Wanna avoid the flakey white stuff that accumulates on your clothes when you use spray starch? Let it soak in just a few seconds before ironing and it won't be a problem. Seconds DO matter in this case.
Iron on the...
Let me add one more voice to the thousands celebrating August 26, 1920, which marks the certification of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution....
BIG thanks to the Ocoee Dam Deli & Grill that has stepped up their sponsorship, wanting to give away a FREE team entry to this year's race! Here are the details... put your thinking caps on people!
YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga...
In a recent issue of Delta Sky Magazine, Collier writes an adventure travel yarn about trying out the ever-growing sport of kiteboarding. Try it. You'll like it. Can't wait to go again. Maybe someday I'll get John Kerry to go...
I am in a very strange mood tonight. I want to run around that park in downtown Chattanooga and run through the fountains with all my clothes on. Or run barefoot through a forest.
I feel giddy.
I have a...
Seeing as this is the last Monahan baby, at least as far as our plans go, we're a little preoccupied with guessing his hair color. Will we get ALL redheads? Or, will he be the only one who has hair...
It’s pretty bad when the emails start piling up and people start asking if I’m dead because I’m not blogging. Don’t mistake my silence for lack of interest, my thoughts have been turning in so many different directions and the...
Once again this year... our gardening containers are flourishing, our flower beds are continuing to look better than they did last year, and.... our garden is only a garden that an owner could love.You know....how beauty is in the eye...
Open a new window,
Open a new door,
Travel a new highway,
That's never been tried before...
The hundredth "thing" on my "100 Things" post was a very cryptic mention about "shift in my blog".
Even I didn't know exactly what that would come...
Michael Guglielmucci, until recently a preacher at the popular Planetshakers youth church in Melbourne, inspired Christians around the world with a hit song, Healer. The song featured on Sydney church Hillsong's latest album and debuted at No. 2 on the...
Yes, today is the day that I begin setting my expectation levels for the snowfall for the coming winter! And as usual...I already have high expectations!Today the Farmers' Almanac released their published 2009 edition!For those that know me well, they...
I am the Bravo reality tv lineup in real life.
On Project Runway Elissa, I sewed a dress to wear to Paige and Trent’s rehearsal dinner. It took a lot longer than one day to do so. Sorry, Nina.
On Shear Genius...
Tomorrow the 40 Days for Life prayer vigil kicks off, and I have been making tons of phone calls and emails recruiting volunteers. I am really excited about it, even though it might be a little soggy outside!I am taking...
I won't bore you all with a long post, but we got a new kitchen. On Memorial Day, I went to he basement to get the lawnmower and found a bunch of water. After some investigation, I found...
today I shared a moment with a butterfly.it was all misty from the rain and a gentle warm thickness seemed to be hanging in the air as I got into my little ol' car in the back woods of Flintystone....
I just wanted to reassure you all out there that it's perfectly OK to delete a bothersome email with a spiritual message in it. In fact, it is perfectly allowable to delete said email entirely unread. I know they usually contain...
Could the profession do more for community than we think it could? Yes, it is true that the design profession is considered a service (although designers are just as often providing a product too), but that's not the kind of "service"...
Michelle Obama’s speech last night was a triumph. (Can there be a first ladies’ debate? If so, Obama would totally pwn Cindy McCain.) Watch the video — or read the transcript, if you prefer (the kids were great, too!)....
Our cat Silvie has been taught how to handle certain politics folks. We used a previous President for it, but I thinks she is ready now for George Bush and friends, or should that be Fox and friends?...
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With no end in sight to this drenching rain, it may be time to call in Steve Carell to build us an ark. If you could only bring two local Chattanooga items with you, what would...
Reggaeton, Puerto Rico, Daddy Yankee y Juan McCain. Huh??? Gasoliiiiiiina! Rompe, rompe, rompe, are you ready? Jefe, jefe! Haha!! What if the republicans had reggeaton playin' at their convention. That would be hilarious! Thoughts, amigos?...
(CNN) -- North Korea said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring them because the United States has not removed it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism. N. Korea demolished the cooling tower...
today’s a big day for Caleb: first day of preschool! although the last thing he told me before bed was “I dont want to go to preschool”, this morning he woke up with a big smile, declaring that he was...
From CNN: MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A woman who survived last week's Spanair airline crash in Madrid left the hospital Tuesday, saying she was "born again" by the disaster. Beatriz Reyes has been released from hospital after surviving the plane crash...
After 10 months of no more than 5 hours of sleep at a time I finally decided its probably time to night wean Caroline. She goes down at 8:30 and I usually feed her at 11pm before I go to...
Yesterday I had a craving for a donut. Or donuts. And I wanted something gooey with filling. I settled on some with lemon filling, buying six, because that is how they were packaged.
I ate one in the car. I...
I do not fully endorse the message of this video, with my limited understanding of the situation in the Caucuses. Nevertheless, this is the side of the story we don’t get to hear in the American press, and it...
I've always liked Coldplay in the sense that their music was nice to listen to. When I say "nice to listen to," I mean it was good background music that didn't require much concentration...kinda like the music you hear at...
Its been a little while since I've posted. I've been expressing most of my opinions, thoughts, pictures, and links through my Twitter. Its very quick and easy to do, and when ones been as busy as I have, it can...
Officials in the Town of Lookout Mountain, Tenn. won’t say why, but according to state records they have applied for a special permit from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation to begin a massive earthworks initiative that would raise the...
I’ve lost my blogging mojo completely over the last year or so. I used to think and write all the time. I carried a journal with me and constantly had thoughts stirring in my brain. I had important things to...
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