Labor Day??

Sep 03, 2006 by cecek29 | Posted in Entertaining

What everybody did for Labor Day?


relaxing its my only day off in September!

Sep 03, 2006 | by sue


relaxing its my only day off in September!
Sep 03, 2006 | by sue



Labor Day Question. What sort of questions can I ask about labor day to nursing home residents?

Sep 01, 2009 by Cotton C | Posted in Earth Day

I would like to do an activity like the View on TV that would help generate a discussion. The topic is Labor Day since is the holiday.


Ask them if they know what it is.
Sep 01, 2009 | by BACON!



Labor Day

In a series of short clips, The History Channel takes a look at the origins of Labor Day, changing methods of manufacturing and legislative gains ...



Freezing versus canning while preserving the tastes of summer

Summer gardening offers some of the most distinct flavor of the year-long garden. An Heirloom pepper is simply wonderful roasted and eaten in a compound during the summer months, but you can also cut, fry in oil and garlic, grind it up, freeze it (read more), and you can enjoy the taste of pepper in the soup was winter in the darkest days of winter. December pumpkin soups are always better when you can walk to your freezer and leave a bag of pieces eggplant, cut into cubes to add.

I could pay about five dollars for peppers frozen at Whole Foods to add to my soup or I might plant a few extra pepper in the garden, help a friend harvest his own, or buy in bulk from d ' a farmer in September and have enough frozen peppers over a dozen soups in winter. Preserving the taste of summer, then cost-effectiveness. The fact is that it can be even simpler.

Freezing: Better than canning grandmother

Once past these obstacles, you must ask yourself if it is worth your while to spend the bulk of a packing day and end up with eight quarts of canned tomatoes.Most people these days do not have massive amounts of produce to preserve. They may end up with a lug of tomatoes or peppers and May came to the logical conclusion that the quantity is far from being worthy of canned food.

Here at Blog Rebuilding us have a simple solution to get past your fear of canning or your logical conclusion that the canning process takes too long: no can.

Grandma used to can their food because she lived in Missouri (insert your preferred state Dustbowl here) and had to harvest his garden last summer during the winter.I do not know if you've already seen freezer grandmother, but probably about two cubic feet in size and was covered with an inch of ice. My grandmother actually lived in a tent without a refrigerator or freezer for a portion of her married life, so that even those small freezers were fairly large class.

In any case, produce frost was not a viable method of preservation back in the days of grandma. Grandma keeps up....

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Labor Day - News

Bill to delay school start until after Labor Day draws educators' objections
Jan 01, 1970 - Columbus Dispatch
Bill to delay school start until after Labor Day draws educators' objections Plain Dealer (blog)Bill to delay school start until after Labor Day draws educators' objectionsThe legislation also would generally require school districts to start classes after Labor Day. “If the goal is for our students to be better equipped to compete in a global economy, placing restrictions on when districts can conduct school is not the Bill would start Ohio schools after Labor Dayall 19 news articles »

House advances bill on pre-Labor Day school openings
Jan 01, 1970 - The Virginian-Pilot
House advances bill on pre-Labor Day school openings Daily PressBy Bill Sizemore Ultimately it may be a moot point, but a perennial proposal to let all Virginia public schools open before Labor Day achieved a minor milestone Wednesday: a favorable vote in the House of Delegates. Del. Bob Tata's bill, HB 1063, House overwhelmingly backs gov's bill to open schools before Labor Day, clash House panel passes 'Kings Dominion' law allowing schools to start before Labor DayManassas Park Schools Support Pre-Labor Day Start Date - -all 177 news articles »

Tourism officials press for starting after Labor Day
Jan 01, 1970 - Pocono Record
By Michael Sadowski This year, Labor Day will fall on Sept. 3. In 2013, it's Sept. 2 and in 2014, it's Sept. 1. Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau officials think it's the perfect opportunity to reclaim a post-Labor Day start to the school year,

Four more Lehigh County school districts to start classes before Labor Day
Jan 01, 1970 - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Four more Lehigh County school districts to start classes before Labor Day By Precious Petty | The Express-Times View full sizeExpress-Times Photo | PRECIOUS PETTYFour Lehigh County districts plan to begin the 2012-13 school year before Labor Day, which falls on Sept. 3 this year. Four Lehigh County school districts for the and more »

DIARY - MidEast/African holidays to December 2012
Jan 01, 1970 - Reuters
APRIL 27 South Africa - Freedom Day TUESDAY, MAY 1 Bahrain - Labour Day Botswana - Labour Day Egypt - Labor Day Jordan - Labour Day Kenya - Labour Day Lebanon - Labor Day Mauritius - Labour Day Nigeria - Labour Day Palestinian Territories - Labor and more »