My Favorite Things–August

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August comes from the Latin word “Augustus,” which has to do with increasing.  The word “august” is also an adjective which means majestic or marked by dignity. Certainly the month August is increasingly hot, and deserves respect, especially if you’ll be spending a lot of time outdoors.
We often think of August as the month that [...]

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You’ve Got Mail

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If you know anything about me, you know that I adore everything techno-gadgety.  It’s no secret I love surfing the net to sitting on the beach (hate sand in my swimsuit) or that I have had a long standing love-affair of sorts with my MacBook.  And given the choice of a brand new MacBook Pro [...]

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Here’s A Healthy Snack

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Fresh Tomato Salsa
It’s summer and the grocery stores are full of fresh tomatoes.  What could be better for a healthy snack than a huge spicy bowl of homemade Salsa?  And surprise, it’s easy to make.
Tomatoes are considered to be a fruit and not a vegetable.  They also have a higher concentration of Lycopene than other [...]

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Hurray For Small Purses

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Have you ever noticed how the larger your purse, the more things your family expects you to carry for them?  NEVER take a big satchel type purse to an amusement park!  Why?

You will wind up carrying an extra 15 pounds of sunscreen, others’ purchases, the baby’s socks, the half-eaten sandwich junior left from lunch, souvenir [...]

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For Better, For Worse, Or Until?

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Ah the mystery of marriage.  And what a mystery it is.   One minute you’re locked in a loving embrace, the next you’re wrestling over who forgot to rinse the toothpaste spit down the bathroom drain.  It’s not until the honeymoon is over that you vaguely remember the minister saying something about things being better [...]

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I Was A Victim Of Data Rot

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Here’s my nightmare… I still cry when I think about it.  Most of what is on my computer’s hard drive can be replaced with some work with the exception of our family photos collected over many years.  It was about 6 years ago and I had decided that I needed to backup the photographs that [...]

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Fires, Floods, Hurricanes

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Your Neighbors May Need You…
Summer is here once again heralding the onset of numerous natural disasters: floods, fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes to mention a few.  The media reminds us daily to “be prepared”.  And while preparedness may be the furthest thing from our minds, there are those who work hard everyday to stand in the [...]

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