On Being a Farm Wife (and other hazard: Joyce Bupp Most food-related establish ments have walk-in refrigerators. Then there are some of us with walk-out refrigerators. Our walk-out refrigerator is fully functional only during cer tain periods of the year, of course, that time span when out side temperatures hang at sub freezing. It saw extra heavy use during the recent holidays, when the seasonal excess of food prep arations and “feast” leftovers overflowed normal storage space. Snow and sleet discouraged the usual feline back porch perchers while a couple of wire mesh lawn chairs lingering from summer offered off-floor storage with surrounding cold air flow. A layer of snow only helped further chill the large roasting pan filled with turkey carcass bones and 6 Jpc”lbedroon"set ' * IN OAK OR CHERRY i Included Bed Set Nightstand Highboy, J Lowboy, Dresser, and Mirror 1 £\ R«fl, Ret. $3000.00; IK Our Price $1729.951 L cLostoiir •1089 95 /’ere. 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The wide front porch of the bits to be reprocessed into soup, house where I grew up lingers on secured for good measure inside in a significant role in my child a large, new plastic trash bag. hood memories. Countless sum- Additional leftovers in sealed mertime vacation hours were containers added to the porch-re- whiled away on the porch swing frigerator stash, tucked away in a of our family home, reading the sturdy, closed, cardboard box. likes of Nancy Drew and Tom Regular picnic coolers work Sawyer, or practicing embroidery equally well, especially for long- and knitting. My brothers and I er-term storage of items like played games and cards there, quantities of citrus fruits or perched on its steps to observe apples and look way more pro- the fanning activities of the fessional. neighborhood and used it as Temporary food storage is but one of the uses of our back porch, which doubles as our outdoor liv- ing area in gentler weather. 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With Babies: • Talk to your baby often. Talk about things you are doing and the objects around you. • Use routines such as feeding and diapering as opportunities to talk with your baby. • Introduce your baby to books. Make this time an enjoya ble one with your child. • Find a childcare provider who understands the importance of talking to babies. With Toddlers: years (Before Computers), I often lugged the accounting paperwork out to the back porch on pleasant days, weighing down bills and re ceipts with the stapler or edge of the accounting journal. More than once, a receipt had to be re trieved when a gust of wind whipped around the edge of the porch and sailed it out over the bannister rail and into the lawn below. Laptop computers now allow for a return to the porch for “paperwork” on stunning days when staying inside is intolerable. News that our second and third generations would be re turning from their decade in the West coincided with our musings several springs ago about extend ing the porch with a deck. It now provides an appropriate race track area for tricycles and riding tractors, a shady haven for a sto rybook moment and picnic tables which double as impromptu tent structures when covered with old blankets. '*' For whatever reason, ptSrches fed out of favor fofipnany years, and builders eroßlfl’ homes minus these wondern®*elaxation areas. But porches mil to be growing in popularity again, as homeowners rediscover their pleasures. And they’re a lot handier for temporarily storing a turkey car cass than just stuffing the pan in a snowbank where it might be frozen fast for weeks. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 4, 2003-B3 Take your cue from the child. As they say words, use them in a sentence. • Expand their vocabulary by using new words. You’ll be sur prised at how quickly toddlers figure out word meanings and start to increase their vocabulary. • Read with your toddler at least once each day. Look for books with repetition and rhym ing words. Young children love this. • Use a photo album with pic tures of family, friends, places and objects. This will soon be come a favorite book. • Use words that describe feel ings. • Record your voices on a tape recorder. • Sing with your child and provide music in the child’s envi ronment. • Leam some simple finger plays and poems that you can teach your child. Acetaminophen And Your Child LEESPORT (Berks Co.) Acetaminophen is an over-the-counter (OTC) remedy (common brand name: Tylenol) parents often give to children for pain, fever, or other symp toms without advice from health care providers. Some parents use too much of this drug. Some think that if a little acetaminophen works well, more will work better. Just because it is an OTC med ication doesn’t mean it is risk-free. Signs and symptoms of acetaminophen intoxica tion can include nausea, Vomiting, abdominal pain, and liver failure. Many OTC cold and cough prep arations contain acetamin ophen, and the simulta neous use of more than one such product may lead to an overdose. Source: ECELS Health link