We spent a few days of our vacation in New Orleans, Louisiana. The city is known for great food, jazz music, voodoo, drinking and sin. Why would we purposely go to that city of sin? Our Pastor even warned us of the in-your-face sin he saw there before he was saved. To add some context, […]
After 20+ years in the military, I know how to stretch our limited personal budget. One of best ways is to buy generic substitutes! Generics can be half the price of name brand and are good, or at least good enough. They have the same ingredients, so I don’t bother looking further. My mother-in-law lived
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We are in the on vacation with our daughter and grandchildren and though I enjoy this time with them, it’s different from vacations we took before. My wife spent months planning this trip, we booked our accommodations early, to get better prices. We bought tickets for the Universal Studios theme park to make sure
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Have you ever felt like giving up? What did you do about it? When I was in school, it seemed like it would never end. Why didn’t I just give up? I could get a job, leave all that studying behind and live happily ever after, right? Wrong! I saw what happened to people who
I watched as my wife made pancit (loaded Filipino rice noodles). She didn’t want my help, but I kept her company as she worked. Susan recently started making this special dish because we love it so much and she now has the time. When we lived overseas, Susan either couldn’t get the ingredients or would
