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What was I thinking? I took today off of work to offer my services out at my hubby and son's remote control flying club for a special fly-in show. I have a very secret recipe for buffalo wings and am usualy asked to make them . Today was a record turn out.... close to 300 people. I have never done that many wings in my life in one day, not even when I worked in a local wing...

Since this is sleep awareness week and also FCAT week in Florida it would appear that the nature of the test would have an affect on the sleep of our children. It turns out it does. It also turns out that it matters what type of personality they have. The problem is that children need sleep to be able to learn, store and retrieve memory effectively and to grow. This is worse for children who...

Today I went to Wal-Mart. A man with an equally long list of “Things To Buy” stopped me. “Excuse me, miss, can you tell me what these are?” he asked, pointing to the words on his list “knee-high or trouser socks.” He explained that his wife had asked him to buy some for her. I was quite taken by his steadfastness to find exactly what she wanted. It would have been...

Bandit's been making new friends lately, under the worst of circumstances. But you couldn't find...

A great article from EveryDayHealth.com with 10 quick tips on how to cut calories out of your diet. LINK: http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight/steps-to-speed-up-weight-loss.aspx?xid=nl_EverydayHealthDietandNutrition_20090506ARTICLE:By Madeline Vann, MPHMedically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPHspeeding up weight lossIf you're struggling with weight loss, then you already know it's the little...

Reaching kids in time- How powerful afterschool activities build young leaders By: C. Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach There is a lot of talk these days about cutting back on budgets and eliminating afterschool activities for kids. Cutting out sports, music, drama and journalism to send students home early, often to an empty house, is a bad plan for...