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With the holidays(andthe recession)in full swing, everyone is in search of bargain gift ideas this year. Part one of our gift giving guide is for the Bobby Flay or Paula Dean of the family. The best part? Everything is less than $50! 1. Cutting board $46.99...

I‘ve been in a bit of a cooking slump lately, so I thought I’d try something new. My best friend, Holly, cut this recipe out of the Washington Post about a year ago and sent it to me. The hubby and I are huge fans of broccoli, and the walnuts are a nice compliment. Se...

If there’s anything good to come of this recession, it’s the opportunity to give my wallet (and sanity) a break this Christmas and get back in touch with the true meaning of the holiday. Fo...

You can’t say “pumpkin pie” without immediately thinking of Thanksgiving. This Turkey Day, I got to thinking of all its delicious alternatives and wanted to post their recipes, in case you were looking for a different dessert to serve this year, too. I ho...

I‘ve been in a bit of a funk lately…I’m sure you’ve all been here at one point or another. Adapting to a new environment, getting ready for another deployment. You know the deal. So to ...

Flashback to April. My husband was away,my dad was having a stent replaced, and worst of all, I was working in a stressful and unorganized work environment. Every morning I dreaded the ring of my alarm clock and some days it took all I had just to get out of bed to go to work...

In an attempt to make it up to all of you for my recent lack of posts, I’m excited to share the very best (and easiest) chicken soup recipe! There’s nothing better than a hot, steaming bowl of chicken soup for those cold winter nights that are rapidly approaching. An...

This is another Giada De Laurentiis creation, only I added shrimp to take it from a side dish to a main course. You can easily make it with other kinds of pasta, like rotini and ditalini, in place of the orzo. Serve with a salad and you’re set! ...

I am up to my ears in chicken breasts, thanks to a sale at the commissary a few weeks ago, so I’m being forced to find new and interesting ways to prepare it. I guess it’s safe to say my year-long poultry boycott is officially over. Th...

I‘ve been known to kill my car battery while charging my cell phone (I now have multiple chargers all over my house). The first time it happened to me, I was fifty miles away from home at a friend’s house, my hubby was in the field and neither my friend nor I knew how to jump it. De...

For me, any vacation is a good vacation. The time away from work calms my mind, refreshes my body, rejuvinates my soul and apparently can also extend my life. If you don’t have the dough for a vacation or simply just can’t time off from work, you can still get away every day in the office. Es...

Greenhas definitely become the new black; it’s simply un-chic not to adopt a more environmentally friendly way of living these days. With that being said, almost every company that manufactures a cleaning agent of any kind now has an “eco friendly” product on the shelves. So h...

Since launching Janes-List.com with Kelly in March, my life has been a veritable whirlwind of activity. Between learning so much, working so hard and getting so many kudos on the site, I also made a great professional change and have spent the last five months transitioning in a new job...

If you’ve balanced your checkbook recently, chances are you’ve been hit with a few (or many) unexpected fees by your bank. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, fees only accounted for 3% of a bank’s earnings ten years ago. Nowa...