tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10414725367378914312024-03-13T14:46:42.604-07:00Mom LaughsLaugh with me thru Motherhood. I'm an author, conference speaker with humor, mom blogger, married 35 years @bobmoeller, mom x6 including @rjmoeller, 1 son-in-law, 3 daughter-in-laws, grandmum x3. Enjoy my crazy genius. @momlaughsCheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.comBlogger491125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-1064202568810677792016-01-20T07:00:00.002-08:002016-01-20T07:00:49.073-08:00Cozy Tension Rod Retreat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.32px;">I love this. Keep kids happy with a cozy tension rod retreat. Ten Rod Home Hacks.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.32px;"><a href="http://www.wimp.com/tension-rod-home-hacks-besides-curtains/" target="_blank">Click here</a></span>Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-65318710540771717342016-01-18T17:34:00.002-08:002016-01-18T17:34:32.497-08:00 Tennessee Breakfast CasseroleMy dad was from Tennessee and he would have loved this; so will you.<br />
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1/4 cup Olive Oil</div>
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3 lbs. red potatoes, cut real small, don't peel! </div>
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1 lb. turkey sausage, crumble and brown first</div>
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2 cups low fat cheese, grated</div>
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3 cups breakfast sausage gravy</div>
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Preheat the oven to 375.</div>
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In 9"x13" glass pan pour 1/4 olive oil, walnut or coconut oil and move around to cover the bottom.</div>
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Fresh ground pepper on top</div>
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In a separate bowl, beat 12 eggs.</div>
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Add cream and mix well.</div>
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Fresh ground pepper on top</div>
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Brown and crumble turkey sausage.</div>
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Sprinkle cheese on top of turkey sausage layer. </div>
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Add 3 cups of breakfast gravy over whole area.</div>
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Place in preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours. </div>
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Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-26763067884104385302015-05-16T04:33:00.004-07:002015-05-16T04:33:56.397-07:00Mom Stories #4 - Ivory Knife from Africa<div class="post-header">
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letter opener as a gift in college from my employer at a world missions
agency. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">One morning on Bob's
way to work he decided to pick it up and take it to the office to use as
a letter opener. <br /><br />Ten minutes later Bob pulled up in front of our
inner-city church and opened his car door to get out. At the last moment he
remembered the knife-like letter opener and reached in and grabbed it off the front seat with his
right hand. As he stood up and closed the car door he heard someone right behind him. He turned around to see who it was and
was holding the knife. <br /><br />It was a young man with a stocking cap partially blocking his face. The moment he saw Bob's knife, he turned around and ran in the other direction at full speed. </span></div>
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sure. Out there is perhaps some would-be robber who has to wonder
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /><span style="color: black;">"Because the Lord is my shepherd; I have everything that I need</span></span></b>." </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Psalm 23:1 </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><br />Dear God, Thank you for your hand of protection and watch-care. In the name of Jesus, Amen <br /><br />When has God rescued you from your enemies? </b></span></div>
Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-74960246496847399442015-05-15T17:43:00.002-07:002015-05-15T17:43:37.330-07:00Mom Stories #3 - The Wonder of Life That I See Through My Children<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 1.4;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">The backyard swimming pool is not a bubble bath.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Salt, pepper and milk are not fish food.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Finger painting is a good hobby. Finger painting the front door is not a good hobby. <br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> A good sense of humor will get you through most problems in life.<br /><i><br /></i></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br />"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting."</i> <b>Job 8:21</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 1.4;">Dear God, Thank you for the wonder of life, love, and laughter I see through my children. In Christ's name, Amen<br /><br />Can I still laugh at something my kids do just for fun?</span></span></div>
