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September 7th, 2009
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It’s labor day here in the States, which means a blogger vacation for me! BBQ is the word of the day. (Or barbecue, barbeque, bar-b-q, whatever!)
Feast yourself with one of these tastey meals from the grill.
Happy labor day!
Happy labor day! Enjoy these BBQ recipes from the grill:
Marinated Grilled Asparagus with Parmesan Cheese
Chicken Marinade Recipe – [...]
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September 3rd, 2009
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My thirteen-year-old son woke up tired the other morning. Really tired, like it took an army of elephants to drag him out of bed. He could barely hold himself up over his Cheerios and Ovaltine hot cocoa.
“I’m really tired,” he said. (As if I hadn’t clued in to that fact.)
“Did you get enough sleep?” I [...]
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August 11th, 2009
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I love to cook. I enjoy sharing recipes. No, this doesn’t make me unmanly. Many of the world’s best chefs are men. Plus, some women find it sexy when a man knows his way around the kitchen.
Partly, I cook out of necessity – I’m a single dad. Who the hell else will cook for me?
Still, [...]
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April 13th, 2009
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My teen daughter eats a very healthy diet. Her friends on the high school soccer and track teams? Um…. not so good.
Fast food, processed snacks. I have no idea how they do so well in their athletic events. I mean, some of these kids set records at local and state meets – fueled by fast [...]
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December 10th, 2008
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My flirt-a-day challenge is going gang-busters, which is great – if my only goal is to flirt. Which it’s not. I’m hoping to turn some innocent flirting into a hot date. For that, I need to meet single women at my same life stage. Or at least single women close enough to my age that [...]
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November 26th, 2008
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A single mom friend of mine said her favorite Thanksgiving memory from childhood was making pumpkin pie each year with her grandma. Her family would drive to her grandmother’s house in the country where they’d spend Thanksgiving morning cooking together in the kitchen. Fragrant smells of ginger and clove from the oven, and fresh mint [...]
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November 3rd, 2008
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We all go through stretches where we feel a little flat. Parents might fall into a rut where they spend too much time taking care of the kids and working to provide, and not enough time caring for themselves and connecting with others.
When I realized my mojo was gone, I took a few simple steps [...]