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    Chicken with Fresh Spinach

    June 26, 2009 /

    Summer time is fantastic for so many reasons! Evenings are long, when it starts to get twilight – out come the lightening bugs to display a daily fireworks display. Our deck is high off of the ground and right in their flight path. The trees have their full dressed leaves on them and rustle in a breeze and there is wonderful of the lilies and evening primrose as they close up tightly for the night. Life is good in the summer. This year, our spinach crop was top rate. Finding recipes to highlight this dark green leafy vegetable keep me searching books and menus. My Mom actually asked for this…

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    Camp Grandpa

    June 26, 2009 /

    Next week is Camp Grandpa in Middleville! I am pretty excited about this first time event that we plan to make an annual one! We get to have 3 special young visitors for 4 days of fun with drop ins for younger ones! Our kids remember special times with their grandparents. It was harder for them as military kids to see their extended families frequently but when we did they loved it. As they got older we started allowing them to spend a week with grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins and camps nearby as well! We wanted them to know their families and made a few extra trips/drove a *few thousand extra…

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    Fresh Spinach Dip

    June 25, 2009 /

    I mentioned the other day that I had a boat load of spinach that we harvested… all at once. Besides frying it, putting it in salads and the yummy Spinach Squares I found a wonderful dip. We sat outside on the deck, in the evening and celebrated the produce with a bowl of bagel chips and Fresh Spinach Dip. I highly recommend it!I love to put the spinach in the freezer for about an hour, then take it out and crunch it down. Amazing how it breaks and is so brittle. If time does not permit this… just chop it up before placing it in the pan.Fresh Spinach DipMakes: 1…

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    Military Family Life Question of the week: What has your favorite assignment been and why?

    June 24, 2009 /

    We all have stories being military families… stories of places we LOVED living, stories of places we weren’t so fond of. Perhaps the dust-storms in Texas just aren’t your thing or perhaps you could have done without the humidity of South Carolina. Maybe you couldn’t get enough of the history of Charleston or the free museums and cherry-blossoms in DC. This is the life of the military. It’s more than an adventure, it is life-changing! You get to see the sites, opportunities to do things you wouldn’t have had you stayed & lived in your hometown. You have expanded your world beyond borders. My favorite place was Keflavik NAS, Iceland…

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    Feed Me!

    June 24, 2009 /

    Even though I love writing about recipes, sharing the aromas of herbs steaming through the air, desserts loaded with nuts, salads full of the crunch of crisp vegetables and topped with seeds. I don’t like sharing any goodies with the varmints outside.We have bird feeders on two sides of the house, and suet cages hanging from tree limbs. Our birds are our entertainment. There must be a gazillion of them! OK, I exaggerate. But I don’t like varmints. Rodents are rodents are rodents… sorry squirrels, but I remember my biology class… and that is what you are. And then there are the deer – cute when they are in a…

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    Oh NO! All my spinach plants matured today!

    June 22, 2009 /

    Early early in Spring, we planted 2 long rows of spinach. This is our third year trying, coaxing pleading, weeding, watering… doting over the seeds to grow, flourish and provide enough spinach for a few great salads. That we got. This year I was armed and dangerous with little peat moss pots that I started early and two bags of different variety seeds. After the last breath of cold weather, in the ground they went. (I understand now that I could have put them in earlier… I’m still learning.) All of the peat moss pots died. I knew I would be missing out on a great crop, so I immediately…

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    June’s Military Family Newsletter: Summer Safety

    June 21, 2009 /

    * Subscribe today & receive our monthly-newsletter straight to your email box PLUS become eligible for our monthly-drawing! Summer has arrived! My boys are all out of school. My husband is home from Iraq and still working on getting back into routine. Our pool has been setup. Our garden is coming into full bloom & we have enjoyed some fresh peas & cucumbers already. We have enjoyed “Frontier League” baseball games & T-Ball games. I’m attempting to get organized for a garage sale next week. The kids are giddy with excitement over a family-vacation planned for the end of July. Summer Vacation plans are in the works! Nothing screams SUMMER…

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    How can you make MilitaryAvenue.com *your* site?

    June 19, 2009 /

    Are you new to MilitaryAvenue? Want to be a part of the community? Created by a military family, MilitaryAvenue.com is an online service supporting the military relocation, travel, and lifestyle needs of the American military family. We present Military Rewards and discounts for over 150 categories at 250 installations in the US which also includes local lists of businesses in your area. You will find Military-related articles with news you can use. There is installation information including frequently used telephone numbers, child development center information, on & off post vehicle regulations and much more. So join us! Become part of the community we can’t wait to interact. Jot down a…

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    Love and Marriage

    June 16, 2009 /

    I am 100% in love. Hubs and I aren’t your ‘perfect’ couple. I get frustrated with him when he leaves the Sunday paper strewn across the kitchen counter. He would really prefer I DIDN’T leave my shoes all over the house. I’m sure any psychologist could pick our relationship apart. We have squabbles. YET, We don’t kick. We don’t scream. We just get past it and work through it. We love each other 100%, unabashedly. Our toughest ‘years’ of marriage were probably the first couple. We were in love but not quite synced. I did a lot more yelling and fussing then I needed to. He didn’t voice his opinions…

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    In the mood for some Mexican Food?

    June 16, 2009 /

    I was in our local grocery store last week and eyed the tomatoes, corn and other fresh items that were on sale. Soon it will be our local products sitting in the bins. (Small store, with lots of local flavor!) I don’t know, but the picture I took in of the vegetables just put me in the mood for some good Mexican food. Right there, sorting through the red peppers was a good friend with a recipe card in her hand. She volunteered to share it with me… and said it was good to pass it on. I love getting tried and true recipes. This one is great, give it…

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