Mama Carol

That's why I rarely go to places that are recommended by others. If someone says "don't go there", I generally listen to that. But if someone says "oh the food was wonderful, the service was great, blah, blah, blah" I avoid it like the plague. I like good food, good service at a good price. My idea of all three are generally quite different than other people's idea.

One night a couple of years ago, my daughter was in the living room which is in the front of their house. She heard a noise in the kitchen, which is in the back of the house. She called out and nobody answered so she chalked it up to "house noises". A couple of minutes later, she had a cell phone ring so she decided to go check it out. She and the girls went down the hall, thinking it was her husband home from work. Starr was in the lead and stopped dead in her tracks. My daughter got to the door and yelled "who the he** are you and what the he** are you doing in my house?" She said the

I went to Vic Williams Tire and Auto at the corner of Butler Industrial and 278. I always got full synthetic and it was a bit more costly than a regular oil change. Even at that, it was pretty reasonable, I thought.

Yep, I sold a wood stove through a Craigslist ad. I can't tell you how many people asked if we could deliver (nope, said so in the ad), if they could get it in the back of their Escape (nope, stated that in the ad) and asked if we would reduce the price (nope it was firm and said so in the ad). The person who bought it actually came from Gainesville. They showed up when they said they would and brought enough help that we didn't have to lift a finger. The nice thing is she e-mailed me later to tell me that they had gotten a gasket for it, which we said they would need, and were looking for

Some of them might. Are you wanting a powder or granules? If you're wanting it for cooking purposes, check in the area where the bread yeast is. If you're wanting it for health purposes, check the vitamin area. I am pretty sure I have seen capsules at the Kroger on Brownsville, in the vitamin area. GNC has it. I think they carry the Now brand and perhaps their own brand. If you don't need or want it like right now, today, I ordered from Swanson Vitamins. Same thing as GNC carries (Now) but cheaper.

All parents do some things right and some things wrong. Kids don't come with an instruction manual (probably couldn't read it if they did). I had to learn to let mine go. It was tough.

The one or two times I have done that it was to see if any kind of plot kicked in. I did end up finishing the book when I read the end.

That's about the harshest sentence a child killer can receive.

Not just that but the whole message it sent was just wrong. I dropped mine in the book bin down by Food Depot in Lithia Springs. Hope someone enjoyed it because I sure as heck didn't. And like Miss Sophie said, I'm certainly no prude.

It's like anything else. Use common sense. If you're a seller, screen your buyers. If you're a buyer, screen your sellers. Don't go somewhere you're not comfortable going. Don't go alone. Take your cellphone and pepper spray. Don't put yourself in the position where you would be blocked from leaving. Heck, if I were out in the dating world today, I'd do the same thing.

One of the books I'm reading now is set here locally, in Milton and the Pensacola area. I read a lot of "clean" romance novels. Debbie Macomber, Dorothea Benton Frank and Elin Hilderbrand are three of my favorite authors. They all do good characterizations. My favorite genre is business. Obviously, non-fiction.

Not the reason I didn't finish that one. I thought it was the most ridiculous book I'd ever held in my hand. It sent completely the wrong message to young women in particular and women in general. I know the author is supposedly a woman but I have my doubts.

I exchanged a number of e-mails with them to start with. Got phone numbers and names. I had a pretty good idea who was coming to my house before they arrived. I also did not tell them exactly where I lived until it was confirmed they were coming. But I found out where they were (city, not exact address). I had one a few months ago who said they wanted the item I was selling (I forget now what it was). I told her I was in Powder Springs. She said "oh yeah, yeah, no problem". I asked her where she was coming from. Cumming! I told her AGAIN I was in Powder Springs. Oh yeah, yeah, no

I'm currently reading five books. Odds are I won't finish the one on the financial crisis. It's a huge book, very difficult to follow, very technical but VERY, very interesting. Probably one of the most interesting books I have ever read. If I don't finish it, it will be only the first or second time I didn't finish one. Not sure I finished "50 Shades of Gray".

We sold several items on Craigslist. I screened the buyers like I was an Olympic drug tester, though. As long as you're careful and do your due diligence, it's quite safe.

Actually, too much iron can cause depression. Unless you're diagnosed as being IRON deficient, you don't need added iron. A hemoglobin and hematocrit will NOT diagnose iron deficiency, regardless of what your doctor may tell you.

It's not small-small like just a few employees but it's not large either like Lockheed. It employs about 75 people. If we consulted an attorney it wouldn't be over the fact that they kept the refund from the insurance company. It would be because they didn't honor the employment contract. We have since decided it wasn't worth the stress. We've had our fair share of that thank-you-very-much. Yeah, I have no complaints about the cost of my insurance really. $432 a month is good. But that's just for me. It's OK insurance. Not great but OK. Because of changes they have made I now h

I had some jewelry I was going to sell before we moved. There was no way in Hades I was inviting a stranger into my house. I had planned to meet them in the Wendy's east arking lot on Richard Sailors Parkway in Powder Springs. There are two banks there, both of which have outside security cameras, Publix is there, which also has outside security cameras and the Powder Springs police department is literally connected to that parking lot. I told a friend of mine where I planned to meet people and he loved that idea. He said that was the perfect place.

Tell them for YOUR safety you want a copy of their drivers license, too.

Unless it's totally unavoidable, I would not go to anyone's house for anything. Take someone else with you, along with your cell phone and pepper spray (seriously). If possible, meet them at a neutral place, near a police station or a place that has obvious outdoor security cameras. Don't send them your drivers license photo. Ask for theirs instead.

I agree 1000% with you on this. There is a difference between protecting one's child and overprotecting one's child. Let them live and experience things. If one won't allow their child to be a child, get hurt and experience life, they need to ask themselves why. My sister in law wouldn't let her son do things that might cause him to get a bruise because she was afraid his dad would take him away from her. That wasn't doing the kid right though. He was a boy. His job was to get hurt. I was very shielded as a child. My mom didn't let me spend the night at friends houses and i

No, not at all. It just means you need to make sure you protect him from family and friends as much as you protect him from strangers. And realize that even if you're in the room, it could happen without you knowing it. I'd be willing to bet this little 6 year old who was molested by this pastor had her parents within 50 feet of her. Probably closer than that. It CAN happen even if you're there. Certainly not saying drop your guard. Instead, add more people to the list of people you shield him from.

90% of children who are molested are molested by someone they know or by someone their parents know and trust. Stranger danger is a false security. You are protecting your child but only from a very small percentage of the people who could harm them. Not saying you shouldn't be doing that, just that only that isn't enough. Statistically, only 10% of admitted child molesters molest children they do not know. From childmolestationprevention.org: To save the greatest number of children in the shortest possible time, we must turn the current focus of our efforts upside down. Righ

Yes, but look at the statistics on child molesters. 93% of admitted child molesters are religious. 93%! Almost half have education beyond high school and almost 3/4 of them are married. This guy fit the profile exactly. And absolutely no way it was his first time. Likely he had been doing this for years, perhaps even decades.

First time he got caught. I'd say he probably had more than 20 prior victims. That's just my guess and not based on any statistics.