First created to honor the fallen Union soldiers of the American Civil War, Memorial Day has deep roots in American History. It saw expansion after The Great War to honor all American soldiers. It has granted every American a time of reflection and offers gratitude towards those who have served, still serve and will serve. [...]
Archive for May, 2010
I stumbled onto this video today and thought, “That’s a good song.” After watching the video, Tony Jaa‘s expertise and style inspired me. As I am required to come up with my own self-defense routine for belt testing, I thought what better song than “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor. I will leave you all [...]
I have actually wanted to write this post for quite awhile. To start, I have recently been training in Taekwondo for about 2 ½ years but have spent many years learning and practicing martial arts. While I tend to lean towards traditional arts, many I have met “jump on the bandwagon” and learn mixed martial [...]
The meal for today is: Italian Sausages and Peppers with Rotini – serves 6 Ingredients: 1 19.5 oz Turkey Italian sausages cut into 1-inch pieces 1 cup finely chopped sweet onion 4 cloves of finely chopped garlic 2 medium yellow bell peppers cut into 1/2-inch strips 2 medium red bell peppers cut into 1/2-inch strips [...]
So I decided that I should blog about our food escapades this week. We decided to go with slow cooker meals since they’re 1) Very easy to make and 2) Easy is good when you don’t want to cook. The downside of the slow cooker is that it takes several hours to be ready. The [...]