Month: May 2009
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Always be prepare
Buy ahead, plan ahead, be prepared. I practice that philosophy – especially in the kitchen. With a car load of kids I keep a picnic basket ready to go. So, many years ago, when we headed out to Disney World with our five of sons, I planned to spend our money on Mickey Mouse, not…
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Time invested
Brother, can you spare me the time? All I need is a bit of time. Listening to experts, I am time poor improving my life with just a few minutes of time invested here and there every day. From my allotted 24 hours, I wisely invest eight hours hanging out at the office because all…
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prison reform needed
Long overdue, prison reform has finally returned to the table, thanks to Senator Jim Webb a Democrat from Virginia. Webb says it is time to revamp the system across the country. In March Webb introduced the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 that would, according to his website, “create a blue-ribbon commission to look…
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Just lose it sister!
And The Biggest Loser of Season 7 on the reality show …. will have to wait to be revealed on tomorrow night’s episode. However, in 1941 the biggest loser was a 479-pound woman who lost 300 pounds in 18 months as noted in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reported the AP story in…
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Obama’s
A symposium I covered this week. It is fun to listen to a knowledgeable person look back over history and then reference it to current news. By JOAN HERSHBERGER News-Times Staff President Barack Obama inherited a mess when he came into the presidency, but Dr. John Sutherlin, speaking at the Noon Symposium at South Arkansas…
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Open doors for Caroline
Violet gingham curtains bordered with broadly smiling fairy ,princesses and topped with a purple valance accented with castles capture the fairy princess theme seen around the room in pictures, books and wooden cut-outs. A closet stuffed with two racks of pink and pastel colored dresses in all sizes and a dresser filled with sleepers, onesies…