CHANGES IN THE WORLD Being almost 70 years old, I have seen many changes in the world. When I was growing up, I remember my dad stopping to pick up hitchhikers or stopping to help someone who had car trouble. We didn’t have to lock our doors or worry about break-ins or shootings. Internet, what’s that? People were lucky to have a crank telephone and a black and white TV with a teeny-tiny screen. For those families that had a radio, it was actually music that you could understand
July 2018 Ultimate Blog Challenge The July UBC Is starting today! Put your thinking caps on, Start writing away!! Are you as excited as I am to join in on the July 2018 Ultimate Blog Challenge for 2018? It seems like we just finished the April Challenge and now Paul is hosting the third Challenge of the year. I’m looking forward to reconnecting with the previous Ultimate Blog Challenge members and meeting new ones that are just joining in! If you haven’t checked this out, here is a
Relationship between alcohol and the law – Why is alcohol legal in most states? Alcohol addiction is among the most problematic in terms of both treatment and management, even with the high age limit. No one starts out wanting to suffer an addiction, but it eventually happens, and families as well as individuals are left to deal with the mess that it causes. The United States has among the highest age limits of consuming alcohol, as you need to be above the age of 21 to purchase it,
SOUS VIDE COOKING I had never heard of SOUS VIDE COOKING and didn’t have a clue as to what it was. I was lucky enough to be able to review one and I quickly became amazed on how easy it was to cook delicious meals without any mess. Sous Vide is French, meaning “under water”, you place your food in a plastic pouch or zip-lock bag, seal it tightly and immerse in the heated water from the Sous Vide cooker. You can use the Sous Vide with metal
I’ll Be Back Before Christmas Three years ago today, Rich and I picked up our 20 year old granddaughter from the Myrtle Beach airport, arriving from Ohio. Alex was waiting outside as we pulled up but we didn’t even recognize her, she was so thin. She told us that “it doesn’t even feel real.. feels like a bad dream I’m just waiting to wake up from.” We didn’t know how long her visit would be but hoped it would last forever. After about a month here, Alex started working at