Time sure is flying! The 4th of July is only a week and a half away! There will soon be fireworks and barbecues everywhere! What better way to celebrate our nation’s declaration of independence! Growing up an Army brat, I remember the gorgeous displays of fireworks Fort Leonard Wood would put on. Now living in [...]
Yes, there are kids running about throughout the week days in my neighborhood as that’s a sure sign that school is out for summer! We used to take road trips to visit family during my summer vacation as many families do. We lived in Missouri, and we’d “get out of dodge” in “old Betsy” as [...]
There have been a string of home burglaries within the past month, and the bad guys are still on the loose in the Tampa Bay area. Whether you are here or there, home burglaries have been on the rise. With today’s modern technology, you can now be notified when someone is coming up your driveway!
Florida and swimming pools go hand in hand. When we first moved into our home, our pool didn’t have an enclosure over it. Therefore, all the leaves from the huge tree out front dumped into it, and it was extremely hard to maintain. We ended up getting an enclosure, and then our pool was freezing [...]
Being born an Army brat, I was lucky to have received my American citizenship at birth given that I was born in Landstuhl Army Hospital, Kaiserslautern, Germany (known to the Americans as “K Town”). My father was in the Army, and met my mom in Berlin. She hardly spoke English when he met her, and [...]
I was talking with my neighbor Susan today. She was raking up the last of the leaves in her yard. I noticed a “For Rent” sign in her garage. I asked her what she rented, what she used it for. She said that she has owned a duplex for about 10 years now. She bought [...]
Yet another weekend has come to an end. This was the first weekend of Gasparilla. Tampa rescue crews responded to eighty calls for service, the majority of them were for falls. The police made one hundred and forty-one arrests. Seventy-three of them were for misdemeanors, and fifty-seven of them were for underage drinking. There were [...]
It’s almost Valentine’s Day! That day was associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. It was named after two early Christian martyrs named Valentine.
My family came over tonight to celebrate my birthday. My mom bought what was supposed to be a “rum” cake for my birthday cake. It was a really good cake, however if you want a really, really good rum cake, I have just the recipe that I’m sharing with you below! I’m [...]
Hope you had a nice weekend. My husband and I went to a Halloween Party. I dressed up as a referee. Hubby on the other hand opted to appear as himself. It’s always fun to see what people you know show up as isn’t it! It was nice to have quite [...]