get involved in stuff and yet not expect her to be up every morning of the week adhering to rigid school rules (and schedules) that she’s not used to. Then next year, if she really wants to, we’ll transition to regular public school again.

She likes this idea. And I’m glad. It was a little stressful for me the last several weeks discussing public school and all that entails. I’m happy this idea is workable for her. Honestly, I think she’ll do much better doing it this way than just shoving back in. I mean, she hasn’t been to a regular classroom since 3rd grade! That is quite a long time. Besides, next year will be her first year of high school and there’s a newer school in our district that is an arts high school. Since she’s interested in music and drama and all that stuff, it sounds like just the place for her. The class sizes are smaller and that’s certainly a bonus.

So - how is your end of summer/beginning of school going?

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