Posted by Melanie on Jul 28, 2008 in
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The other night, my husband and I were relaxing after dinner and quietly watching television. Suddenly, River and Sydney began howling, growling and otherwise barking their cute little heads off. Thinking this didn’t sound like the usual growl when one of them spies a squirrel or rabbit in the front yard, we hopped up to [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jul 27, 2008 in
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One of my very good girlfriends emailed me this article a few days ago. Life, it seems, is not without irony: I only thought to blog about this just today, as I was baking bread in the kitchen, barefoot. How could have I let this perfect gem of blog material lay dormant for days in [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jul 26, 2008 in
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This post shall be filed in the “I’m rolling my eyes at this very second” file:
MoveOn.org is planning to give away 1 million “Obama ‘08″ bumper stickers this week as part of their campaign to get this manipulating Dem into the oval office come November and set into motion the downfall of our country as [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jul 22, 2008 in
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My ten year high school reunion is coming up in four weeks in Winston-Salem, NC and I am really looking forward to the event. A flyer in my email inbox listed the weekend festivities, beginning with tailgating before a home football game on Friday night, the actual reunion in downtown Winston on Satuday night [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jul 16, 2008 in
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This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit Mall of America, located just a few minutes outside of Minneapolis, MN. My mother-in-law currently lives in Eden Praire, MN and we took a long weekend trip to visit with her. She had never been to Mall of America either, so it seemed like [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jul 11, 2008 in
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This is a very cool website started by 12 year old Mimi Ausland of Bend, OR. Mimi got her idea from www.freerice.com and adapted it as a way to help her local animal shelter feed hungry dogs. FreeKibble’s mission is “to provide good, healthy food to dogs and cats to those shelters who [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jul 6, 2008 in
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In 32 days, the 2008 Summer Olympics will open in Beijing, China. On August 8th, the world will gather for the Opening Ceremonies, and I for one, cannot wait! So, for those like me who cannot wait, I hope that you are enjoying the final night of the Olympic trials on NBC. Tonight is track [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jul 5, 2008 in
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Today Sydney is 2 years old! She got a bath outside on the deck to celebrate. Probably not the best birthday present in her opinion, but much needed nonetheless.
Sydney came into our lives in September 2006. My husband got a speeding ticket on his way to work and ended up with 19 hours of community [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jul 4, 2008 in
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Today is a day to celebrate our nation with friends and family. Today is a day to remember those who have died to ensure and protect our freedom. Today is a day to think about all the many blessing we have, simply because we are Americans. Our life in America is easy [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jul 1, 2008 in
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Your morning cup of joe may be a little harder to find now.
Starbucks announced to day that it is closing 500 stores nationwide, a sign of the times of the current economic turn down. This seemingly unstoppable company that couldn’t open new stores fast enough ten years ago, is now realizing that people have [...]