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Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-3225436674292742132015-05-14T08:20:00.002-07:002015-05-16T04:03:09.694-07:00Mom Stories #2 - If God Permits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">The home next door to us was going to be renovated. It really needed an extreme makeover.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Someone had purchased it at a good price and was planning an extensive rehab before selling it again.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><br />Construction workers started working on it one day and then did not return for months, possibly a whole year.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">We found out from our Village Hall the construction company did not have the necessary building permits, so they were shut them down temporarily until they secured the correct ones. <br /><br />Otherwise, haphazard work could be done which is dangerous to the occupants or neighbors. A collapsed roof, a door that opens the wrong way or windows that can't open could occur. <br /><br /></span><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">"And this we will</span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><i> do if God permits."</i><b> Hebrews 6:3</b></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br />Dear God, I want to know your heart and Word, so this verse will be true in my life every day. In Christ's name, Amen<br /><br />Am I ever quiet enough to listen to the Voice speaking to me and willing to hear? </b>Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-22082200591168829862015-05-13T13:09:00.000-07:002015-05-15T07:38:05.957-07:00Mom Stories #1 - Because of the Rain <div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">My car was in the body shop on a rainy day in September. I needed a few specific groceries to finish a recipe for dinner, but it was raining too hard to ride my bike.</span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Trying to get something else completed on my list, I went to the garage to clean a little. </span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FYJhlGs34wQ/VVOwWJ7yC8I/AAAAAAAAFI0/X37T8cyz_fg/s1600/vintagecooler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FYJhlGs34wQ/VVOwWJ7yC8I/AAAAAAAAFI0/X37T8cyz_fg/s320/vintagecooler.jpg" width="320" /></a><span data-mce-style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; background-color: #ffffff;" style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Deciding to make an area in the garage for the camping equipment, I opened my husband's vintage cooler he had taken on a father-son fishing trip in June. </span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Inside the cooler, I found a lot of canned and boxed groceries. He had obviously not used up everything on his fishing trip.</span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">As a family, we enjoyed a great dinner as we thanked God for his provision of unexpected food I discovered because of the rain.</span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="color: red;">"And my God will meet all your needs accourding to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19</span></i></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><b><br />Dear God, In the morning, afternoon, and evening, may I often thank you and tell others all that you have done. In Jesus' name, Amen</b></span></span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br />What three things has God done lately for you, your husband, your children, your parents or your siblings that you can tell someone about today? </i></span><br />
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Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-26168530726304851322015-05-13T12:58:00.000-07:002015-05-14T07:43:45.887-07:00Chocolate Blueberry Almond Cake - Mom Vegan Slow-Cooker Meals <div>
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1 cup Coconut or almond milk<br />
2 cups Organic blueberries (if frozen, thaw first)</div>
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3/4 cup Dark Hersheys Cocoa Powder</div>
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3 Tablespoons Flax Seed Powder</div>
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Bake in a prepared slow cooker, covered, and on high setting. 90 minutes, then check.<br />
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Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-55959710214842375492015-04-08T23:05:00.001-07:002015-04-08T23:05:04.072-07:00STORYTELLING IN A DIGITAL AGE CONFERENCE – ONLINE CONFERENCE with Bob and Cheryl Moeller<h3 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; line-height: 1.125em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Tuesday Evenings, 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., April 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2015</h3>
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Cheryl Moeller’s “Storytelling in a Digital Age Conference.”<br />For those that register, I will send a link for you to click on for a google hangout group. It’s real easy to click on and join at the given time. You need a gmail address and a webcam.</div>
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The conference covers Storytelling, Writing, Blogging (Social media, too), Speaking, and Publishing.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New this session: Bob Moeller will do a </strong>one hour<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> session one of the evenings (April 14) on “The Art of Storytelling.”</strong></div>
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Cheryl Moeller, M.A.R., was a literary agent from 1992-2002. She received her first book contract in 1998 and has authored or co-authored 10 books. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cheryl+moeller" style="background: transparent; color: #5f6662; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cheryl’s Books</a></div>
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Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-57012544070442688602015-03-28T10:03:00.000-07:002015-03-28T10:03:27.914-07:00Everything's Coming up Peeps <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">My sister, Carolyn, lives near the Peeps factory in Bethlehem, PA. No factory tours but there's a retail store nearby (retails stores also at Mall of America in MN and National Harbor in MD).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">For those that register, I will send a link for you to click on for a google hangout group. It’s real easy to click on and join at the given time. You need a gmail address and a webcam.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">The conference covers Storytelling, Writing, Blogging (Social media, too), Speaking, and Publishing.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">Cheryl Moeller, M.A.R., was a literary agent from 1992-2002. She received her first book contract in 1998 and has authored or co-authored 10 books. </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cheryl+moeller" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5f6662; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cheryl’s Books</a></h3>
