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What resolutions will I break this year?
In honor of 2013, I bring to you the top 10 most commonly broken new year’s resolutions, as named by Time magazine. Which one will you choose to break this year? (How about all
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Christmas surprise certainly came to our house
Did you have any Christmas surprises? We sure did. The wife and I expected this to be a little quieter Christmas week than normal, since daughter number two in Colorado—the one with three of
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Welcome to your new job, Michele Blanchard
I realize Christmas is still a few days away, so let me take this early opportunity to wish everyone a “Merry Christmas,” since our paper won’t publish again until two days after the holiday.
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Christmas surprise was perfect present for my parents
My sister and I pulled off a huge surprise this week. For the past three weeks now, my sister Jenny and I have been keeping a huge secret that we knew would make this
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Basketball outing with my toddler was fun for both of us
As every coach knows, your kids learn what the inside of a gym looks like from a very young age. Well, gym, football field, tennis court — you name it. If you are a
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BBQ is pretty good at Slidell’s ‘Bad to the Bone’
I have been asked many times by friends, associates, business owners and others—“Please start writing some kind of restaurant review for Slidell.” As a former boss of mine would tell me, “are you crazy?”
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Take a charge to energize team; farewell to a great coach
How many people would like to stand perfectly still and have a very strong, fast person come run you over? The answer is: No one. There is not a soul on earth who would
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Most famous characters at Camp Salmen are racoons
Camp Salmen’s “glory-hog,” its most visible wild animal, is the Raccoon (Procyon lotor). It will strut around in broad daylight with little regard for humans, sprawl out asleep in a tree, graze around in
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Oh, Christmas tree; what a chore
Let’s talk Christmas trees, shall we? We put ours up the day after Thanksgiving. Faithful readers (hi, Mom!) will recall there was much drama involving throwing out our old, fake tree and visiting multiple
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‘Jbird Confections’ could be the next big hit
Jbird Confections. Neat name. I like it. It’s the new name for my daughter’s business she started in her Colorado home. Jenny Weisheit is like most of us—in that middle class income area where
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The small business life—I think I’ll keep it
I took a vacation last week—sort of. I spent five days in Panama City Beach, Fla. with the wife and two of my four children, so I still did call it a vacation. The
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Christmas with the Swensons
We decorated the house for Christmas this past weekend. It’s mostly done. I still have to vacuum the rogue pine needles from all over my house, and small broken Christmas ball bits remain embedded
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From someone who has been there, here’s some advice
Basketball season is in full swing here in the Slidell area, and isn’t it fun? There have already been some players around here who are getting offers, and even players like Salmen’s Megan Brown
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Coyotes just one of the parts to adventurous Camp Salmen
At two o’clock one morning I was awakened by the strangest sound coming through my bedroom window. To my befogged mind it was the laughter and shouts of children, swirling and echoing in the
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Patience helps to bring thankfulness upon individuals
Happy Thanksgiving, Slidell. I am so thankful for the life God has blessed me with. I’ve got a great family, a sweet husband, two energetic little boys, wonderful in-laws, and my job that consists
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Cherokee Rose is alien creature
I can’t imagine a more “Jekyll and Hyde” plant than the Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata). When I started working at Camp Salmen it was the height of spring and thousands of gorgeous, pure white
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When the going gets tough, the tough gets to praying
Last week I caught you all up on my husband and his surgery saga through this weekly column. In case you don’t already know, here’s the short version:?My husband Jerry tore his ACL and
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Remembering those baby moments fade too fast
My two-year-old son does this adorable thing at bedtime. Adorable to me, anyway. He waves at me when I leave him in his room. I tuck him into his little toddler bed, kiss his
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These two Slidell men set right kind of example
One thing I love about my job is the opportunity to be in the public, where I meet and see so many people. Not everyone grabs my attention in the same way. We all
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Busy week of notes from my Slidell connections
OK, time to put a myth to bed. There has been a “ridiculous” story going around in recent years that newspapers are fading away, ready to become the next dinosaur that nobody cares about,
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