Cowboy Has Gone for a Soldier

Cowboy has wanted to be a Marine ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper. (Definition: Quite young, as in I haven’t seen him since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.) Even though both of my grandfathers served in the military – my dad’s dad in the Air Force and…

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Call Me a Slow Learner

Go ahead, I won’t be upset. About two years ago my Toshiba laptop bit the dust. I freaked out, worrying that all of our family photos since 1998 had been lost. Stupidly I hadn’t printed all of them, uploaded them to Flickr, made back-ups, or any of the other sensible…

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Not-so-Hot Wings

After I posted our hot wings recipe, Princess pointed out that not everyone likes hot wings. I didn’t want to believe her but the proof was standing right in front of me: Princess doesn’t like hot wings. To be honest, when I was her age I didn’t like hot wings…

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Hot Wings Recipe

Hot wings caused me to go into labor with College Boy. Don’t believe me? Here’s the story… Teacher’s college fraternity brothers traditionally held a “Wings and Kings” party with hot wings and Little Kings beer at least once a semester. Two nights before second semester started Teacher and I hosted…

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