That’s an easy question to answer even if all you’ve ever done is make chicken stew with your slow cooker. It’s just so dang simple and the food tastes better when cooked slowly and evenly in a crock pot.

I’m a work at home mom. I operate a Family Child Care and also have a busy online business, both of which keep me going all day long. That on top of my daughter’s activities and the in and out nature of my husband’s business, we’re usually searching for time to sit down and eat, especially eating together as a family. There’s where the slow cooker comes in handy. I have tons of slow cooker recipes, and can find just about anything to cook that my kids and picky husband will like to eat.

Since I work at home, having the kitchen stay a comfortable temperature is a must, as I spend quite a bit of time there preparing meals and snacks for my day care kids. I use my crock pot year round, and love its usefulness during the warm weather months when I can fix the beginnings of the meal in the morning when I’ve got other ‘stuff’ out on the counter anyway, put it all in the pot, and then clean up the whole mess when I’m done. The crock pot requires very little clean up itself, so there you have yet another major reason for why slow cooking is so great.

For those of you who work away from home, consider this scenario: As the day goes along, the slow cooker is busy fixing your meal for you, and when you walk through the door at the end of another grueling day at work, your dinner is waiting. All you need to do, depending on the recipe you’ve selected, is prepare a side dish or salad, add some bread, set the table, and call the family in to eat. Simple, simple, simple; and very satisfying to come home to.

Here is a favorite slow cooker recipe that you can try with your family. I’m sure you’ll all love it.

Country-Style Crock Pot Chicken

6 carrots, sliced
6 celery stalks, sliced
8 chicken pieces
1 can (10-3/4 oz) cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1/3 c or chicken broth
2 tsp cornstarch

Slice vegetables place in crock pot. Place chicken on vegetables. Spread undiluted soup over chicken. Sprinkle dry onion soup mix. Do not add any water. Cook on High 4 hours, or until chicken is done. Stir often. 10 minutes before serving, mix broth and cornstarch. Pour over chicken, stir well. Serves 4.

There are pros and cons to using MySpace.  It certainly depends on who you talk to about the site but here goes:

Pros:  MySpace is a place where friends can meet and talk about plans, events and social activities.

MySpace allows people to express themselves and say what they want to.

My Space can be a relatively safe place for older teens and young adults to share information about themselves and to meet new people.  People can share their views, interests and passions.

Use of MySpace works well for younger people who don’t use e-mail very often but enjoy instant messaging.

MySpace provides young people a site where they can give and receive feedback.

Cons:  MySpace can be dangerous because there are sexual predators who use the site to seduce young people.

Many parents are not aware of the dangers of MySpace.  There are even parents who do not realize their teens have a profile on MySpace or what information may have been given.

Advertisers use MySpace as a way to make a lot of money.  Some of the sites that have advertising are used in conjunction with sexual content.  This means the advertisers are making money from ads that promote pornography.

MySpace tries to have controls and it has monitoring procedures in place but many things have slipped through.  There are groups that promote homosexual practices as well as groups that show pornographic photos.

MySpace can not control the people who lie about their age or give other false information.  It also can’t do anything about teens who are 14 and choose to correspond with people who are 10, 20 or 30 years older.

Pseudocyesis also referred to as pseudopregnancy or false pregnancy is a condition in which a non-pregnant woman believes that she is pregnant, even though there is no physical evidence of pregnancy, she often experience real pregnancy symptoms. Women who are most at risk to experience false symptoms are:

-*- Women who have suffered a miscarriage or who have lost a child

-*- Women in their late thirties or early forties, who have been trying to conceive for many years and who may have fertility problems.

The Causes!

Experts believe that emotional conflict is the principal cause. It is thought that an intense desire to become pregnant, or an intense fear of becoming pregnant, can create internal conflicts and changes in the endocrine system, which may explain some of the symptoms of pseudocyesis, and which are similar to the symptoms of true pregnancy and are often hard to distinguish from it but you should pay attention to them.

Her is Four of these principal false pregnancy symptoms you should know:

Missed Period

This is the most common symptom, if your period doesn’t arrive on time there is a chance that you are pregnant, but if you are not regular and don’t keep track of your cycle this could be a false symptoms.

Tender Breasts

This is an early signs of pregnancy, sensitive, sore breasts, but his can also be a sign of your period.

Morning Sickness

This is one of the early pregnancy symptoms; I think it’s the hormonal change that contributes to the feeling of sleepiness.

Widening of the Abdomen

You may feel bloated, the abdomen expands in the same manner as it does during pregnancy, this can be caused by buildup of gas, fat, feces, and urinary retention.

The Solution

You can use a home pregnancy test, which can give you a false pregnancy positive results, so, if you need a more accurate way to detect an early pregnancy symptoms you can use the clinical blood test which is more accurate.

But i hope if you are experiencing early pregnancy symptoms, they are true and soon you will be mom , Good Luck