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Foodie Friday: Chicken Soup Ain’t Just For The Soul

Feb 19, 2010

During the winter months, my family tends to get slammed with one cold after another.  As we all know, there are no cures for the common cold, but there are non-medicinal remedies that can work wonders. As moms and grandmas have known for centuries, one of the best ways to deal with a cold is [...]

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The Games Couples Play

Feb 11, 2010

The Dude and I love to play games with one another.
Chess, Scrabble, Backgammon, Spit, Poker, Rummi-Q, DJ Hero, and Guitar Hero….once our little guy is the down for the night, we let the games begin.
Once the Monkey came into our lives, the Dude and I needed to find fun activities that we could do at [...]

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Mental Monday: A Lifetime Sentence to Worry

Feb 1, 2010

Now that I’m a parent, I often look back at all the crazy/dangerous antics that I put my own parents through. I was not alone. My sister and brother were often as reckless and carefree as me.
From speeding tickets (all of us) to falling out of a 2nd story window (my sister) to getting hit [...]

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This Message Brought To You By Choice

Jan 30, 2010

I don’t care for professional football and I don’t enjoy commercials.
Yet I always love watching both on Superbowl Sunday.
Watching the Big Game is a tradition for most Americans and a recent survey pointed out that most people watch because of the commercials. Superbowl commercials are usually clever, fun, and entertaining. Talking babies, fighting parade balloons, [...]

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Don’t Pity The (Other) Woman

Jan 21, 2010

After I wrote my blog post this morning about John Edwards, my thoughts kept turning to the other person responsible for this situation.
The Other Woman.
Or perhaps we should just call her “Mama.”  There is a little girl out there who does.
Why would someone become involved with a married person? I have some ideas, especially when [...]

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You ARE The Father! So Act Like One.

Jan 21, 2010

As a politician, John Edwards used to have my respect. And I say the same thing about him being a man.
It was so nice to see Mr. Edwards finally come clean about being the father to Quinn, his 2 year-old daughter with Rielle Hunter. He spent the first two years of her life adamantly denying [...]

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Foodie Friday: Lamb Ragu with Homemade Spinach Fettuccine

Jan 15, 2010

Nothing tastes better than homemade pasta and sauce.
This lamb ragu and spinach fettuccine dish is one of my favorites, especially since the Dude and I only make it a few times a year. It has now become a tradition for us to prepare it every New Year’s Eve. If you give this recipe a try, [...]

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Help Haiti

Jan 13, 2010

I was born and raised in earthquake country. I have never lived anywhere that didn’t have an active fault line within 50 miles. I have no idea how many I’ve been through, but they never get any easier. Those mere seconds of shaking and rolling ground can be the scariest seconds of your life.  I [...]

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