Come to SoFla. Going to the beach on Sunday;

• Plans for the weekend? - INMT
  • Boat show in Urbanna on Sat. and Busch Gardens on Sunday - nm - Laura E.
  • Made a mistake x2 - Get me HOME!
    • Hey, you're "right up the road" from me! - Hayseed
  • ROLLER - DISCO - in SAN FRANCISCO! - nm
    • The 1970's called...they want their skates back! - Hayseed
      • There is still an *underground* rollerdisco culture that - sm - SAN FRANCISCO
  • My weekend plan: - Hayseed
    • I saw on Paula Deen I think that they are injecting - w/syringes those watermelons and other melons
    • Or for another way to get lightheaded, - Misha
    • Laughing, HARD! Looks like a science experiment...I VOLUNTEER! - backandforth
    • Thanks for the great idea! - sm
    • A toast from me too. - romey
    • Looks like you are ready to party. - ss
    • Oooooh . . . that looks yummy - (sm)
  • Going out on our boat to soak up some - ss
  • Heading to DC with my hubby. sm - trose
  • Spending a romantic weekend in Atlanta with hubby. Leaving at noon. Can't wait! nm - Me
    • I love Atlanta!! - the hotter the weather the better for me!
      • Come to SoFla. Going to the beach on Sunday; - you can join us. :)
        • Thanks for the invitation! - the hotter the better
    • Be prepared to melt down there! Scorching! nm - Hope you have fun indoors! ;)
      • Sounds NICE! Here in *Bagdad-by-the-Bay* - sm - SAN FRANCISCO
        • baghdad by the bay? Cool in San Fran - and 111 degrees in Baghdad....sm
          • It's just a nickname the city was given back in the 40's by - SAN FRANCISCO - sm
            • ooh thanks for the explanation, I had NO CLUE!!! - and 111 degrees in Baghdad....nm
              • "Baghdad" update: crummy weather! - SAN FRANCISCO
      • Hotlanta - Atlanta girl
  • Nothing big.... - PAMT~MDM
    • Weekend Plans - LinK

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Well, yeah....The boys (23 and 25) come over on Sunday afternoon before they go work to check up on us old folks and eat up our food.  They'll come in and help with prep first.  We get a lotta laughs in the kitchen.

They've been cooking since about the age of  5 and 7...I didn't have girls and they wanted to be part of the process... sous chefs (cut this, peel that, okay this is how you sautee) ....worked for me and they'll never starve wating for someone else to cook.   Cat                   

I need some great ideas to ask guests to bring - Husband and I are providing the main meal but I'm asking some friends and relatives to bring "side" items.  The main dish will be chili dogs. I asked friend to bring a few bags of chips.  Anything else interesting a few people can bring to accompany? Not everyone is bringing something. We do this every year, have hay rides, and it lasts all day. We play games and give out prizes. It's a blast.  A lot of people from our church will be coming.  I'm really not the only one hosting it, but the other hosts need to know what to bring...I can't think of anything interesting besides drinks and chips!

I'm making my famous marshmallow witches again this year and another gal is bringing baby cany apples by scooping out a portion of an apple with a melon thingie and dipping those in caramel. I've never heard of them before but she said they were so cute!  What do you creative women think??I need to let my other hostesses know today some time.  thanks!!

the enjoyment of forwarding them to my friends for their listening pleasure.  MUSIC IS THE BEST MEDICINE, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO ONE EVER COMPLAINS OF ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS OR ALLERGIC REACTIONS.

said, "I told you we should buy me a new bike," and I looked up at him and his arm was all bloody and his left flank and hip were all bloody and grungy,  I shot off an e-mail to whoever was there on Sunday night and took him to the ER with a broken arm.  Bike was also unrepairable.  By the way, I offered to buy him a new bike not too many days prior to this incident and he said he didn't need one. 

I would only see him on Sundays, usually every other, and I would look for him when I was on my breaks or lunch. Our offices and breakroom were upstairs with large picture windows and you could see most of the store. If I would see him wandering the aisles I would run down and open my checkstand for him. He came through my line one time and we made small chit chat. I asked him about a current event that was going on in our state that was pretty big news and he knew nothing about it; he had been on a 2 week business trip and hadn't heard the news. He then told me he was going sturgeon fishing for a couple of days; I acted interested and the next time he came through my line he brought me some smoked sturgeon. I hate fish, but of course took it anyway, thanked him profusely, and gave it to a neighbor (and my cats!). From then on for about 2 months I would see him every other Sunday. I scoped out what he bought, and determined he wasn't married (you can tell a lot about a person by what they grocery shop for).

Then, one day when I got off work, I had to do some grocery shopping. I was talking to a customer of mine in the produce section when all of a sudden here comes Mr. Sunday, who happened to work with the customer I was chatting with. Mr. Sunday said hi to me, general chit chat, and our mutual friend said that Mr. Sunday was a great guy, we looked cute together, maybe he should ask me out. Awkward moment, much laughter, customer leaves. Mr. Sunday and I are standing by the magos (he loves them, I hate them), he picks one out, asks me if I like them, I say yes (have lied twice now about food), grab one and buy it. My teenage daughter asked me when I got home what I was going to do with it and I said I didn't know; the neighbor got the mango too.

Finally, after not seeing Mr. Sunday for 2 weeks, I was gettng ready to go home on a weekday when all of a sudden who should come in but him. We literally bumped into each other. He asked me if I got the messages he left at the store for me. I told him no. He then looked at my nametag and said, "No wonder you didn't get the message, I thought your nametag said Sandra." Not my name....Apparently he called and left 3 messages for Sandra. They told him no one by that name worked there, hence I never got the messages. He gave me his phone number, told me to call him when I was free for lunch, and the rest is history. I found out he only came in on Sunday because he lived rurally, came in to go to church, only had to shop every other week because he was single (actually newly divorced). He worked in town but did 12-hour shifts, so if he came into the store at all to shop I was already off work by the time he came in.

Ten years later, he has since learned that I hate fish and mangos and what my REAL name is. We have an absolutely wonderful marriage, he makes me laugh every day, and he is a wonderful man. All because of the grocery store.

Take the kids to Assateague Island, only a short way from Ocean City.  There is a beach for day use and they might see the wild ponies keeping cool by the ocean.  Just spent last week there. 

I don't mean for a vacation; I mean as far as living there. Any information will be most appreciated.

Thank you.

here on the West Coast of Michigan in Muskegon.  Bought the house from a man who was a nut and who had bought it in foreclosure for 17K.  Huge yard, 100 x 100 feet, all fenced.  Two bedrooms, one bath, just over 800 square feet (pretty small).  All new siding, all new triple-pane windows, new furnace, new fridge, new hot water heater, new stove (found the receipt, $1700 for the set), and a totally re-done kitchen.  It's in the inner city, I call it my "little house in the hood."  Taxes are about $900 a year.  The only repairs we needed to make were to the plumbing, of which there was none, and I mean none.  So, my nephew and I spent just over $200 and learned how to plumb -- all connected and flowing, PVC is my new best friend.

There's tons of houses even cheaper than this here, just not the best neighborhoods, but you can houses anywhere from 2 to 5 to 20 grand as fixer-uppers.  I take my child to school of choice out of district, cuz I wanted him to go to school where I went; it's only a 5-mile drive.  Gotta love it, good enough for now.