More politicians like this, please…..

Can we PLEASE have more politicians in Washington, D.C. like this?  Please?

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The way to a man’s heart….. (Teresa’s Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe)

When I was growing up, my dad liked the Kraft Spaghetti that came in a box.  The box contained spaghetti noodles, a spice packet, and a packet of Kraft Parmesan Cheese.  You had to add your own tomato paste and anything extra that you wanted in your sauce (Mom would brown some hamburger meat and add to it).

I never knew anything else.

When I became a young bride, I tried out my limited culinary repertoire on my new husband.  Paul had never had “box” spaghetti; the one time that I made it for him, he was NOT impressed.  I had just landed the man – I wasn’t about to lose him over something as simple as spaghetti!  So, I set out to find a recipe that he might like.

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Well, shoot….

I had a nice post all prepared about the whole Susan G. Komen/Planned Parenthood debaucle, and now they’ve gone and changed their minds again.

Ah, well…..

Guess I’m back to not supporting SGK – I don’t want there to be the slightest chance that any of my dollars might somehow make it to an organization that is proud of something like this:

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Perceptions

Many years ago, when the girls were much younger, I ran across a wonderful book called “Many Moons” by James Thurber.  It is the story of a young princess who falls ill one day after a “surfeit of raspberry tarts”.  The Royal Physician sends for her father the King, who tells her that he will get her anything that her heart desires.  The princess tells the King that if she can have the moon, “I will be well again”.

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Now Added to the Breakfast Repertoire…..

Sometimes, you just have to do what the voices in your head tell you to do……

Everybody has weird dreams, right?  The other night, I dreamed of Scottish Oatmeal – don’t ask me why; I’ve only heard of the stuff (maybe it was hearing my father-in-law talk about eating steel-cut oats for breakfast.  Who knows?).  I couldn’t shake this dream, so when I woke up, I had to go looking for recipes.

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?


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Paula Deen is my new best friend…..

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Free Healthcare for Everyone! (While supplies last…..)

So one of our daughters called me up today and told me that she needs to get a vaccine for college.  It seems that as of January 1 of this year, the “rules” have changed – again – and the vaccine that she had in April, 2006 is out of date (the new rules state that she has to have had the vaccine within the last 5 years).

The universities don’t take parents’ insurance, but it wouldn’t matter anyway, because the student health centers don’t carry the vaccine in the first place.  A student CAN get the vaccine at a local pharmacy, but it costs over $100 to purchase it at any of them.

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Dear Iowa Republican Caucus-goers….

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….before you cast your vote today, just remember that this man:
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Didn’t think twice about protecting the life of this little guy when a predator was threatening him:
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Is there anyone else on the GOP ticket who would do the same?

Character matters.
Choose wisely, Iowa.  Choose wisely.
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No, I’m not hung-over….

New Year's Day, 2012

….Rebecca just thought I needed to be wearing a funny hat –

(that’s what I get for sleeping in late this morning….)

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