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SENIOR LADY REMEMBERS WHEN...

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I was so glad today was Friday! I rolled over in bed and cut the TV on. The news channel  I was listening to, had a strange tagline, Shortage of baby formula!.I sat up and  switched to another channel. It said the same thing-Shortage of baby formula!. I thought what would young mothers do! walmart.com ebay.com I suddenly had visions of my Mother doing one of her daily chores She had to mix up baby formula.for my baby brother. There was canned milk, bottled corn syrup, and a pot of boiled water on the table. She added the milk and corn syrup  to the water.  Mom stirred the by aby formula several times until it was well mixed. Sometimes I helped her fill up  the baby bottles.  The bottles of  milk were stacked in the fridge after they cooled off.  I saw this recipe online: DIY Baby Formula 13 oz canned Evaporated  Milk 19 oz Water  2 tablespoons Corn Syrup Wow!  This memory  seemed like ages ago. I was truly thankful that pre-mixed baby formula was ava

SENIOR LADY DOES HERBALS!

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fulllhdpictures.com Many years ago, I only thought of herbs  as a cooking enhancement. My Mom loved using sage in  her Thanksgiving  side dishes.  I used rosemary and thyme on my potatoes and chicken after seeing them in recipes. I discovered its  homeopathic uses several years later I do  recall her making me injest  spoonfuls of that ghastly cod liver oil to keep me from getting colds and the flu. She had to catch me and my siblings and hold us down. We hated the taste  of  this stuff.   gurneys.com She also  told me to plant Catnip when my boys were babies. This was good for baby colick.   She supplied the plants which I planted immediately. The side effect was, I found kittens laying in my Catnip bush. Mother cats kept taking up residence, so I removed it. I had dogs and wanted to avoid cat and dog fights. I was in such misery when I was going through menopause. The Internet as just coming into existence and I must say that one search