WHY GOD MADE MOMS
Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make mothers?
1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
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Just thought we could use a laugh today! You can find another funny story here!
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For the next time you feel like flirting….
My blogging buddy Rebecca is hosting “Three Words” next Tuesday, October 23. Rebecca got this idea from Good Morning America. Watch the video and you will get it. Then head over to BlogMommas to learn how you can join in!
After a fine meal of frozen fish sticks, french fries and mandarin oranges, I realized how much I miss
having a ‘real’ sit down dinner when the hubby is home. Don’t get me wrong, I also love how the boys are perfectly content with “kid food” that doesn’t take up a lot of time.
One of the first meals I will be making when the hubby returns will be Stuffed Pork Loin Roast.
First we had to deal with lead in children’s toys. Now, it is in lipstick! Where will this end? 
Lipsticks tested by a U.S. consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L’Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others, the group said on Thursday.
Not only is October Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but it is also
Breast Cancer Awareness month.
13 facts about breast cancer::
1.) An estimated 182,800 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed each year.
2.) One in eight women or 12.6% of all women will get breast cancer in her lifetime.
3.) Breast cancer risk increases with age and every woman is at risk.
This is the second post in my series of domestic abuse in the military. Part one can be found here.
The military has a domestic violence problem—or, as the Army calls it, a “spousal aggression issue.” Sometimes, when soldiers have just returned from a war zone the media speculates that post-traumatic stress may be to blame. This seems somewhat specious. The Defense Department doesn’t break down pre- and post-deployment figures, but the fact is that rates of domestic violence in the military have been high for years—two to five times higher than among civilians. In the 1990s, the military quietly watched as its domestic violence rates shot up from 19 per 1,000 soldiers in 1990 to 26 per 1,000 soldiers in 1996. After three soldiers stationed at Kentucky’s Fort Campbell were charged with killing their wives or girlfriends, an alarmed Congress appointed a task force to investigate and make recommendations. Last year, according to DoD figures, there were 16,400 cases of domestic violence reported, with 9,450 of them substantiated. That’s still a rate of 14 cases for every 1,000 couples, compared with 3 per 1,000 among civilians. And consider that many soldiers spent all or part of last year deployed and thus physically separated from their spouses. (more…)
The Green Three is hosting a 40 before 40 today. When I think into the far, far, far away future, I realize on my 40th birthday (March 2013), I will have a *gasp* 19 year old and an 11 year old!
Time for Tasty Tuesday and another recipe! I’m also throwing in a history lesson. I love the potato! I could eat potatoes every single day. Did you know the potato has its roots in the windswept Andes Mountains of South America? The potato was first cultivated some 7,000 years ago. In about 1570 the first potato made its way across the Atlantic to make a start on the continent of Europe.
The potato is part of the nightshade family and as such does have some disagreeable traits. One should
never eat anything green from a potato. The leaves and stem are poisonous. Potatoes should be stored in dark, but dry places. Light will cause the formation of solanine on the skin of the potato. Though not likely to cause serious harm, green skinned potatoes can taste bitter and may result in temporary digestive discomfort.
When confronted by green skin on a potato, simply peel it away. Keep as much of the rest of the skin as possible. For this is where most of the vitamins reside. Potatoes are one of the most nutritious staple crops discovered by man. With milk in the diet, it can be a sustaining and healthful source of energy, vitamins and minerals both in times of want and in times of plenty.
You can learn more about the potato at Food History.
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Baked Potato Salad (more…)
This is the second post in my “blog mini-series” about the preparation for the much anticipated reunion with my deployed husband. If you want to catch up, check out Operation Homecoming- Part One. Today I want to talk about the kids involved when a spouse is deployed.
The Friday Four is a list of four things of whatever you want! It can be four that happened during the week, four funny jokes, four chores you are putting off, whatever you would like!
With this being the month of Domestic Violence Awareness, my Friday Four will be four websites that provide help, relief and education for anyone suffering from abuse or just wanting to learn more. (more…)
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month
Thought I would give you 13 Facts on Domestic Violence
1.) Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year1 to three million women who are physically abused by their husband or boyfriend per year.
2.) Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. (more…)
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and many blogs here at 451 Press are focusing a few posts on the subject.
I want to explore and talk about abuse within a military family. Historically the military has failed to take domestic violence seriously by not providing services and support for victims and failing to punish service members who abuse their partners. But this indifference has changed as a result of the successful lobbying of Congress by the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) and other domestic violence advocacy organizations who worked with the Department of Defense (DoD) to create the Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence (DTFDV). (more…)
Being An Air Force Wife is a about simply, being a military wife in todays world. Military wives take the 'unwritten' oath, to keep the home fires burning. When our troops are in the battle field, it's not always easy, it can be hair pulling at times, but this proud AF wife tries to find the humor in every situation.
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