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Independence Day – A little history

I’m a major history buff, so I thought I’d look up some good videos about Independence Day to share.  Hope you enjoy them.  Have a happy and safe Independence Day weekend! ... 

July 4, 2009 | Continue »

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11.1% and climbing

The recent news that Decatur’s unemployment rate now officially sits at 11.1% didn’t escape me. I just haven’t had time to write about it. But what’s scarier is that our true unemployment rate is probably in the 15-20% range,... 

July 2, 2009 | Continue »

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A Forsyth Snobfest, no thank you!

News of Forysth’s exclusive Family Fest is no news to me.  My father-in-law who works in Forsyth, yet lives in Decatur, was on “the list”; however no one told us we weren’t.  This was about eight years ago.  I went there with... 

June 28, 2009 | Continue »

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Is Obama Doing The Right Thing About Iran?

Okay, I didn’t have time to write earlier when I posted these videos, so I’ll try to expand more on my one word opinion of “nope” to the above question.  President Obama has taken a very restrained response to the controversial... 

June 22, 2009 | Continue »

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Responsible Bidder Ordinance, Part Deux

Not long before the last municipal election, in fact only a day before, the former city council approved the Responsible Bidder Ordinance.  This ordinance requires bidders of city contracts of projects over $25,000 have a worker training program. ... 

June 18, 2009 | Continue »

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Humor

Off We’ll Go!

Well, we finally have our summer vacation planned out, although I wasn’t in on much of the planning.  My brother and husband cooked up the plans. ... 

June 28, 2009 | Continue »

In The Bag

Normally, I’m very libertarian (and cheap), so I was very hesitant in switching from those plastic grocery store bags to reusable organic totes. ... 

June 19, 2009 | Continue »

What to do in Decatur

Several of my family members, of which I haven’t seen in years are coming to Decatur for a family reunion at the end of June, and I’ve been... 

May 28, 2009 | Continue »

Vacation? Yeah, Right!

I am a terrible traveler.  For one, I usually wind up with food poisining, altitude sickness, or the flu.  It hardly ever fails.  The worst vacation... 

May 20, 2009 | Continue »

Pontiac, RIP

My first car was a 1978 Pontiac Phoenix.  I still have it.  It’s parked on my family’s wooded retreat near Beecher City.  It’s now... 

April 27, 2009 | Continue »