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The Home-Ec101.com Family Is Growing

November 7, 2017 By Heather Solos 6 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Our blended family is going to get a bit bigger.

Remember how I mentioned that I was recovering from mono and taking some time to rest? Well, I went straight from mono to morning sickness. Consequently, productivity has not been at an all-time high around here.… Keep reading...

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Off Topic with an Menu Monday Attempt to Get it Together

August 29, 2016 By Heather Solos 12 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says

Late summer is difficult around here. You’ve got the usual back to school hassle and sports starting up with four kids, we enter birthday season mid-August and before any of that happens, I start dreading an anniversary.

For those that don’t know, my sister was killed  in August of ’13.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Menu Monday, Personal

[Personal and Off Topic] Heavy Hearts

June 19, 2015 By Heather Solos 13 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

June 17, 2015 was a terrible day for my home. A coward drove two hours to kill people he didn’t know.

He sat with them for an hour, while they prayed.

And then he brutally took their lives.

My heart hurts for them, for their families, for my home.… Keep reading...

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Well That Wasn’t Fun

February 28, 2015 By Heather Solos 8 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says

Hi, it’s been a couple weeks, hasn’t it?

Things started off with the best of intentions, but then my youngest decided to play Typhoid Mary (only she was sick, too) with a fun thing called Rotavirus.

Parents of very young children probably know this term and are cringing.… Keep reading...

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Here is to 2015

December 31, 2014 By Heather Solos 13 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says

2014 has been very quiet at Home-Ec101.com; it’s been a year of healing and new beginnings.

The year has been about learning what is good enough and what can and can’t be tolerated.

Manda

Back in April, one of my best friends, who is also my assistant at FeedBlitz, found a lump and began the longest eight months of her life.… Keep reading...

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Where Has Heather Been

September 23, 2014 By Heather Solos 7 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

Moving.

It’s not a cross-country move, just a one town over, this-won’t-be-so-bad wait, the Internet co doesn’t cover the new house move?

I’m in the process of buying a house. It’s the house I grew up in, but no one has taken care of it in at least ten years.… Keep reading...

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The Really? That Happened? Personal Aside and Back to School Nightmares, Share Yours

August 21, 2012 By Heather Solos 15 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

Yesterday I stood at my children’s bus stop for over an hour, eagerly waiting for their bus to drop them off. I was excited to hear about their first day.  Dripping sweat and with my phone battery dying I paced at the edge of the road, out in the sun.… Keep reading...

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Share Your Best Back-to-School Tips / Ideas

August 13, 2012 By Heather Solos 28 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

Here’s a little transparency for you.

This is the first time my children are going to school and frankly, I think I’m more nervous and excited than they are. I have once mentioned that my oldest child is on the autistic spectrum (Asperger’s) and that he needed a couple of extra years at home to mature before he could adapt to a classroom environment.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Ask the audience, Personal

Sunday Confessional with a Side of Site Admin

June 12, 2011 By Heather Solos 11 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

Let’s get the site adminstration stuff out of the way. Home-Ec101.com has been having some performance issues; my good friend Michael Carnell and I are working hard to make sure that we get it whipped into shape.

The comment system has been changed, IntenseDebate seems to have been a part of the problem, but certainly not the only cause.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Personal, Sunday Confessional

New Year’s Eve, The Retrospective

December 31, 2010 By Heather Solos 3 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

Tonight we’re having a geek in, because that’s how we roll in the Solos house. What is that? Another couple is coming over with their laptops. There’ll be food and drinks, video games, and geek talk. At midnight I’m sure there’ll be a toast.… Keep reading...

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Three Years of Home-Ec Goodness

March 1, 2010 By Heather Solos 13 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

I can’t believe I wrote this morning’s post and completely forgot to mention that today marks the third anniversary of Home-Ec101.com. A lot has been covered in that time, but what amazes me is how much there is to learn and share.… Keep reading...

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Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig

December 29, 2009 By Heather Solos 6 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

Coming home from a long trip is hard. While I’m thankful I had to have the house company ready, I am still facing a monster pile of laundry, unpacking and a nearly empty refrigerator.

I am a creature of habit, I have routines I like to follow and starting today I’m re-launching #backontrack.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Back on Track, Personal

Been There, Done That: When a Baby Bird Leaves the Nest

September 29, 2009 By Heather Solos 10 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

The following is a guest post from Kathy Tyson, who has been there, done that and whose advice I’m more than happy to take.

Kathy says:
My oldest daughter was recently shoved out of the nest. She left kicking and screaming – very unhappy because I made her move into a college dorm room rather than have her face a daily commute.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All, Clean It Tagged With: Guest Posts, Personal

It’s a Frugal Friday Free for All

April 24, 2009 By Heather Solos 8 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:
There’s a lot on the Home-EC101 plate right now, so I’m opening the comments up our frugal friends. Have you recently written a post on frugality? If so, link to it in the comments.

Later today I’m heading back to Myrtle Beach, SC but this time it’s not for vacation, I’ve been helping organize the second CREATE South conference.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Ask the audience, Link Love, Personal

Sunday Confessional: This Is How It Ends

March 15, 2009 By Badbadivy 18 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

retrochick.JPGIvy says:

My grandmother passed away at about 5 this morning. We’re sad that she’s no longer here on earth, but we rejoice since we know her name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life and we will see her again one day in Heaven.… Keep reading...

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