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(Reposted March 2023, back by popular demand!)  I’ve always insisted on eating mostly organic and once I had kids, my obsession with wholesome food got even worse. For the most part, you can find really good organic food at your local grocery store. You may pay a pretty penny for it, but it’s there. The one thing I was not finding at my local stores, however, was organic bread. I can see why: it spoils easily if not kept in perfect conditions and eaten fairly quickly. I knew that if I wanted my family to eat really-good-for-you bread, I would have to find my own homemade sandwich bread recipe. Here’s the thing: I hate cooking. I hate baking. I pretty much hate being in the kitchen. I’m the type of wife/mom who does what’s necessary to put a nutritious meal on the table but don’t expect anything fancy (my husband,…

When my daughter started crawling it wasn’t long before she also started pulling up, as babies tend to do. At the time, however, our home didn’t present many opportunities for her to practice pulling up because most of our flat surfaces were just a bit too high for her to get any leverage. I noticed that at her weekly baby gym class she would gravitate to the little parallel bars for kids to practice pulling up. As soon as I saw them I knew I could easily make my own version, so off to Home Depot I went to get what I needed for my DIY Pull up bars for babies. Supplies needed for pull up bars: Several pieces of 3/4″ PVC pipe, cut into various lengths: 2 24″ pieces, 4 12″ pieces, 2 14″ pieces and 4 7″ pieces 4 elbow joints 4 “T” joints 4 end caps A…