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Oh! I had no idea.

I was just outside walking our dogs and I noticed a helicopter with a powerful search light circling the area around our neighborhood (I'm on Dabbs Bridge Road about a mile or two east of NP Highschool). They did five or six passes and then continued off to the East. Just thought it was strange. Has anyone been listening to the scanner?

I mean, if I had 2,350,000 in debt, I don't think I would be running for public office in the first place! I think I would be on a far far away island sipping a pina colada and keeping myself on the DL!

An this is the exact reason I like living in the south... we are always here to lend a hand...

I have a "Debby" at work... but luckily I only work with her one day a week! I just try to ignore the negativity, which of course drives her nuts. Misery loves company!

Just for the record the "pouring boiling hot water on the mound" method does not work... they just thought I was throwing them a hot tub party.

We do these things: Coupons: www.southernsavers.com helps me save 50 - 80% on our grocery bill every week. For two adults we spend around $100 - $150 a month on all groceries and household goods. Eating out: We try to limit going out (we can make something just as good at home) but I always check restaurant.com, Groupon, LivingSocial, ect for any discounts. Electricity: Energy-efficient bulbs in our most-used lights, and we only use those lights when necessary and turn them off when we leave a room(!!) Same goes with electronics. Our electronics are on a surge protector so we can

We saw this one in the Emerson/Cartersville area around 4pm or so... Black with no markings, hovering over a field like it was looking at something. Really strange. And it wasn't one of the really loud black choppers that sometimes commute through our area, this one was almost silent!!

We live in this area and our cell reception has gone from great to HORRIBLE in the last month or two. I cannot even make a two minute phone call without it dropping the call (even when standing outside!!) So frustrating! I called AT&T and they said they "didn't have any maintenance projects going on in the area" and basically it was my iPhone. Funny how my husband's iPhone also has no reception too. Coincidence? Yeah, doubt it is a neighborhood... I would really be surprised if a builder would want to start a new project where there are already four other incomplete neighborho

I babysit for a few families in my neighborhood and most pay between $12-15/hr for two children. Not sure what the "weekly rate" is for childcare, but having a qualified individual in your own home dedicated to just YOUR child(ren) is going to be priced way different than a place that takes in dozens of kids at the same time. It's not really comparing apples to apples.

Heheheheeh!!!

Reminds me of a funny story when my husband was a toddler... Their family went to NYC for Thanksgiving and went to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. He saw the Woody Woodpecker balloon and started screaming "MAMA!! WOODY PECKER!! WOODY PECKER!!!!! WOOOOODY PECKERRRRR!!!" My MIL said she had never been so embarrassed in her whole entire life.

Maybe they forgot how to pronounce it? :rofl: I know, I know... Bad taste... ;-) I swear I have verbal dyslexia sometimes... At Publix I was trying to tell my husband to go get some meat and cheese (for sandwiches), but instead it came out "cheet and meese"... he looked at me like I grew 18 heads and then proceeded to the deli as instructed. "linoleum" is another one that gets me... it normally comes out as "men-no-le-um"

We went in September for a wedding and stayed at the Crown Plaza Resort. Nice grounds (hammocks everywhere!) and right on the beach. Wish we could have stayed longer than a weekend!

Kmart has never been on my list of places I willingly shop at. It reminds me of a BigLots on steroids, except the prices are higher. I'm surprised they held on this long, I would have thought this announcement would have been made a decade ago. Unfortunately, those shopping centers will probable sit empty for quite some time before a new big-box store signs the lease, just a minor eyesore for the time being.

Oh my goodness... That last one of her and Santa she is just BEAMING with joy. Man, I wish I was a kid again.

AGG, I'm so glad you started this thread!! The suggestions so far are awesome!O Our house stays pretty good EXCEPT in our dang living room which is two-stories and open with large windows everywhere. It was built in 2004, so even with energy efficient windows it still has a hard time keeping the heat in. How do you attempt to weather proof an open floor plan like this? I tried the "shrink wrap" film on some of the windows (the ones I could get to) last year, but didn't notice a difference in comfort or energy savings. (Surprisingly, when you do it correctly it doesn't look ghetto,

"We see amoeba infections from people showering in their contacts. These infections are horrible." O.M.G. Ok, that statement alone has officially scared me (or scarred me [for life]...) into following the proper cleaning procedures to a T.

That must be the BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER!!!! Please tell her "Thank you" for all that she has done for our country!! My Mom is an international flight attendant for a major airline and had the privilege of doing her first military charter last week to help bring a plane-full of troops back home to the US. She said it was one of the most rewarding events in all of her 33 years of flying. Hugs to you and yours! Merry Christmas.

We (meaning Hubs and I), decided NOT to do presents for each other this year... Well, I decided, and he agreed. Maybe it's the hot weather not putting me in the "holiday gift buying spirit", but I couldn't think of a single thing I wanted this year, and I told him "don't just buy me 'stuff' to buy me 'stuff'." Instead we are going to put that $$$ towards an upgrade for the house (ie, install an additional cabinet in the kitchen). Something we will get tons of use out of for years.

Welcome to PCom....

True! Ours has some kind of wireless radio transmitter that communicates with our alarm company. It was more $$ up front for the device, but it was just a one-time fee. Worth it IMO.

I'm glad you're ok, and weren't there when they decided to do this! A few weeks before we bought our first home, my car was broken into at our apartment complex in Kennesaw along with 11 other cars. That experience completely freaked me out! Until it has happened to you, it is impossible to explain how violated and unsafe it makes you feel. So within days of moving into our new house I: - Got our alarm set up with a monitoring company - Had them install motion detectors on all floors - Installed video cameras at all doors - Installed additional window locks on every window - In

Oh my goodness! Our old neighbors, just *might* be your new neighbors. I really hope not (for your sake) but our old neighbor used to do this ALL THE TIME and it drove me nuts!! Why? No flippin' idea. Vanity I suppose. But parking their expensive cars in front of their nice house was all a show... they let their house go into foreclosure. Even if you are able to afford expensive material things, who cares? I never did understand people that feel the need to "flaunt" what they have, but that's just me.

Thank you for this tip and reminder!! I didn't even realize the outside unit needed yearly maintenance/cleaning until my sister's AC guy came out to do a maintenance check in the new house she just bought. So, I'm a complete DIYer... so I immediately went home and researched how to clean our outdoor unit's coils as I had never done this in the three years we have had our house (oops!). The directions seemed easy enough. But after FOUR HOURS (!!!) of cleaning... being soaked from head to toe... and having to flee from the family of angry wasps... I would HIGHLY RECOMMEN