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View	Home For The Holidays: Sweet Endings Guest: Swiss Maid Fudge Swiss Maid Fudge first opened forty years ago in downtown Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Over the years the candy store has expanded to include salt water taffy, caramel apples, caramel corn, brittles, crunches and the list goes on. All of the candy is made the old European way using copper kettles and cooked over open gas fired cast iron stoves. Small batches ensure freshness and quality. Locals can peek into the action by taking a tour of the old fashioned store. Photos from the tour are also posted online. Among dozens of options, long standing favorite continues to be Milk Chocolate Fudge. Other popular treats are Cashew Crunch loaded with fresh roasted cashews, Assorted Caramel Apples, and buttery smooth Vanilla Caramels. Seasonal items include Spiced Pumpkin Seed Brittle, Pumpkin Fudge, Cranberry Fudge, and Peppermint Bark. Sugar-free candy options include Chocolate Nut Fudge, Peanut Butter Cups and Salt Water Taffy. more
View	An Innovative Way to Craft Premium Wine at Home Guest: Global Vintners In this segment, Michael Hind of Artful Winemaker helps us discover our own inner winemaker. With an innovative personal winemaking system, it is simple and fun to craft five of the most popular wines at home. more
View	Creating Recipes For Family Traditions Guest: Bridgford Foods Bridgford frozen dough makes holiday baking easy, from traditional rolls, to monkey breads, cinnamon rolls to party pizzas. Fill your home with warm, delicious aromas this season that will bring the whole family to the table. Pepperoni Monkey Bread 1 package Bridgford Parkerhouse Rolls or 1.5 loaves BFBD divided into 48 equal pieces 2 oz sliced Bridgford Pepperoni (about 28 thin slices) 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese 2 tsp dried oregano ½ tsp. garlic powder ½ cup butter, melted Let dough thaw. If using Bridgford Roll Dough, divide each roll piece in half; set aside. Lightly grease a 12 cup bundt cake pan; set aside. In a medium size bowl, combine Parmesan, oregano, and garlic. With kitchen shears, cut the pepperoni slices into smaller pieces and mix into cheese mixture; set aside. Dip each dough piece in butter and then coat in pepperoni/cheese mixture. Place coated balls of dough evenly in pan. Let the dough rise until double in size. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35 - 40 minutes or until golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped on top. Remove from oven and invert out of pan upside down on a large plate. Serve with marinara sauce if desired. Bridgford Cinnamon Rolls 1 loaf Bridgford Frozen Bread Dough, thawed ¼ cup melted butter or margarine ¼ cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ cup raisins (optional) ¼ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional) Lightly grease a 12 cavity muffin pan or two 8 inch pie or cake pans. Set aside. Roll thawed loaf on a lightly floured surface to an 8 x 12 inch rectangle. Brush dough with half of the butter. Mix cinnamon with sugar and spread over butter. Roll dough up starting from the 12-inch side. Seal seams. Divide log of cinnamon dough into 12 equal size pieces. Place one piece into each muffin tin or divide and place 6 in each prepared pie or cake pan. Brush dough with melted butter. Let rise until double in size. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 20 minutes or until a light golden brown. Remove from oven and brush with additional butter. If desired drizzle with vanilla icing Icing: mix 2 cups powdered sugar with 2 tablespoons milk or water and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract. Add more milk or water for thinner consistency. Yield 12 rolls more
View	Career Options for Nurses Guest: Interim HealthCare This segment discusses career options for unemployed nurses and other healthcare professionals who want to go back to work and care for others. more
View	Love The Home You're In: Instant Style Guest: Install It Myself.com This segment features a revolutionary carpet concept for your home that allows you to design individualized living spaces in any room – easily and affordably. more
View	Women In Power Special Series - Online Resources For At Home Success Guest: Barefoot Executive/The Association of Work At Home Women The current economy is such that families are hurting; women are losing jobs, losing hours at work and many are being forced FROM home back to work after husbands’ job situation has changed. Now, more than ever, with technology, contractor opportunities and a global marketplace, the opportunities are WIDE open for women to create their own financial story. more
View	Trends In The Work Place: Success Strategies For The Web Commuter Guest: Citrix Online, LLC Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. revolutionizes the way people work with Web-based remote access, support and online meeting technologies. Every month, more than 15,000 new customers start using Citrix Online’s services to work from anywhere with anyone – using our remote-connectivity tools to save time, get more done and connect to others around the world. GoToMyPC is an easy and secure remote-access service that enables you to conveniently access email, files, programs and network resources from home or the road. It’s perfect for: • Teleworking: Work on your office computer from home, or anywhere with just an Internet connection. Working from home just one day a week could reduce your carbon footprint and time and money spent on commuting to your office. • After-Hours Access: You no longer physically need to be at the office to be productive. Leave the office early and finish later from home when it’s convenient for you. • Increased Flexibility: You may have an important project to work on but can’t miss your kid’s soccer game or evening commitment. Now you have the ability to work from anywhere which improves you more work/life balance and flexibility. • Travel Anywhere: Traveling for work or leisure, you can access your work or home computer from anywhere in the world so you’re always connected to your critical information. more