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In 2009, she also began to teach writing conferences to now over 600 people. Sign up so you don’t miss one blog post – Cheryl’s Writing Mentor Blog posts <a href="http://www.writingmentor.blogspot.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5f6662; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Click here</a></h3>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The truth: I left the trunk open in our car coming home from Best Buy and our new television fell out on the tollway. It weighed about 50 pounds and I feel terrific that the police aren’t pressing charges for the 21 car pile-up I started.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Actually: We all had supper one night at the California Pizza Kitchen and got food poisoning and the wave after wave was actually…well you get the idea.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-4599891971292312332015-02-11T21:28:00.000-08:002015-02-11T21:28:05.633-08:00FIFTY SHADES OF PORN FOR WOMEN<div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;" align="center" style="background-color: white; font-size: 21.3333339691162px; text-align: center;">
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A seminary student told us she is going to the Fifty Shades of Grey Movie because anually she watches the Oscars. She likes to have watched each film that year, so she can make an honest opinion if the Oscars have chosen correctly on the winners.</div>
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Are there any redeeming characteristics to porn? No. Good porn is an oxymoron.</div>
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Some of my acquaintances have complained about their husband watching porn, but they have gone alone or with their husband to every PG-13 (yes some of them are raunchy at least at the plot level if not more) and R Rated movie, without saying, "No." Maybe they did not watch it to make their husband happy, maybe they wanted to watch it for themselves. They are now worried because their husband is watching porn even though they have been watching it with their husband for 25 years.</div>
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Porn is not going to help you, your husband or your marriage. The old excuse that it's "just the two of you" is not going to impress God. It's not "just the two of you", it's also the two or twenty people in the porn pictures or film.</div>
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Some feel as though because they have not said, "No" in the past, it would be hypocritical or too hard to start now. What if your kids used that reasoning about something they need to quit?</div>
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If you haven't started saying, "No," the time to start is now.</div>
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I have heard the compromise excuse that somehow there is only five bad scenes in a certain movie. If those scenes were put into flash frozen photos and made into a magazine, it would be 100 pages of porn.</div>
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At first many thought Fifty Shades of Grey was a man's fantasy, but actually the books and movies are targeted to women. In the interest of never denying ourselves in Modern America, isn't it interesting that instead of flourishing, we have encased ourselves as slaves from some time travel to the past, gone horrid, like torture chambers from the Middle Ages.</div>
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The truth or should I say, the trick here is that Hollywood is teaching to love a woman is to torture a woman. The real truth is a woman bleeding from being beaten with a whip is hate, not love.</div>
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God is against porn, but not to take your happiness away. Porn is like drinking a swimming pool full of pickle juice to quench your thirst.<br /> </div>
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In the end you will not be satisfied, instead it will bring destruction and death to a relationship.</div>
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A revival is a husband and wife turning to Christ in complete humility and saying we are lost and undone without you. We desperately need Christ in our relationship for He and He alone is the source of love, hope, honesty, and true intimacy.</div>
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<br /><em>"Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me."</em> <strong>Psalms 51:10</strong></div>
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Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-41286104675281191162015-02-11T11:56:00.000-08:002015-02-11T11:56:03.687-08:00Leanne's Caramelized Onion Quesadilla<br />
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5 large sweet or yellow onions, peeled and cut into thin slices, caramelized with 2 TB of brown sugar. Caramelizing onions on stove top in a frying pan takes about 1 hour on low heat, stirring every 10 minutes. Don't leave the kitchen!</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is very good also with just caramelized onions and cheese and microwaved for 25 seconds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I caramelize mine with 1 TB coconut oil and a little water and the brown sugar.</span></div>
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Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-62310967283847804862015-02-09T16:08:00.001-08:002015-02-09T16:09:38.940-08:00Our Son Stood Strong <div aria-label="Compose body" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">
