A couple of months ago I was eating at the Sonic in Picayune. As I pull in and make my order I immediately recognize the voice. It’s a teenage son of a friend of mine. …
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If you are attending a Superbowl Party this weekend, you are not alone. In fact, the Superbowl is the number one at-home party event of the year according to Hallmark Cards, Inc. They also estimate that the average party headcount is 17 people. Read the full story »
This is my sister’s recipe. (Thanks, Sis!) She uses baby back ribs, but I’m sure this recipe would be just as good using spare ribs. If you haven’t planned your menu for your Superbowl parties yet …
Recently, my husband and I sat with the founders of She Dances, Jeremy and Nedra Springer, at a quaint coffee shop in Birmingham. She Dances is a non-profit organization “whose mission is to provide healing, …
A few years back and friend and I, let’s call him Mike, decide we are going squirrel hunting. Now I wasn’t raised a die-hard hunter so I never really had the chance to go all …
Ola!
All of you know being eco- friendly is a big deal these days. There are sooo many ways to do your part. You can go green by recycling your plastics and also by saving energy …
by Kristy Ensor
Known as the “The Voice of Gospel Music,” Sandi Patty will host a weekend to remember at Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Resort February 5-7, 2010. The “Sandi Patty & Friends” event will also feature …
Dear Grumpy Aging Boomer,*
I’m 55 years old and thinking about retiring soon from my teaching job. After three long decades of bratty, bored kids, unappreciative, complaining parents, miserly salaries and out of touch and indifferent …
This is a recipe to use up the leftover chicken from the baked chicken recipe. If you had no leftovers, you can make another chicken. You can also take a short cut and buy a …
Bobby Smith may sound like an ordinary name, but there is nothing ordinary about this singer/songwriter who lives in Birmingham, AL. Smith who is originally from Pensacola, FL attended Samford University and received a bachelor’s …
My mother used to say, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”. OK Mom, I get it! But dang… at times it is a ‘try’ing experience to find the perfect beauty products. Not …
Ok, I think I have now seen it all. With music technology at an all time high it just amazes me the contraptions kids come up with. This particular kid will remain nameless but for …
I am all about a BARGAIN! Ok, so I have discovered a fabulously chic website where you can often find upscale beauty lines at a fraction of the cost! I know all of you beauty …
When the boys were younger they had a bad habit of scaring me with rubber snakes. I am deathly afraid of snakes so they got a real kick out of watching me scream like a …
This will be another recipe like the Spaghetti Sauce trio. Those of you with a larger family–like mine—won’t have much of this left. For the ones with smaller families, you’ll have leftovers–let’s not waste them. …
One of the things I love most in life is a great pair of shoes! Or at least that used to be one of my loves. I was one of those women that would buy …
Most people do green bean casserole for holidays but I say just do green beans any day! I prefer fresh or frozen and here’s why–they taste better. If you prefer the canned–this recipe will work, …
Several years ago my father in law, let’s call him Shot Lee, and I went fishing in a Diamond Head bayou. We were doing ok. Well, I was doing ok. Shot always catches every dang …
By: Ashley D. McGee
With the first few sunrises of the new year making their way across the heavenly skies, many of us have decided to partake in the annual tradition of creating New Year Resolutions. …
This is the finale in our spaghetti sauce menu – Lasagna! I don’t use ricotta or cottage cheese in mine but you are welcome to do so in yours. Again, if you are a small …
Over the holiday season we took the kids shopping at the mall near our home town to get some ideas from them for Christmas. So we walk into one of the local department stores and …
With the new year comes the time honored tradition of making resolutions. With one exception (more on that below), I made them halfheartedly. There were consecutive resolutions to tone down my impatience on the road …
A few years ago Melissa and I went shopping with her mother, let’s call her Pat Lee, at Wal-Mart. Somehow we ended up on the pet aisle and so we stopped to look at the …
This is part two of the spaghetti sauce recipes for small families. For the larger families, just remake the sauce recipe from before and add the meatballs. Take the remaining sauce straight from the freezer, …
