After Covid19 -What to Do

Okay let's talk about what to do after Covid19. This too will pass eventually. Leave a comment with your thoughts on what to do when this pandemic has ended.

I'm sure there will be many people going out to eat at their favorite restaurants, or attending a concert or sporting event when they resume. There will be lots of hugging of family and friends.

Here's a few suggestion:

• Support your local small businesses. The big box stores and chains have corporate support but our local small businesses have taken a big hit. So shop local.
• Take a trip and visit a family run bed and breakfast. There are many charming bed and breakfast to stay at everywhere. The owners are always nice and friendly then of course, as the name implies, there is that wonderful home cooked breakfast. Visit http://bnbexperiences.blogspot.com 
• Get together with your friends and family and have a cookout.

Be sure to leave a comment with your ideas. Stay safe and practice social distancing until this thing is over.

Covid-19

Okay I just have one question...if this new virus is called Covid-19 how come we never heard anything about Covid 1-18???

Pandemic, epidemic, social distancing, isolation, quarantine these are now common terms we hear used daily.

This is really scary stuff. Everything is closing down and we have to practice social distancing. Of course as usual, the media is feeding the frenzy and causing more of a panic.

Maybe even more scary than the virus is the fact that now families are forced to into isolation together. How is that going to work out? Will the kids be bored and drive each other and the parents crazy? Will spouses get along being together all the time?

It would be interesting to hear everyone's thoughts of how they plan to make the best of this isolation. Please take a moment to reply to this post and share your ideas.

Good luck and hang in there...this too shall pass.

Is Valentine's Day a Made Up Holilday?

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! There are those that say Valentine's Day is a made up holiday to get people to buy greeting cards, candies and flowers, etc. It's also traditional to take your Valentine out to a nice dinner...and guess what...most of the restaurants have a special Valentine's Day menu (with jacked-up prices)!  Here's a little hint: it's better to go to dinner the night before or the night after. You won't have such a hard time getting reservations and you will have the regular menu not the inflated holiday menu. Tell me what you think; is Valentine's Day a legitimate holiday or a made up one?

There was an ancient pagan festival held in mid February called Lupercalia and celebrated in Rome. This was a sexually-charged ceremony and involved animal sacrifices, and match making in hopes of warding off evil spirits. Often these couples would stay together a whole year till the next festival and many times ended in marriage.

Legend also has it that in ancient Rome a man named Valentine was executed for secretly performing marriage ceremonies for Christians and trying to convert Emperor Claudius II to Christianity.The Emperor had him beheaded.

Later the Catholic Church proclaimed Valentine a saint and Roman Martyrology lists him as being martyred on February 14th. That's where Saint Valentine came from.

What ever you believe about Valentine's Day I hope you enjoy it and celebrate it anyway you choose. Please leave your comments.

Happy New Year 2019

Hard to believe another year has come and gone already! May 2019 be a Happy and Blessed New Year for you.

Everyone seems to make New Year Resolutions that they never keep. If you are going to make resolutions be sure to set obtainable goals...for example instead of saying, " I'm going to lose 20-25 lbs in 2019." Try breaking it down a little, "My goal is to lose 2 lbs a month in 2019." This makes your goal more reasonable and easier to reach.

Whatever your goals or resolutions are for the New Year...make it a point to enjoy each day and appreciate the little things in life. Have a great year!

Rain, Rain Go Away

Rain, Rain Go Away; Come Again Another Day.

This has really been a weird summer as far as weather is concerned. Very hot and dry and then periods of heavy rain and at the end of the summer the climax was Hurricane Florence!

Record amounts of rainfall here in North Carolina along with high, damaging winds. We were lucky and only had one large tree limb fall. Of course it did minor damage to our storage shed and took down the main power line to our house. Two days with no electricity! However, that is nothing compared to what happened closer to the coast in North Carolina. Major storm damage from winds and flooding in those areas.

Our garden this year was a flop due to weather. Usually we have more tomatoes then we know what to do with. This year only a small crop of cherry tomatoes. We did have some lettuce, cucumbers, peppers and potatoes but nothing like the usual abundance of veggies. Very disappointing this year thanks to mother nature! Here's hoping next year will be better.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

I'm originally from Connecticut but have been living here in North Carolina since 1980. It always amazes me when it snows here or for that matter even if there is a rumor of snow flurries. There is a mad rush on the grocery stores and the bread and milk aisles are completed wiped out!

Schools are closed, businesses are shut down and traffic becomes a nightmare! All this for maybe 1/2" of snow. Don't get me wrong...I'm not saying I miss the 3 feet of snow and having to shovel your car out from after the snow plow comes by and buries it with heavy, packed down snow and ice which was recently scraped from the road. Sometimes it was so cold the locks on car door would be frozen! Of course we still had to drive to work in this mess and school was still in session. It could snow from October through April; no I don't miss that at all.

I just think it is comical the way that everyone panics around here whenever there is even the slight chance of snow!

Oprah for President

If Oprah decides to run for President would you vote for her? Please leave a comment and let us know what you think.

Oprah already has a huge fan base so she would probably get a lot of votes. She also has lots of money. So does this make her a good candidate for President? With all the talk about women's empowerment I'm sure Oprah will have that demographic covered.

Trump has lots of money and had a big fan base also did that make him a good President? Would love to hear your thoughts on this.