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Archive for June, 2008

Be Safe This Weekend: Tips from the FireFamily

Monday, June 30th, 2008

If you live in an American neighborhood like ours, chances are that some Schmuck was setting off fireworks in your neighborhood this past weekend even though the 4th of July isn’t until this Friday. Perhaps they were a week ahead on their calendars? And perhaps they forgot that the only fireworks that are legal in [...]

Cinnamon Free Sunday: Vanilla & Nutmeg French Toast

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

I cannot order French Toast in any restaurant but Cracker Barrel. Believe me, I’ve asked at just about every restaurant that serves French Toast. (And if Cracker Barrel ever changes their recipe, I’m in big trouble.) I cannot eat any pre-packaged French Toast “stick” type things. They all contain cinnamon. Which stinks to high heaven [...]

As Long as He Doesn’t Take the Donut Rings…

Friday, June 27th, 2008

There are reasons that we had our kids close together in age. My health issues aside, the main reason we chose this spacing was because we wanted them to be close to one another. FireDad’s sister is seven-to-eight years older than him and I am seven-to-eight years older than my younger brother. Until the past [...]

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? No? GOOD!

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

We’ve had neighbor issues in the past. The cats. The kids running through our yard and knocking over our table and chairs. And apparently this is the summer of yard maintenance woes.
We’re kind of picky about your yard. Our back yard, through which the children run, isn’t exactly high maintenance, but we still take care [...]