Thank you to everyone who came out to Pets In The Park at Greenville Town Common on Saturday! And a huge thank you to all of our friends who opened up their loving homes to dogs and cats and bunnies who needed a new family! Ruby’s Misfits Animal Rescue, Yahweh’s Heart Feline Rescue, Colonial Capital…… read more »
At the house from which I recently moved, there were two incredibly large pine trees in the side yard. In autumn, each tree rained pine cones. Each pine cone I had to pick up to dispose – one year I removed over 8,000 off the lawn. Yep, I counted. Boring thing to do but must…… read more »
Last Saturday I attended the 20th Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Ceremony hosted by New Bern Fireman’s Museum. It began at 8:47 a.m., the same time twenty years ago when NYPD and FDNY forces dispatched units to the World Trade Center, while Port Authority Police Department offiers on site began immediate evacuation of the North Tower. The…… read more »
So, I’ve spent the last three days battling a miserable “changing of the seasons” cold. Nothing taste good. Except those delicious Sweet Globe Grapes from Aldi. And chicken soup. My husband has offered to cook the flounder he caught over the weekend, which I generally love, but can’t really stomach the thought of now. And…… read more »
So, recreational flounder season opened at 12:01am on September 1st and my husband was CRAZY to fish! It’s a short season for rec fisherman in North Carolina…closing at 11:59pm on September 14th, se he was ready to roll! 1st day out he caught a big fat ZERO! But, he did land a couple nice drums.…… read more »
We’re preparing for Pets In The Park around here. It’s our fabulous family event in Downtown Greenville at Town Common. Saturday, September 18th. Mark your calendar. So, as we’re talking, I said, “Oooooh, we should bring Meghan”! We could set her up and let everyone take selfies with her! I remember the day Meghan Trainor…… read more »
I know I’m not the only one who had started singing a certain song when I saw this pizza box: “I got me a Chrysler, it seats about twentySo hurry up and bring your jukebox money!Everybody’s movin’, everybody’s groovin’ babyFunky little shackFunky little shack” Don’t tell me you didn’t see it – I mean, his…… read more »
Every morning around 8:15am Brooks gives you one minute of Useless Facts to impress your friends with… The first webcam was invented in 1991, and it was because computer science researchers at the University of Cambridge just wanted to see if there was coffee in the break room. There’s a disorder that makes people think…… read more »
Every morning around 8:15am Brooks gives you one minute of Useless Facts to impress your friends with… South Africa didn’t have television service until 1976. (It’s unclear what programs were the first to air, but 1976 WAS just in time for the premiere of “Charlie’s Angels”.) The contestants on “Jeopardy!” all stand on platforms that…… read more »
Every morning around 8:15am Brooks gives you one minute of Useless Facts to impress your friends with… Unfrosted Pop Tarts have MORE calories and fat than frosted Pop Tarts. The unfrosted ones have a slightly thicker crust to make up for the lack of frosting. If you could see Jupiter’s magnetic field from Earth, it…… read more »