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Fun Date Ideas
by
The Intimate Couple
As far back as 1988, we were looking for fun night date ideas. We had just attended a Marriage Seminar and been encouraged to have weekly date nights to consistently develop our marriage. As a young couple, there were some obstacles to this idea: We were both over-committed to work and volunteer activities.Our young children seemed to need our co ...
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Alphabitty Moments: The Letter "J"
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CFMama
I am so hoping to be all caught up on my Alphabitty Moments by tomorrow. That means I will have to complete and post "K" and "L". Oh wait, tomorrow is Thanksgiving so scratch that entire plan. There is always next week! "J" is for Jeep. Do you remember this post? I love my Jeep but the time has come to eliminate o ...
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For Bridgette's Special Great-Grandma
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Kel
These are for you, Gram. We love you very, very much. Bridgette RestingBridgette in the AutumnFamily Portraits Bridgette Learning about Tree BarkUncle JonBridgette Picks Out Her Own OutfitBridgette Talking on the GuitarBridgette Playing in the Leaves Uncle Jon Pulling Bridgette in the Leaves Bridgette Playing with a Warm BlanketBridgette Playing w ...
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Sunday morning, I ran my 4th Rt ...
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Ken C.

Sunday morning, I ran my 4th Rt 66 Marathon. It's my hometown race, and despite being on pavement with a lot of concrete, I have felt the draw to do it because of having so many friends doing it. The first year, I ran the race with my friend Diana Snyder who was getting in her first 26.2. The next year, I ran it at a moderate effort. last year, I ...
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OK, This isnt funny anymore!
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lynnie81
It really isn't! After my tarot reading on Friday I had a very quiet weekend. We are having the most horrendous weather here at the moment and Gerry was doing overtime on 'Flood watch' so i basically stayed at home with my nephews. Nice and relaxing. On Monday i was back into my routine, sleep, gym, shops, home, dinner, maybe see Gerry. This i ca ...
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Ready, Set, Surgery!!
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Kim Schwabenbauer
Well, I guess Joanna Zeiger and I have more in common than previously thought.After both braking our collarbones in the Half Ironman World Champs on Nov. 14th, we both had surgery within the same week to insert a titanium plate and screws. I had no idea when I arrived at Doctor Bradley's office on Thursday that he would be serving up some surgery j ...
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Pausitive Changes
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Lynette Sheppard

My husband once remarked that it was a wonder that more couples don’t get divorced during the Big M transition. And certainly it’s true that if we who are undergoing this forced journey don’t understand much of what’s occurring, our mates and loved ones are left completely befuddled.The combination of physical changes and e ...
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To Mammogram…Or Not
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Raine Saunders

Indeed, cancer is a scary thing. For as long as I can remember, women have been advised to start getting mammograms over the age of 40 as part of a preventative program for reducing the risk of breast cancer and/or detecting it early enough to be able to go on the appropriate program to be able to remove it should it be found (i.e., chemotherapy, r ...
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Alzheimer's Heaven on Earth
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Bob DeMarco
They put her in what they call the locked unit. At that point in time it was six beds in a small hallway with locked doors. She went berserk...She was so medicated that when I would come see her she wouldn't act like she knew who I was. I was somebody familiar so she'd look up at me and she'd have tears in her eyes and she'd say help me.... I want ...
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we interrupt your normal mommy ramblings...
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RunFasterMommy
A quick break in your normal Running Mom adventures for a little product review. I don't do product reviews too often, unless it's something that I'm totally digging. These products have certainly met and exceeded my expectations, so I would love to take a few minutes and share them with you. SUGOI arm warmerswww.sugoi.comI went back, and forth, ba ...
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