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I come from a very large family, six brothers and three sisters. My father is deceased; my mom has lived with me for seven years. I am married to the best guy in the world, and we have seven children between us..six boys and one girl. My middle son is deceased,

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Health & Fitness > Exercise Tips Circuit training for fast calorie burning: 1 of 6
Circuit training will burn calories if done correctly, and this can be accomplished in thirty minutes. Circuit training involves strength training and cardio exercises, a complete body workout. Using the equipment as directed, exercise at a slow pace for the first five minutes to warm up your muscles and prevent injury. For ... More..
Jobs & Careers > Nonprofit & Service Sector How to anger a deli employee in 5 steps or less: 2 of 10
There is a code among deli workers that few outsiders are aware of; once the slicer's cleaned and the deli is ready to close for the night, the last minute shopper becomes invisible to the deli workers. No amount of rapping on the counter, whistling loudly, snapping of fingers, or just down right rudeness can shake our resol... More..
Food & Drink > Recipes (Other) Recipes: Simple good cooking: 8 of 35
Turkey for Thanksgiving dinner is as much a tradition at our house as it was for the father in the movie "Christmas Story". I put our turkey on to cook the night before Thanksgiving, and the smell of turkey cooking all night is fantastic! Right after breakfast I get busy picking the meat off the bones, and place all of the m... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) Personal testimonies on belief: 26 of 99
Ask and you shall receive; knock and the door will be opened. When was the last time you really prayed and asked God for something you wanted, needed or had to have in your life? Can you remember the last time you knocked, and stood waiting patiently for the door to open? Or, when your prayer wasn't answered right away, or t... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Family: 32 of 101
The events surrounding the Christmas when I was thirteen is probably what helped me to come to know compassion, sharing, love and friendship in a way that I would not have known if life had been easy. Being the oldest girl in a family of ten kids meant a lot of work and "keeping an eye" on the younger ones. I didn't mind, af... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Trends Is online video/Internet TV here to stay?: 29 of 78

When I was six I saw the original "Tugboat Willie" Mickey Mouse cartoon on a black and white television which had an incredibly big 7" screen. Through the years I've gone from being totally enthralled by "Friday Night at the Fights", compliments of Gillette Razors and my buddy, Speedy Alka Seltzer, to color television and HB... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Fear: 16 of 41
We aren't born afraid of anything but falling, or so I've been told. That must mean that all other fears are learned from our environment and at an early age. Fear of the dark, fear of snakes, spiders, or other crawly critters, fear of the water; these are all learned fears. Or are they? I'm afraid of heights, but up until I... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Food: 55 of 139
CRAVINGS Have you ever had a craving so intense that you acted on it without thinking? Yeah, me too! The craving was for chocolate cake, smothered with milk chocolate frosting. I had to bake the cake and make the frosting, which meant I had to try to tame my craving as the cake baked, and I whipped up the frosting. No proble... More..
Health & Fitness > Vitamins & Dietary Supplements An overview of the newest diet drugs: 6 of 15
Alli, pronounced al-lie, is one of the newest diet drugs to hit the market. After reading what information I could find, I bought a starter package, which is a one month supply. The information that came with the Alli product was a little intimidating, especially the "treatment effects". I realized after reading all of the l... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Winter: 23 of 53
If you live in a part of the country that gets a lot of snow, you'll be able to relate to this story. We live in Ohio, just a few blocks from Lake Erie; lake effect snow storms are a fact of life for us. Following are the events on any given snowy day: I start the day by sweeping a path to the car, and then make my way to th... More..