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When at last our son was the only remaining student on the pro-babies, pro-life side of the classroom. </div>
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Shaming, bullying, and intimidation was used to tell him how simply being the minority, the only one, was reason for him to believe he was wrong. He stood strong. </div>
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During the holidays dads are thinking about playoff games and kids are dreaming about Christmas vacation, but Mom’s mind is definitely somewhere else…</div>
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<span style="color: #605f5f;">1. While everyone else stampedes through stores at 4:00 AM the day after Thanksgiving to buy this year’s most popular toy, Mom is still trying to remember where she hid last year’s most popular toy.</span> <a href="http://mentoringmoments.org/10-reasons-why-mom-gets-distracted/" target="_blank">Read the other nine.</a></div>
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<br />Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-71515877872023020902014-11-26T17:53:00.001-08:002014-11-26T17:53:22.201-08:00Thanksgiving Postcard from God Devotional<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_akNpAfIkll0/SRw33aYPDUI/AAAAAAAAAiA/DART4In5qiE/s1600-h/whirlpool-chest-freezer-energy-star.jpg" style="color: #b5653b; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268147089229942082" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_akNpAfIkll0/SRw33aYPDUI/AAAAAAAAAiA/DART4In5qiE/s400/whirlpool-chest-freezer-energy-star.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 343px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />It was 10:00 a.m. the day before Thanksgiving. In just a few hours the doors to our inner-city church would open, and we would host our urban neighbors, many of whom were Native Americans, to a free Thanksgiving dinner.<br /><br />We were making last-minute preparations when we heard a loud knock at the front door. Another interruption, we thought as we trudged toward the door. When we opened the door, we were greeted by two delivery men from Sears.<br /><br />"Will you sign for this?" one of the men asked as he shoved a clipboard our way.<br /><br />"Sure, what is it?"<br /><br />"A freezer," he answered.<br /><br />"We didn't order a freezer."<br /><br />"Someone did," he said. With that, he and his burly partner pushed past us and wheeled a full-length deep freeze up the steep steps and into our church.<br /><br />As we studied the invoice, we discovered a sister church, New Hope Church in Crystal, MN, had purchased the appliance for us. That's strange, we thought. They never told us it was coming.<br /><br />Our minds returned to the Thanksgiving dinner. Within a few hours, the first flakes of snow started coming down. In Minnesota in late November, that can mean anything from a dusting to three-foot snow drifts. On this particular day, it meant the worst. By 4:00 p.m., the flakes had turned into a major-league blizzard. The timing couldn't have been worse. By that late hour, all the food for our dinner had been prepared—a dozen turkeys, nearly a hundred pounds of mashed potatoes, and scores of piping-hot pies.<br /><br />But we had no one to eat any of it. All our food and effort was about to go to waste.<br /><br />That's when we remembered the gift we had received only hours earlier. We wrapped the food and carried it upstairs to our new storage freezer. One week later we held the postponed dinner and served a hot Thanksgiving meal to a church packed with grateful neighbors and needy friends.<br /><br />Looking back, we realize we received more than an appliance from a department store that day. We received a postcard from God.<br /><br />What's a postcard from God? It's one of those providential, serendipitous events that appear in our lives, marriage and family—a reminder that God has not forgotten us. For us, it's like receiving a short note that reads, "Dear Cheryl and Bob, I was thinking of you today. Just thought I'd let you know. Love, Your heavenly Father."<br /><br />The ways in which he sends these timely postcards are as unpredictable as they are amazing. The net effect seems always the same: to encourage and strengthen us, often when we need it the most.<br /><br />Piles of unwanted junk mail are delivered daily. As catalogs, sales brochures, newspapers, and a host of other materials accumulate on our desks, our goal is to dispose of the piles as quickly as possible. In the same way, our lives, our marriages, our families, and schedules can become cluttered with carpools, shopping, taking care of kids, exercising, committee meetings, weekly deadlines, and urgent calls to make. Our goal can become simply to get through the day.<br /><br />In the midst of sorting through such clutter, it's easy to overlook the simple notes our heavenly Father sends to remind us of his love. When we take the time to sort through "coincidences" of my life, we discover simple but much-needed messages reminding us, "I love you. I haven't forgotten you."<br /><br />Signed, Your God.<br /><br /><br /><br />By Cheryl and Bob Moeller</div>
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Cheryl Moeller: Stand up Comic for Moms, Syndicated Mom Humor Columnist, Conference Speaker, Author, Cookbook writer, and Mom of 6. Contact: momlaughs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04482089887068085175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1041472536737891431.post-69975259530478033922014-11-15T17:22:00.000-08:002014-11-18T07:45:36.860-08:008 Reasons to Stay Home on Thanksgiving and Black Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have never been shopping on Thanksgiving Day or Black Friday.<br />
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1. With deals not all that great, the retailers are not winning and neither are the<br />
shoppers. <br />
2. It's crazy dangerous for three thirty something sisters, reunited Thanksgiving week to<br />
