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| Memorial Day Weekend |
| Published: May 27, 2008, 4:49 pm |
| Tags: Him, Romantic Get A Ways, Marriage, Computers, Distractions, Home, Husband, In Laws, Quality Time, Teach, Time Together, Weekend |
| We spent the weekend away from home and computers! It was pretty scary! We are not used to being away from all distractions! It was nice. We spent the weekend with the In-Laws on their boat. We tried to fish the entire time in the nasty brown Mississippi, but did not accomplish much other than spending quality time together. My husband now |
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| PCS Prep |
| Published: May 27, 2008, 8:33 am |
| Tags: Helpful Tips, Moving Tips, Pcs Moves |
| My friend Toni is getting ready to move. She’s going through her house, room by room, cleaning, sorting and discarding. Mind you, she’s only moving across the street, and she’s even getting a larger house on post, but she is working her way through her home just the same. It’s PCS season, wherever |
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| In Memoriam |
| Published: May 26, 2008, 7:41 am |
| Tags: Memorial Day, Military Life, Rolling Thunder, Veterans |
| Yesterday, for the second year in a row, I drove my daughter to Emmitsburg, Md., for a dance event. This event coincides with Rolling Thunder, the annual tribute paid by bikers to our nation’s missing and captive veterans. As we drive north, we watch literally hundreds of bikers head south to Washington, D.C. |
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| Erectile Dysfunction Was Almost The Downfall Of Our Marriage |
| Published: May 26, 2008, 12:02 am |
| If you are struggling through life suffering from the humiliation and embarrassment of erectile dysfunction, you will relate to my story. The beginning of my sex life was awesome. I had no problem getting an erection and sustaining it. In fact, I had a fairly active sex life for most of my life. I married late in life so I guess I had more than my |
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| Grill Pizza! |
| Published: May 25, 2008, 6:27 am |
| Tags: Helpful Tips, Good Ideas, Grilling, Pizza |
| No, I’m not suggesting you throw Pizza Hut’s finest onto your Weber. Last night we made grill pizza for the first time. Here’s how we did it. First, we made a batch of whole wheat pizza dough, using our bread machine. We rolled out the dough into circles - about the size of an individual pizza, slightly |
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| Graduation Time! |
| Published: May 24, 2008, 7:42 am |
| All over the country, military moms are heading out to graduation ceremonies at kindergartens, grade schools, high schools and universities. The U.S. Naval Academy held its commissioning ceremony yesterday. Graduation celebrations are important milestones, and the best ceremonies include speeches that truly have meaning for |
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| Dealing With A Slump In Your Marriage Or Relationship? Here's How To Fix It... |
| Published: May 24, 2008, 12:01 am |
| Relationship problems don't always have to be so hard to fix. In fact, your problems just might be easier to fix than you realize... Here's the thing, sooner or later, all intimate relationships go through a slump where the relationship just doesn't seem to be very much fun anymore - where things just don't seem to be working very well. And, |
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| Pool Party |
| Published: May 23, 2008, 9:02 am |
| Tags: Good Deals |
| If you’re a kid, swimming pools are The Best. My daughter has been asking about pool opening dates for weeks now. We live near two military bases with swimming pools, so we will be doing our swimming there this summer, even though our residential community also has a pool. Why? It’s all about the money. Our |
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| Make it up |
| Published: May 23, 2008, 12:59 am |
| Tags: Foods, Her, Him, Marriage, Argue, Body Conscience, Financial, Financial Issues, Food, Happy, Health, Home, Husband, Job, Life, Love, Money, Partner, Save, Sex, Spend, Weight, Wieght, Women Wieght Issues |
| Like all marriages, ok just most of them, we have financial issues. Money will always be a major factor in all marriages whether it is how to spend it, how to save it or how to get it. I always say that you have to have something wrong in your life to make it interesting. If it isn’t your love life it is money, if it isn’t money/job |
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| Two-Year Tulips |
| Published: May 22, 2008, 4:44 pm |
| Tags: Milestones, Marriage |
| Today is my two-year wedding anniversary.And these are the tulips I received from my sweetheart of a husband yesterday. Although you can't read it, the cards says "Two Years of Bliss - Love 'Hubby.'" Yeah, I thought he was being sarcastic too, but he swears he wasn't. Tonight we'll be celebrating with dinner and a movie - the new Indiana Jones |
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| Mommy Time |
| Published: May 22, 2008, 7:56 am |
| Tags: Helpful Tips, Parenting, Outdoor Activities, Summer Fun |
| I know, what’s that? It’s hard to grab a few minutes for yourself, especially if your children are young. Now that the weather is warming up, here are a few activities that children love. Set them up, show your kids what to do and sit nearby with a favorite book or activity. Bubbles are cheap and fun. Kids of |
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| Brownies |
| Published: May 22, 2008, 12:54 am |
| Tags: Foods, Marriage, Baked Chicken, Brownies, Burger King, Cook, Cooking, Husband, Lemon Chicken, Recipe |
| My husband does not cook very often. When we were just dating he learned first hand how much of a picky eater I really am. He baked lemon chicken. He was so proud! It was nasty. LOL! I tried to eat it, but ten minutes later we were in the car headed to Burger King. So now he tends to let me cook. Every once in a while I will get him |
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| What About Homeschooling? |
| Published: May 21, 2008, 9:35 am |
| Tags: Parenting, Home Education, Homeschooling |
| It’s late spring, which means I’m up to my eyeballs in textbook catalogs. I’m getting ready for next year’s homeschooling adventure. For the next month or so, I’ll be driving to homeschool conventions, looking at materials and supplies, and asking friends in my online homeschool community about |
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| Separate Rooms? |
| Published: May 20, 2008, 11:42 pm |
| Tags: Her, Him, Romance, Marriage, Home, Life, Rooms, Sex, Talk |
| I guess today I just wanted to mention something I noticed recently in my own marriage. When I first got married we were all over each other, I could not spend a moment with out being by his side when we were at home. We would eat, drink, and sleep each other! We talked for hours and sex was a number one priority on the list of things to do |
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| The USO and You |
| Published: May 20, 2008, 9:09 am |
| I love the USO. This wonderful organization exists to support you, me and all the military folks who serve our great country. USO lounges in airports provide everything from changing tables to computer access to military members and their families. The lounges usually have snacks, seating and television or books available. |
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