Mama Carol

I agree!! E-mail should be a lifeline for realtors and should be essential if you're dealing with potential buyers (or sellers) long distance.

I understand your frustration. Over a year ago I sent an e-mail to a realtor for information and clarification about some facts on a house we were SERIOUSLY interested in. I have yet to hear from them. And no, they aren't local either. Note to realtors out there in Pcom-land: I would imagine that I am not the only person who assesses a business person by their response to e-mails and/or phone calls. If I e-mail you and you're slow about getting back to me, don't expect me to do business with you. There are plenty of people willing to answer promptly. Same if I phone you. I always

When my husband first lost his job last summer he submitted a lot of online resumes and applications. One day he submitted one to a place out in Villa Rica. It was something he didn't want to fall through the cracks because he felt that up to that point all he was doing was submitting applications and not getting all calls. Anyway, he drove to Villa Rica to the place that was hiring only to be told that they ONLY accepted applications in their office or through THEIR website and no other way. He had not sent in the application through their website. It had gone through Monster or CareerBu

My daughter was telling me about a scam that almost got them. Her husband is unemployed and has been filling out every online application he can find that is something he is remotely qualified to do. He got an e-mail about some kind of phone service that was going to automatically charge him every month for the service. Somehow it was apparently related to his job search and would make it easier. It would give him a number at which he could be reached. Fortunately, my daughter caught it and reported it before anything happened. She said that after almost 100 online applications and r

One of my favorites is to take a roast, 3-4 pounds, put it in a crockpot with potatoes cut in eight pieces, baby carrots and onions cut in eight pieces. Dump in a package of onion soup mix (or onion mushroom) and about a half cup of water. Cook on low all day. Simple and good. Another favorite is to take chicken or pork chops and layer them in the crockpot. Cover with about a half bottle of whatever barbecue sauce you like and a little water. Even better if you put the sauce between each piece or chicken or pork chop. Cook on low all day. Serve over or with rice.

If you read the article, you will see that the baby was not born IN the Waffle House but rather in a van in the parking lot. You'll also see that it wasn't in Austell but the Waffle House just off 278, at Florence Road, just inside the Cobb County line and Powder Springs city limit. Way to go Officer Green!!

My in-laws fell in on the other end of the courtship thing. My father in law was six years old when he saw my mother in law who was then three years old. He told his mom and dad right then that he had just seen the girl he would marry someday. On her 17th birthday that is exactly what he did! They were married just short of 50 years when he passed away in 1996. Then there is my brother. He dated and was to marry his high school sweetheart. He went in the Air Force and she married someone else. He married shortly after going in the service, too. After more than 20 years of marriage

I was so excited when I got your message today telling me you were going to their impromptu wedding. I enjoyed looking at all the pictures, too. I didn't get to attend any of my daughters weddings and don't have pictures of any of their wedding days. I'm not sure any of them have pictures either. She is gorgous!! He picked a pretty girl. Congratulations to both of them!! And to you and Don. By the time my hubby and I had known each other 9 months we had been married for almost 3 months!! Nobody thought it would last. That was 31 years ago last March!

My three daughters were all molested and I never ONCE suspected it. Never. They lived in the same house with me and I never suspected it. How could you expect to see your friend's abuse when you didn't see live in the same house with her? You must be a great friend if she felt secure enough to tell you now. Believe me, hindsight is 20/20. Hugs to you and to your friend.

I think it depends on your phone. I can block numbers on mine. Check the manual on your phone or do the onboard menu. Or you can turn your phone off when you get in for the night if you normally don't get calls.

I would guess my son in law is glad he doesn't work at Waffle House anymore.

You think that's bad? Try being a transcriptionist and having to spell their names and then understand what they say. I just never got the hang of Dr Zdonczyk .

I love it!!

You and your whole family have my prayers, my friend. Keep us updated on his condition.

I have a Mrs. Libman's that is very easy to use. It's a Wonder® Mop.

Mine is a reverse commute. I live in Cobb but work in Paulding. Generally a 15-20 minute commute unless I get caught by a train or decide to go 278 in which case it takes closer to 30 minutes.

I love that website!!

Just a police chase next door? Try having one go through your yard. At 4 a.m. with cops from three different jurisdictions searching for the perp IN YOUR YARD, in your sunroom, in your outbuilding, shining lights in your windows and asking you questions. Then, the cops going and waking up the next door neighbors because their son fit the description of the guy they were chasing. Once in a lifetime is enough, thank you.

Both people in the crashed vehicle worked with my husband. My hubby is on his way now to the funeral home for visitation and will be attending the funeral tomorrow. Oddly enough, their place of employment took Friday off for the 4th of July. Please pray for these families, and for this employer as they deal with the loss of a long-time employee and the injury of another.

I agree with you on that!!

Probably due to current inputting of data. I know Cobb's system goes down for a few days every year for that reason.

> Within three miles as the crow flies perhaps but not otherwise. I live about a mile and a quarter from the railyard and about four miles from where the East Hiram Parkway will come the closest to me. That isn't "within three miles" of the intermodal yard.

Astoria, Oregon is breath-taking. So is Bangor, Maine. Think Stephen King movies without the horror. and Navarre Beach, Florida which is where my heart lives. but Hard to beat the mountains in the area of Cherokee, North Carolina. I loved sitting on the banks of the Ohio in Owensboro, Kentucky and watching the barges go by. Southern Louisiana has beautiful swamps, if you like that kind of thing (and I do). A Kansas sunflower field is as pretty as a picture. I can't pick one state that is the prettiest. All of them that I've been in have beauti

Thanks everyone. Going in search of vanilla beans tomorrow. At least I know that some of the local stores do carry them.

Thank you!!!!!!!! I will make sure I use fresh, fresh eggs. I'll buy them that day, make sure they are dated toward the end of July (or August if possible) and make the ice cream. Not really concerned about how proud the stores are of the vanilla beans. We just really want some of that kind of ice cream. We've done peach already, which was awesome, but vanilla bean just sounds so good. My daughter has very little appetite right now but she loves vanilla bean ice cream. If she will eat that, I'd gladly spend whatever the beans cost. She's having a rough time with the pregnancy so