It’s hard to believe the terrorist attacks happened 10 years ago. Or, is it? Part of me feels like it is all a distant memory. Then again, I remember standing there watching the second plane crash into the Twin Towers all too vividly. I stood there, frozen. We were on vacation in Minnesota. I was…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
September 11 ~ 10 Years Later
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In the Battlefield or At Home, We Take Care of Our Own
I was in my kitchen last Thursday doing dishes when I heard the sirens. Firetrucks. My son was outside playing, and saw them wiz by the main road rushing to their calling. Little did I know… Last Thursday, due to a fire in a housing area here on Camp Pendleton, a Marine family not only…
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The Beginning of My Life, in 140 characters
This weeks Red writing Hood assignment, found at Write On Edge, was to write a story in 140 characters. You know, twitter style. Obviously I want my 140 characters to be interesting, something that will intrigue my readers. Maybe wanting to know more? So, here’s what I always refer to as ‘The Beginning of My Life’ in 140…
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Dearest Bacon, How I Love Thee…
Let me count the ways…. Here is a writing prompt from Mama Kat’s Losin’ It that I COULD NOT pass up. Top 10 Reasons Why Bacon Is Awesome1. It’s famous. Like, in the movies famous. When John Travolta has a line telling you that, “…bacon is good. Pork is good.” in a movie that utterly…
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Sicky Icky x3
We don’t catch colds very often in our house, thankfully. When we do it sorta feels like the end of the world, mostly because it’s bad enough when one child is sick but now I have 3 to share it among themselves. Naturally, when one of TheGirls gets sick, the other one will follow within…
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Do you dew? Eyedew! And you can dew too…
Do the Dew!! Eyedews, not Mountain Dew. Ok, so we all know that celebrities are known for paying big bucks to make their faces pretty, right? Well whenever I catch wind of a celeb and her pretty face using an extremely affordable product I take a moment to check it out. And?? I seriously scored…
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Sesame Street and The USO Wants You to Meet Katie
Meet Katie. Katie is a 6 year old little girl, who’s Daddy is an active duty service member. Katie, who is normally a very happy girl, is feeling sad because she just found out that her dad has orders to a new base and she will soon have to leave her friends behind. This is…
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25 Things to know about Semper Fi Momma
I appreciate all my long time readers, and have often wondered how much of ‘me’ do I really share with you all? Well, the blog hop, 25 Things You Don’t Know About… couldn’t have come at a better time as I had just posted on how I was going to be getting back into writing about…
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I can write about me if I want to
So, being at BlogHer and meeting so many other bloggers really made me take a deeper look at my blog and made me realize that I had gotten away from what I love… writing. Writing stories about me and my world, the family, our life, or anything else I see fit to writing about. Sure…
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So, I got an email telling me that I had been nominated for a blog award… on Parents Magazine! Blew me away! Have to say I’m pretty excited, and would be honored if you’d click the little pink box in this post and vote for me. I’m not concerned so much about winning, I’m just…
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