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Peppers, Green, Banana, Hungarian Wax A’Plenty!
The garden just didn’t appear out there over night. And to my recollection, little gnomes haven’t been out there weeding, hoeing, rotor tilling, etc…. Especially the rotor tilling part… that machine is a monster that wants to go anywhere but where I feel is straight. (Yeah for Dale on this and so many parts of the pre-harvest work.) At the sound of our behemoth, those little gnomes would have jumped straight out of their gourds and be headed so far out of Michigan as to be fictional memories. So, maybe that’s the story!The beauty of a vegetable garden is that crops sweep in at their own pace and then demand…
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“Tell A Friend” About Stop Loss Payments $$$$ – DoD Roundtable
Are you a veteran that has served since 9/11? Were you involuntarily extended beyond a separation or retirement date between 9/11/2001 and 09/30/2008? Do you know someone in these circumstances? Or even think they might have been? Be sure to tell them that they are eligible for $500 per month or partial month from the Department of Defense! Please go to www.defense.gov/stoploss to fill out the application! It takes 30 minutes! Average payment has been $3700! The end date for application is October 21st! Less than 3 months! Do not put it off! Tell them today! If you are eligible, file today! The DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Lernes “Bear” Hebert,…
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Finishing up one chapter and moving to the next
Well life is spinning … not necessarily out of control … but definitely FAST. I can SEE the finish line. I can FEEL the roar of the hormones. Just this morning my mother-in-law said I LOOKED tired ready. AMEN, sistah! Gestational Diabetes be GONE. Contractions, the most erratic and un-cooperative kind ever, be DONE. I’d like to see my ankle bones again; and ahhh… just the simple task of bending over to shave, tie a 5 year-old’s shoe, pick up the food I just dropped all over the kitchen floor (clumsiness … the pregnancy side effect they forget to tell you about) will be such a relief. I’m pretty darn…
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Day 2 USAA Auto Circle Blogger Event
USAA Auto Circle Blogger Event Day 2 at the USAA Auto Circle Blogger Event for the military bloggers! They get to see and drive the USAA Preferred Vehicles! Do you have any questions that we can relay to USAA for you? Please leave a comment or forward questions to dan@militaryavenue.com! So many great bloggers there! Watch for your favorites as they write about this great event! Have you seen the list of military bloggers on the right side of Our Letters to You? It is an extensive list! If you twitter here is a list of bloggers (including MilitaryAvenue’s Dan) and USAA folks at the event gathering information to share…
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Tasty Tuesday Basil Butter and Corn
In Michigan it is corn season. Some call it summer, the rest of us know that it is fresh corn on the cob – roadside stand season. The varieties are out there, one field is a bit different than an other. I suppose it is like wine vineyards… the soil content, the water, the hours of sunlight and temperature of the ground give the grapes their subtle taste value… so I am told. I can just tell you that here, each stand is a marvel. Then to top it off, Fridays in Middleville is Farmers’ Market day. So, a stroll down the booths lets one see different color ears, price…
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USAA Auto Circle Blogger Event
USAA Auto Circle Blogger Event The military bloggers are at USAA including MilitaryAvenue! Be sure to follow on twitter.com at #USAABE! Some pictures to wet your appetite for all the fun and information coming fromUSAA! Who is there? From twitter.com (with hashmark #USAABE) : @MilitaryAvenue @mymilitarylife @BlueStarFamily @Beth_Wilson @michaelfkelly @JohnHancock61 @ArmyWifeNetwork @EnlistedSpouses @SMUSteffyLou @BudgetsAreSexy Photo Credits: MilitaryAvenue1- Entrance to USAA2- Meeting new friends and seeing old ones too3- USAA Media CenterbyColonel KonMonday, July 26, 2010Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestMilitary Life:Col K,Dan,military family,USAA
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A Walk in the Shoes of a Wounded Warrior
Have you ever been confined to a wheel chair? Recently, I had to have surgery on a foot and the doctor prescribed no weight on the foot for a month. Easy enough, let me have those crutches and I will move around I thought! Then came the devastating news! I just didn’t have a lump removed from my foot it was cancer. I visited a couple of doctors for care and one took the cake for lack of patient comfort and bedside manner! Ok, this is an almost exact quote if not the exact words. I have to say I was in a bit of shock but I did have…
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Wordless Wednesday: BabyBoy’s Heart-beat, Music to a Mom’s Ears
Since I have gestational diabetes I go in for a “non-stress” test twice a week to make sure baby is moving around and has a strong heart-beat. I pulled out the hand dandy camera-phone to get a quick keepsake of the sound of the miracle inside me. – Leanne from MilitaryAvenue.com MilitaryAvenue.com Resources: Are you having a baby?byLeanneonWednesday, July 21, 2010Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestMilitary Life:Leanne,pregnancy
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USAA Auto Circle Blogger Event
USAA Auto Circle Blogger Event This weekend I have been invited to USAA’s headquarters in San Antonio, Texas. I will be attending along with other bloggers in order to learn more about USAA and it’s many programs developed to assist military families with key purchases. This summer, USAA will launch a simplified online and mobile experience for finding, financing and insuring consumer autos and homes, making the entire experience easier and less aggravating.As I go into the presentations and meetings I ask that you, our reader, please pass on any questions you may have for me to consider asking USAA. I would enjoy the opportunity to share any questions you…
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Tasty Tuesday From Pickled Hot Peppers
Packing pickled peppers, and these babies are hot ones! Isn’t it funny how in the heat of the summer, it is time to put the heat in the kitchen and fire up the canner. Our pressure cooker is steaming, rattling, cranking out pints and quarts of the best our land has to offer.We planted jalapenos, yellow banana peppers and Hungarian wax peppers. Our peppers with heat are the latter: the Hungarian ones. Glad that we have that, as I want to taste that zip when I crunch on a nacho!Putting up these three varieties melds the taste together. We enjoy the fruits of the summer all year long. But the…
