I always want my kids to have a warm homemade breakfast, but I don’t always have the time. I recently made about five loaves of banana bread with my overripe bananas. I let the loaves cool, cut them into slices, placed a piece of wax paper between each, put the loaf back together, and put it in a freezer bag and then into the freezer. When my kids want a piece of banana bread, I take one piece out, put the rest back in the freezer, and then put that piece in my microwave for 30 seconds. They get a warm, homemade breakfast in little time! Also, you can pack a piece of frozen banana bread in their lunches and it will be unthawed by lunch time.
Kari

CBRE to Buy Trammell Crow in $2.2B Deal
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire Trammell Crow Co. in a deal valuing the Dallas firm at about $2.2 billion, including assumed debt. The acquisition would give CB some $4.4 billion of annualized revenue, which CB said would make it the first commercial real estate services company to qualify for the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations. The acquisition is slated to be completed by the end of 2006, or early 2007. CB said it would retain the Trammell Crow Co. brand and that its development and investment operations would operate as independent units.