View	Making your Thanksgiving table more festive for Fall Guest: Hancock Fabrics Making your home beautiful for the Thanksgiving holiday doesn’t have to cost you a lot of time and money. This segment highlights how Hancock Fabrics can provide busy women with the perfect material to cover your table and get you compliments from your guests. more
View	Maintaining Strong Connections To Holiday Traditions Guest: American Greetings This segment talks about holiday traditions, which usually provide a source of comfort, and why some people are embracing them more and staying home for the holidays. Using paper greeting cards to wish happy holidays are a big part of maintaining that tradition, appealing to emotions, and showing your personality. more
View	Home Safe Home Special: Bugged Out? Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite Guest: Natureplex In this segment, Joe Skelley of Natureplex shows us how to detect and kill bed bugs the all-natural way. more
View	Deanna: Stopping Morning Rush Hour - Tip 2 Guest: Colombian Coffee Federation of North America How can you make your morning rush at home more calm, cool, and collected? This mom has a great time-saving tip for you. more
View	Home Healthcare Makes A Great Career Choice Guest: Interim HealthCare This segment speaks about the rise in home healthcare, growing career areas for women, and reasons why Interim HealthCare is unique. more
View	Buying In Bulk - Meal Planning Solutions For Families On A Budget Guest: H.J. Heinz Company In this segment we meet with Chef Rania Harris to show our viewers how they can create easy and affordable Italian meals with homemade taste and quality ingredients using Classico Pasta Sauce. The 3 recipes that Chef Rania shares involve less than 15 minutes and are sure to be a hit with the entire family. more
View	Maximizing The Club Warehouse Experience Guest: Sam's Club In this segment Balancing host Beth Troutman gets help from the folks at Sam’s Club as she looks for ways stretch her shopping dollars by joining their warehouse club. While there she meets with Uriel Hernandez who shows Beth the variety of products and services available to Sam’s Club members. more
View	What's For Dinner - Easy Recipes and Family Meal Planning With Seafood Guest: Odyssey Enterprises When you’ve got small children at home, the chances to dine out are few and far between. That’s tough on those of us who love seafood. But we’re about to reveal an easy way to prepare restaurant-quality fish in your own home. Available at Sam’s Club, Treasures from the Sea offers incredibly simple seafood solutions. Chef Jeremy Hanlon dispels myths about frozen fish and shows us how we can make tasty, health-conscious meals in minutes. more
View	Allergy Proofing your Home Guest: Omnaris In this segment we meet Dr. William Berger as he takes us through the home of Julie Smith to learn ways she can allergy proof her home and alleviate nasal allergy symptoms.. more
View	A Safe & Natural Cold Remedy Guest: Nature's Way In this segment a busy mother of 2 gets tips for the upcoming cold season from a Dr. & pharmacist on a safe natural remedy called Umcka Cold Care which may shorten the duration and reduce the severity of coughs, colds and sore throats! more
View	Careers for busy moms Guest: Interim HealthCare This segment details the 43 year old company, Interim HealthCare and why the variable nature of their healthcare jobs are attractive to women who are seeking balance in their lives. more
View	Create a Home Office and Craft Room All in One Guest: Irwin Industrial Tool Company dba SHUR-LINE This segment targets the craft/scrapbook segment of our audience and the office touch will allow us to maintain interest from our female professionals. This segment highlights more of the decorative aspect of painting, demonstrating that you can do complex design elements easily like stripes with bold contrasting colors and even repainting the furniture. Bulldog hardware will be used to hang the shelving; the peg board will be used in the craft corner and Rubbermaid storage throughout. more
View	Preparing Your Family for Natural Disasters Guest: The American Red Cross September is National Preparedness Month... ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY READY FOR THE NEXT DISASTER? The American Red Cross is launching a new public awareness campaign designed to make it easier for Americans to prepare for emergencies. The campaign - Do More Than Cross Your Fingers - features actress and Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet Member Jamie Lee Curtis. The Do More Than Cross Your Fingers campaign will track and measure people’s preparedness levels, encouraging Americans to take simple actions like building an emergency kit, creating a communication and evacuation plan and being informed about disasters common in their communities. Jamie Lee Curtis, a long-time supporter of the Red Cross and a vocal advocate for personal preparedness in her home state of California talks to us live. She will encourage and show mothers how to prepare their loved ones and households for the unexpected. According to Curtis, “We all cross our fingers for luck. But when we’re facing life’s emergencies, it’s easy (and important) to do a little more.” What you will see & learn:  How to assemble a household emergency supply kit;  How to write an emergency plan and what to do with it;  What the Red Cross is doing in your area to prepare for disaster and emergency relief, plus more! more
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Home For The Holidays: Sweet Endings

An Innovative Way to Craft Premium Wine at Home

Creating Recipes For Family Traditions

Career Options for Nurses

Love The Home You're In: Instant Style

Women In Power Special Series - Online Resources For At Home Success

Trends In The Work Place: Success Strategies For The Web Commuter

Making your Thanksgiving table more festive for Fall

Maintaining Strong Connections To Holiday Traditions

Home Safe Home Special: Bugged Out? Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite

Deanna: Stopping Morning Rush Hour - Tip 2

Home Healthcare Makes A Great Career Choice

Buying In Bulk - Meal Planning Solutions For Families On A Budget

Maximizing The Club Warehouse Experience

What's For Dinner - Easy Recipes and Family Meal Planning With Seafood

Allergy Proofing your Home

A Safe & Natural Cold Remedy

Careers for busy moms

Create a Home Office and Craft Room All in One

Preparing Your Family for Natural Disasters