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Category Archives: WeRCrooks
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
 The St. Patrick’s Day custom came to America in 1737. That was the first year St. Patrick’s Day was publicly celebrated in this country, in Boston. Today, people celebrate the day with parades, wearing of the green, and drinking beer. While all of those things can’t take place “over there” for your soldier you can create him/her a wonderful holiday care package to make the “first green of spring” a little greener for them! Personal Touches List of why you’re so “lucky” to have your soldier in your life Pictures of past St Patrick’s day celebrations Green t-shirt or green “shower shoes” St Patty’s day trivia (download some off Google) Shamrock & Leprechaun drawings by your children CD of Irish Read more…
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 I know I’m not the only one scrambling these last few weeks of January trying to find ideas for a Valentine’s Day care package that will knock my soldier’s socks off! I’ve hit the social media scene and military blogs all over. There were some great ideas, but in general most of us seem hard pressed to come up with more than a trip down the massive candy aisle at our local commissary. So I put my thinking cap on and asked around to come up with some super fabulous and creative Valentine’s Day ideas that will tell that special someone in our lives that we just can’t live without them! Red hots or their favorite candy Handwritten love poem or song Handmade Valentine Hershey’s kisses and hugs “Hot Pants” – boxer Read more…
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
 It’s the New Year and like many others I am faced with the traditional question “what is your New Year’s resolution?” Every year this question taunts me into the status quo. I find myself struggling with what resolution to set and what I will have to do to keep it. I’m a goal junkie but when it comes to New Year resolutions something just doesn’t sit right with me. I think it’s because it’s so cliché. One time a year people are encouraged to set goals? Are you kidding me? What do you do the rest of the year? Ninety-two percent of those that set them never achieve them and a whopping forty-five percent fail before the end of January? That doesn’t sound like a successful New Year. It sounds like a tradition that has already Read more…
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We regret that we haven’t blogged in over a year. However, we’re keeping up to date now through Facebook. We’re leaving the blog – for memories, for history – but we’ll be continuing updates on Facebook from now on. Follow Tara www.facebook.com/taracrooks where you can find the rest of us too (we’re all her FRIENDS). You can also follow @ArmyWifeNetwork www.facebook.com/armywifenetwork We’d love to hear from you!
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This weekend we attended our first official race – the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. 23,000 people – a marathon, half marathon, marathon relay, kids marathon and a 5k fun run. We ran the 5K portion of the event. We arrived on Saturday evening to our hotel about 1 mile from the Cox Center and checked in. Then we walked to the Cox Center to pick up our packets. (that was our warm up for the run the next day!) It was very well organized and easy to walk through. There were vendors and race officials all on hand. We got all registered and meandered through the booths a bit and then headed out to Zio’s to meet our friends for dinner. Yum- an excuse to load up on carbs!! (Our friends Abbey & Dave) Then it was time to head Read more…
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