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It started to snow, for all of 17 minutes, yesterday and even though they were happy (sort of) I can’t tell you how difficult it was to chase the kids off the couch.
At least two of them, anyway!
I mean, as a parent, I can certainly understand the importance of helping my children direct their natural energy into a productive form of physical activity – seeing as I can’t sit 5 minutes without tapping my foot or twirling my hair – but, there are people who STILL think that children today are becoming less and less active.
Welcome to the 4th Edition of Red, White and Blue Fridays.
Basically, our mission is to recognize and acknowledge members of the U.S. armed forces and their families and, hopefully, bring awareness to the ways in which bloggers can show their support.
How?
To me, “support our troops” is more than just a sound bite on a
t-shirt of bumper sticker (my minivan sports a magnet, actually) it
means that I understand the sacrifice, dedication and difficult
decisions members of our military make, every day, and honoring that commitment, by making one of my own.
What?
I’ve pledged to celebrate Red, White and Blue Fridays and showing my support by spreading the word on ways we (bloggers, like you and me) can say, “Thank you!”
Today, I’d like to tell you about a couple of simple ways we can bring our troops a little bit of home.
No, it’s true, ask anyone of the service and repair departments currently on my speed dial – my kids and husband Garth (not his real name) WILL tell you – I am a total KLUTZ aaaaaand there’s a very good reason why my other blog has the following proviso:
It’s no secret. I like getting stuff. I like writing about the stuff
that we like and perhaps make my family’s life a little easier.
Especially, if it works!
Or, I haven’t managed to break it…YET!
On the other hand, taking into consideration that I did NOT break the stupid dryer, there are some things that just don’t seem to work out right for us.
More specifically, appliances and…well…anything with mechanical and/or moving parts.
[wipes dirt off ass and waves at 98-year-old neighbor]
Hang on. Don’t go. Fear not, there maybe more to the total DORK you see, before you! I had some time to kill at school, yesterday – my kids make me park way in the back – and I managed to come up with a list of stuff that, you know, still work.
The 13 Things I Have NOT Managed to Break and/or KILL, Yet:
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It’s Super Tuesday and the OTHER Tuesday, as well. You know, Mardi Gras (we try NOT to use the “F” word too much, here) so, throw me some beads, WHOOT! I’ve got a new article up on Imperfect Parent – just in time for Valentine’s Day – come read about Our Dirty Little Secret ;o)
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to the polls!
[Edited to add: Just got a call from Hillary Clinton, reminding me that the polls are open until 8 p.m., here in Jersey. What a country!]
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This is an emergency, people – quick, somebody call Ty Pennington – we seem to have a severe laundry backup!
Now, I’m NOT the type of person who likes to complain – heaven knows, my mommy ears are VERY tired already – but, our nearly new dryer broke two weeks ago and it’s STILL not fixed DAMMIT!
Did I mention, we’ve got 6 people living in our house?
Last week, The Boy (he’s 9) had a wicked stomach virus and threw up 11 times, on Thursday – I know, my 6-year-old was home sick with a fever and was good enough to count it for me – oh, and…DAMMIT…our nearly new dryer STILL doesn’t work!?!?
Not for the lack of trying – we’ve got the service center on speed dial – but, it seems that reliable customer service is the last thing on Sears’ mind.
This is one of my favorite pictures of my parents – it was taken shortly after their engagement in 1963 – and is a perfect depiction of a young couple, living in America, at that time.
Except, they weren’t American citizens.
My parents immigrated during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and met for the first time here, in New Jersey, on a blind date.
They carried green cards, worked whatever jobs they could get and learned to speak English by listening to radio commercials and watching television show, like and Gunsmoke and Bonanza.
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The League of Maternal Justice and my fellow bloggers at Green Mom Finds are partnering with BlogHers Act Canadato reach as many of us in the blogosphere, as they can – our mission for this last week of January (1/28 to 2/1) is to try and
go a whole week without eating meat.
