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Clayton's Hospital Stay

Clayton’s Hospital Stay

WARNING: NOT FOR THOSE WITH A WEAK STOMACH.. Clayton's hospital stay consisted of removing a large blockage from his colon. This past Wednesday Clayton was admitted into ...
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Islands of Hell

BOOK REVIEW: Islands of Hell

Islands of Hell By: Eric Hammel "Released in conjunction with the premiere of HBO's much anticipated new mini-series "The Pacific." Eric Hammel's Islands of Hell ...
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The Nutty Hiker Daily

My Mother’s intuition beat up your medical degree

My Mother's intuition beat up your medical degree... Today we had an appointment with a pediatric GI for my youngest. A month ago he had a bunch of lab ...
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Military Spouse Appreciation Day

Military Spouse Appreciation Day

Not many are aware that every Friday before Mother's Day is set aside as Military Spouse Appreciation Day. A day specifically for Military Spouses to ...
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Diagnosed with Lyme disease

Diagnosed with Lyme disease

Several weeks ago I posted an entry titled I hate Military Contracted Doctors. Here is a follow up. I kept my original appointment that was ...
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The Nutty Hiker Daily

Honeymoon Planning is worse than planning a wedding

Honeymoon Planning is worse than planning a wedding. This summer we will finally get to take our honeymoon just one month shy of our 1 ...
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I hate Military Contracted Doctors

April 16, 2010 I know hate is a strong word, but I feel strongly about this! I hate Military contracted doctors (not service members who ...
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Taxes filed free for Military Families

Taxes filed free for Military Families

Taxes filed free for Military Families Tax time is always a stressful time of year and with just two days left to file, you may ...
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Spring Flowers

Loving this Spring weather!

Loving this Spring weather and to celebrate we went to the farm this past weekend (my Mom's house in West Virginia up in the mountains) ...
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Writing for Examiner.com now

Writing for Examiner.com now

Things around here have been going wonderful. My husband hasn't had a PTSD "episode" in over a month!!!! I have been keeping him busy and ...
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PTSD

PTSD: You sneaky lil devil you!

Wednesday was a somewhat odd day for me. It started out what I thought was great. I had applied for a position at the Examiner ...
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CAUTION: Weight Loss In Progress

CAUTION: Weight Loss In Progress

Watch out folks; Weight Loss In Progress! Since I have stopped smoking (Jan 4, 2010) food has become my new crutch. I had already started ...
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Installing the roll cage in the Camaro

Productive Weekend

It has been a very productive weekend and night. We headed to the race track to watch a friend race his Nova. Jerry wasn't able to ...
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Severe Clear Movie Review

Severe Clear Movie Review

Movie Review: Severe Clear This is a documentary of the invasion of Iraq from a Marine First Lieutenant. This is real footage, with real Marines ...
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Mom’s get sick too

Just FYI Mom's get sick too! On Sunday I felt my husband's cold being passed on to be. I really hate having a cold. Why? ...
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Free Budget Worksheet

Making A Budget

Making A Budget - For The Military Family Making a budget can seem like a daunting task, but is a must to control out of ...
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PTSD

PTSD: The Other 4 Letter Word

Granted PTSD itself is an abbreviation, but it's still four letters. I was surprised to hear today someone ask me what PTSD is. So for ...
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Blizzard 2010

Will Schools Ever Start Back Up!?!?

Tomorrow marks the 7th consecutive day the kids have missed school because of the 2 blizzards that came through here last week. Most of the ...
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ANOTHER blizzard!!!

ANOTHER blizzard!!!

Another blizzard!!! We are currently going through our 2nd blizzard within just a matter of days! To say things are crazy here is an understatement ...
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When it rains it pours...or um When it snows it falls!

When it rains it pours…or um When it snows it falls!

When it rains it pours or I guess I should say when it snows it falls! Made it through the blizzard. Jerry got home finally ...
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