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White Bread A Holiday Staple
Homemade bread. Warm, yeasty, soft….. MMMMMMMMM. This is a timeless treasure! White Bread 2 pkgs active dry yeast3/4 c warm water (105 to 115)2 2/3 c warm water¼ c sugar1 T salt3 T shortening9 to 10 c flour Dissolve yeast in ¾ c warm water. Stir in 2 2/3 c warm water, the sugar, salt shortening and 5 c flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Turn dough onto lightly floured board; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. Cover; let rise in warm place until double, about 1 hour. (Dough is ready…
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Popular Articles: Week of November 15 – 21
Here were our top 10 most-viewed articles for the week on MilitaryAvenue.com: The Military Community is Thankful this Thanksgiving Military Cookbook Project: Home Cooking On The Mind USAA and Zag Team up with Mercedes-Benz USA Advance Pay for a PCS Holiday Memories Could Net Share of $2,500 in AAFES Shopping Sprees First Lady Honors Military Women, Vets USAA Enlists Army Wife Network to Encourage and Empower Fort Carson Military Spouses Host an Airman for Thanksgiving Dinner Operation Homecooking National Defense University Foundation Announces 2009 Service Heroes Holiday Greetings-Army Family Style Visit our Reading Room to find more relevant news! To find the most recent additions to MilitaryAvenue follow our RSS…
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A Minute out of the Norm: Pinecone Birdfeeders
Thanksgiving is this week! My favorite holiday of all of them. They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness. – Psalm 145:7 This year we are travelling to see my family. We are on the two year rotation. Two years here at home with Hubs family and then the next two at my parents house. I love travelling out to see my family and staying a couple of days. The only thing I struggle with is keeping my boys ‘entertained’ away from their usual toys, friends and routine. This year I have a plan to fill a few moments of time, to lessen the “MOM, I’m…
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A Simple Gift to Make That Looks Good!
At thanksgiving time, I like to have something set up for folks to do wile either waiting for the turkey to fill the house with that undeniable, wonderful aroma … or to do while waiting for that undeniable FULL feeling to fade. We have put together simple quilts, sewn up patchwork pillow cases, made Santa faces out of magnolia pods and even painted tree ornaments. All were fun and a bit challenging. I think being artistically challenged allows us not to go for perfection… but allows us to be perfectly content! And after a large meal… being content is a good thing! This year we will be putting together a…
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The Military Community is Thankful this Thanksgiving
A Very Happy Thanksgiving from our military-family to yours. I took an informal poll of what you, the military family, are thankful for this year; then I compiled those answers with my own thoughts. Wishing each of you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving!(By the way these are absolutely in no particular order.) My husband. He spent a year in Iraq and was with us only in-heart last Thanksgiving. Distance somehow made our hearts grow fonder. Love that does not dwindle but only seems to grow. I’m thankful for no deployment this year, and a new job for my husband that has him home more for now. @householdsix Reunions. Between a…
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Military Cookbook Project: Home Cooking On The Mind
The Taste of Home. There is a magazine with that name, there is also a mindspot that is so real it opens floods of memories. A taste of home brings our matriarchs, patriarchs and local chefs right there to the senses, all of those senses can be activated… just by the thoughts of tastes that are not at our fingertips. We all have them. Some are horrible experiences, lessons learned, laughter shared and ribbing taken or given. Then there is the images of visual dinner gatherings, and items that should just be there on the table…a favorite of someone from a recipe learned from somewhere… memories. These memories are such…
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Popular Articles: Week of November 8 – 14
We had a powerful week at MilitaryAvenue.com. The outpouring of ‘Thanks’ for our US Military Veterans was amazing. The concern for our Fort Hood families was overwhelming. Job opportunities for veterans, law changes for military spouses, and so much more… news that is posted on MilitaryAvenue every day. Here were our top 10 most-popular articles for the week on the site: 101 Ways to thank a Veteran 101 Ways to Thank a Military Spouse Military Spouses finally have a State to call Home; Landmark Bill is signed in the Month of the Military Family November’s Featured Military Reward Fort Hood Officials Release Names of Casualties PCS Allowances and Entitlements Homeland…
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Military-Bloggers (Spouses, Girlfriends, Supporters, you get the jist…) What are you Thankful for?
What are you Thankful for as a military-family?As the wife of a soldier, the mother of sons, and the daughter of an Air Force family I’m thankful for Family … Friends …… Freedom ……… Technology ………… Autumn …………… Reunions ……………… Boys and their toys ………………… Road Trips But what about you? Leave a comment … Write a blog about it and let me know … Next week I’ll compile in a special Thanksgiving blog post (with links!). byLeanneonFriday, November 13, 2009Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestMilitary Life:Leanne,Thankful
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Looking Back at Veterans Day
I have to take this opportunity to thank all of the companies out there that did a fabulous job of honoring our veterans yesterday (and throughout this month in some cases). Last night was crazy busy for us. As soon as *E* got off of the bus we headed to the dentist for the boys 6 month-checkups, then it was off to dinner across town and finally to friend’s house for our weekly ‘get together’. I mention dinner because we could have *easily* done a slow-cooker meal and popped home between the dentist and small-group. BUT I knew a number of restaurants in our area that were honoring our Veterans…
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101 Ways to thank a Veteran
Come read our updated 101 Ways to Thank a Veteran. New ideas, updated links, always a great time to say “Thank You”! http://www.militaryavenue.com/ways_to_thank_veteran Leave a message of support for our military and families at http://facebook.com/MilitaryAvenue. Take a Veteran out to eat; whether it is a fast-food chain or a fine-dining establishment. Tell them why you are bringing them out to eat. Are you a knitter or crocheter? Make a scarf for the cold-winters ahead. Donate them at a local-VFW for a veteran in need or contact Operation Gratitude to see how to donate. Listen to their stories with interest. If they are a war-veteran they have seen things you will never see. Listen…