be out shopping at 2:00 a.m. <br />
3. The thrill seeking of shopping super deals is lessened knowing that you have just run in front of a<br />
single mom who won't get a toy for her child if you grab the deal first. <br />
4. It's not safe nor smart to wrestle someone to the ground for a free sample of cheese spray.<br />
5. Thanksgiving has always been "it's a gift to be simple celebration." The harvest is in <br />
and we give thanks to God with a grateful heart. Let's keep it that way or cancel it<br />
6. It's an intergenerational holiday gathering to unconditionally love your friends and family.<br />
7. Its hard to run or walk in the mall after a Thanksgiving killer family football game.<br />
8. Missions need you the other 364 days of the year also, but volunteering on the day of<br />
thanksgiving with your family is about as pure and sweet as it gets. This year start a meaningful holiday tradition your children will never forget and will repeat. Your Thankgiving dinner will taste better because others will have a Thanksgiving Dinner, love, hugs, and the Gospel message.<br />
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Remember the dangers involved in shopping the sales? Instead risk it for something important. <br />
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The only way retailers are going to close Thanksgiving Day is if no one<br />
shops. If I don't go, I am voting that the stores will stay closed until Thanksgiving<br />
is officially over.<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">My dad went home to be with his Lord and Savior on a Sunday morning. He loved to go to church and Sunday, December 13, 2011, he walked into the presence of the Lord during the Sunday morning worship hour.</b><br />
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The tabloids have whispered Princess Kate is trying to get attention with her inability to handle morning sickness. I can tell you <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">Hyperemesis Gravidarum</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span>is not morning sickness, unless it's morning sickness on steroids.<br />
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I threw up non-stop for a total of 24 months of my life. On the ground, aisle #6 in the grocery store, padded church pew, hospital floors, friend's purses, and in my own lap. This went on for at least four to five months with each of my six pregnancies, except for my second one which was less.<br />
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I learned the most wonderful people in the world love and care about me during my non-stop lock-ins. For when I trembled as if the end was near, a loving person would make sure it was not the end.<br />
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With #6, as with the others, I was literally penned in my upstairs bedroom and unable to walk without aid. Needled to my IV's and feeding machine, I thought I heard vacuuming. I opened my eyes and there was the school crossing guard vacuuming our upstairs halfway. She said, "Go back to sleep. It's okay I got worried because I hadn't seen you for a while."<br />
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My gorgeous sister-friend and neighbor, Cecelia Feicht, R.N., came over daily with shots when I finally was allowed to be at home. <br />
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Faint from throwing up 1,000 times, a friend, family member, or stranger would give me the hope to continue. They always went beyond "just showing up" by giving of themselves with acts of service, hugs, food, and gifts. <br />
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Hundreds of people helped our family, including me, in 1981, 1984. 1986, 1987, 1996, 1998. I will stand up and thank them again.<br />
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Bob, my husband, and our children always went to great lengths to make sure I was watched. Bob was the ever present friend and prayer warrior.<br />
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The kids all had to do things most children don't learn so young like knowing when to summon adult help, washing the same sheets for the fifth time in one day, and washing a sink full of really grimy pots and pans.<br />
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God always exceeded expectations. For example with #4 pregnancy, the former Director of the Home Economics Board in the state of Ohio, volunteered to cook for three months. Because I could not smell food, Virginia Wiley cooked at her home and delivered meals each day with her husband E.B.<br />
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There are so many friends and family that deserved to have one of our children named after them. I apologize for not doing that and you know who you are. Maybe I can sneak in your name for a grandchild's name. For you, I will try.<br />
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Ingredients For the banned Cookie and Pink Frosting Recipe:<br />3 cups all-purpose flour<br />1/2 teaspoon baking soda<br />1/2 teaspoon baking powder<br />1/4 teaspoon salt<br />1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature<br />1/4 cup Crisco<br />1 cup granulated sugar<br />1 1/2 large eggs - (1 egg and 1 egg white)<br />1 teaspoons vanilla extract<br />3/4 cup sour cream<br /><br />Frosting Ingredients:<br /><b>1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperatur</b>e<br />1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />2 cups powdered sugar<br />Pinch of salt<br />3 tablespoons heavy cream<br />Red Food coloring, not optional but use sparingly :)</h4>
