Happy Housewives Club

Do you care about the pill?

Yesterday I was watching CNN and the female said that women won’t vote for Romney because they want the pill. Now this is not an about Romney or Obama. This is about the female vote. What do women in America want? What do American women care about? I will tell you this, no one I am speaking to is talking about birth control. Maybe because we take it for granted. But maybe because we are worried more about putting food on our tables and getting our children to school without them being abducted. I don’t even know why the pill is being brought up. Leave it alone. Let that issue rest. Right now the women of America have bigger worries. Their husbands need jobs.

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From readers

I just joined ur email list and I admire u for this last email. Please keep them coming makes us feel normal. We don’t need advice its a since of reality check for us. Work on u and ur husband and forget about the teens. They will come back around in their later years trust me! God bless u and ur family! Read More →

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Ladies - this is very serious.
Do your research before having your daughter vaccinated with the HPV.

Cleaning & Organization

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Waiting to Exhale

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Throw out your dumpy clothes

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