1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? depends on my mood...if I think I can focus enough to wrap it neatly, I can go with paper ( Read more... )

I'm learning that we have lost a lot in our obsession with convenience. We buy so many things that we could easily make, simply because it takes less time. But then the prices go up, or in order to keep prices low all sorts of preservatives or cheaper ingredients are used...and suddenly we can't figure out why America is overweight, and with such ( Read more... )

OK, my work assembled a team to participate in a spelling bee last night. The spelling bee was for charity, and my team and were very excited about it, because we're pretty smart. We were spelling every word that the other teams were given (we had a pad of paper for team discussion), and spelling all those words correctly ( Read more... )

There Are 0 Gaps in Your Knowledge


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OK, so I was baking tonight, because a friend of mine is having a bake sale tomorrow. Now, I was talking to another friend who had come over for a bit. Usually I can deal well with an in-person conversation and baking, but this time I apparently got distracted. Baking cookies, I forgot salt, baking powder, and baking soda. I was terrified that ( Read more... )

"The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone ( Read more... )

You Are a Cinnamon Latte


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Jack Osbourne (As in Ozzy's son)helped to apprehend a mugger in London. It was a funny thing to hear on the radio that, after he and his mother witnessed a man stealing a lady's purse, he chased after the man, tackled him, and held him down until the police arrived ( Read more... )

I have been spending the morning (and, well, I guess afternoon, now) cleaning the kitchen. The kitchen, of course, is phase one. Next on the list is getting all of my laundry folded and put away. It is a most refreshing feeling to get rid of the yuck and give yourself a clean slate. In this particular instance the cleaning frenzy was sparked by ( Read more... )

OK, so maybe I was being a little naive. I had heard that Ike cause some problems with some oil refineries and because of that, the Carolinas were out of gas. Then on the radio this morning I heard the same about Atlanta. No gasoline in so many places. But all day long, I never heard one person say a word about Toccoa. Never. Everyone talked ( Read more... )