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Preparation:<br /><br />1. In a separate bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt: sift together well.<br />2. Set bowl aside.<br />3. In a second bowl. cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until each is mixed in. Add vanilla extract and sour cream beating until combined. <br />4. Add the dry ingredients and beat at low speed until just combined. Divide dough, which will be a little sticky, into 2 sections.<br />5. Push down into rectangles about 1½ inches thick, then wrap with plastic wrap. Chill in the refrigerator for at least two hours.<br />6. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.<br />7. Line 3 large baking sheets with parchment paper.<br />8. Lightly flour the counter. With a floured rolling pin, lightly roll the dough out to 1/2 inch thick.<br />9. Using cookie cutters, cut and place on baking sheets.<br />10. Bake for 7 minutes, until cookies are finely golden at edges.<br />11. Transfer right way from cookie sheets to a rack to cool.<br />12. Cool cookies completely before frosting.<br />13. Using cookie cutters, cut and place on baking sheets.<br />14. Bake for 7 minutes, until cookies are finely golden at edges.<br />15. Transfer right way from cookie sheets to a rack to cool.<br />16. Cool cookies completely before frosting.<br /><br />Frosting Directions: <br /><br />17. In a separate bowl cream together the butter and vanilla extract. <br />18. Beat in powdered sugar and pinch of in a separate bowl cream together the butter and vanilla extract. <br />19. Beat in powdered sugar and pinch of salt. <br />20. Add in heavy cream and beat at medium speed for a minute or two until fluffy. <br />21. Add red food coloring, one drop at a time, and beat until combined until you see pink. Rule: One drop of red food coloring at a time. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;">Frost completely cooled cookies. Allow frosting to set</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">.</span></h4>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Please look around on Mckenzie House Bed and Breakfast website </span><a href="http://www.mckenziehousebnb.com/" target="_blank">Click here</a><br />
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Can you believe we had never been to the Shipshewana and Middleburg area of Amish Country in Indiana?<br />
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Equally delightful as the venue were the InnKeepers, Bruce and Sherry... <br />
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The Bed and Breakfast and rooms are named after their grown daughters. Bruce and Sherry are just like family, as hosts and as cooks. Excellent breakfast with all of the fixings done like a festive holiday brunch. We could not have been more well pleased in every way.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">1. Inventory so you won’t overbuy. Go through drawers and closets to inventory your child’s current wardrobe. Sort items that are too small or never get worn at all and donate them to a local charity. Older children’s acceptable outgrown clothes can go to a younger sibling, if possible. After determining the number of acceptable outfits you already have, you can make a realistic list of specific items you need to buy. </span></h4>
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4. Check newspapers and websites. Watch for special promotions in the newspaper ad circulars. Many will have generous coupons in addition to sale prices. Also, check out store websites where you can find great coupons such as<br /><a href="http://www.rackroomshoes.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="http://www.rackroomshoes.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.rackroomshoes.com</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span><a href="http://www.payless.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="http://www.payless.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.<wbr></wbr>payless.com</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span><a href="http://www.shoecarnival.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="http://www.shoecarnival.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.shoecarnival.<wbr></wbr>com</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span><a href="http://www.premiumoutlets.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="http://www.premiumoutlets.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.premiumoutlets.com</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></h4>
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6. Purchase a few extras now. Watch for sale prices of up to 90% (or even get free items) at this time of year and stock up for the entire year. Look at store ads for grocery stores, drugstores, big box discount stores, and office supply stores. Bargains will continue starting now through September. When a note comes home from the teacher in January requesting more paper or crayons you’ll have extra on-hand.</h4>
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8. Backpacks. For younger children, the $5 to $10 backpacks on sale at discount and drugstores may be all they need. As students get older, it could be worth investing in a higher quality backpack to last several years. You can expect a good backpack to last a few years and provide the necessary support and padding for heavier books. </h4>
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10. Wait and save with online shopping. Shop summer sales to get a few new items for the beginning of the year. Then, wait to shop for fall/winter clothing in a month or so when those items start going on sale. Check the retailers’ websites for special coupons, promotions and free shipping offers.<br /> </h4>
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1. Culver, Indiana, "Cape Cod of the Midwest"<br />Hidden off the highway so the crowds are manageable. Your own private "East Coast" here in the Midwest.</h2>
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Culver is home to the world-renowned Culver Academies, a private co-ed boarding school, that counts actors Hal Holbrook and Joshua Logan among its alums. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">4. Petosky and Charlevoix, Michigan</span><br />A road trip to adjacent towns on Little Traverse Bay is a memorable way to<br />wave good-bye to summer.</b></div>
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