Recent content by JulieAnn123

What a nice group of messages to start my first day off with! :-) Thank you all so much!

Hi everyone! I joined this site about 6 weeks ago and have really learned a lot from all of you wonderful people. Thank you for that. I just this evening went to the PC website and officially signed up to be a consultant. I feel excited! :sing: So my question to all of you is what are...

That class I took really opened my eyes. Much of what they taught I was already doing - must have learned it along the way, not even realizing it, by watching my mother, home ec class, 4H, common sense... but some of it was new and it was interesting. I also notice things in resturants I...

I had never heard of microwaving a kitchen sponge before reading this article so I looked it up: Best Ways to Clean Kitchen Sponges / April 23, 2007 / News from the USDA Agricultural Research Service "Microwaving sponges killed 99.99999 percent of bacteria present on them, while dishwashing...

Also - a big thing is how long food is in the TDZ (temperature danger zone) of 41 - 135 degrees. A fridge needs to be 41 or lower. Frozen zero degrees or lower. Dry storage 50-70 with humidity 50-60%.

I recently took the food sanitation class at our local health dept. I took it before I signed up to do this because I was worried about people getting sick and was afraid my common sense and so on might not be enough. There is a difference between cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting...

I think you ALL rock! I'm learning so much! :-)

Haha - that's funny! But yes - you don't want to ever sound phoney or pushy. The more natural and conversational, the better. That's why I suggest practicing it and keeping it to 15 seconds. That's what? 2-3 sentences tops. THEN if they respond and show interest you can give more...

hmmmmm turning 50 in '11..... Maui might be a nice birthday trip! tee hee!

What did you have to do to get that?

I'm new here but I have 30 years experience with owning my own tailoring business so I will share some of what I've learned from that. 1. You must be your own best word-of-mouth advertiser. Talk about what you do. Make it part of a conversation with someone... "what do you do?"...

Tell me more about how you are getting to go to Disney! :)

I like your balloon idea! That is more of what I was thinking as far as being "creative" vs. giving away a bakeware piece. You are all so nice and helpful. Thanks for the tips! Julie

I have one and it is messy on the outside too at times. I have washed it by hand washing and then squirting the soapy water through the nozzle and then clean rinse water.

Thanks! I have a small business and the poster who said "keep my expenses down" is right on track. I have been sewing for others for 31 years and I keep my out of pocket expenses to the bare minimum. I offer an excellent service and good turn around time and that is what they come back for...