The Needle in a Haystack

Vacation Day Three... Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse...

I was so happy to be able to give Chris the Revolutionary War trip for his birthday. he had planned for weeks setting up routes and stops... The best gift was not planned... At  Cowpens we met a wonderfully talkative ranger who spent 3 hours with my husband talking Revolutionary War. We walked trails, watched movies and jawed  the morning away.  The ranger was none other then John Robertson who has researched up to 1500 Revolutionary War battles and compiled them on a website.

 

 

The time at Cowpens had us running a bit behind ..even though we cut out a couple of stops we still had time for some out of the way battle stops

 

Cowans Ford is now a dam

 

We fueled up with our trip staple .. Bojangles fries, and headed to Guilford Courthouse

 

we finished the tour as the gates were closing

A quick stop at the Grove City Grill for a burger and we headed for home...

It was a great vacation.... we're already planning the next one!

On this Veterans Day....... Don't Forget to Hug a Hero

...I have!!!

Zooting around South Carolina.... Day 2

.. One of the things Chris wanted to do for his " birthday vacation" was to visit obscure..and not so obscure Revolutionary War sites... this led us to out of the way towns and down wonderful dirt roads in SC.  Nothing like pulling over to the side of the road  and nibbling on a piece of fruit while watching the locals and reading historic markers....

 

 

 

 

 

 

...It was a wonderful day....

Pray for the troops....

Happy Birthday to My Sweetest

Charleston in Pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Charleston Sc

.>We arrived safely and are relaxing in our room before a fun packed day in the city tomorrow...

Continue to pray for all those lost and wounded on our own soil...not just at Ft Hood, but those lost to domestic violence, gang wars,  drunk drivers......

........................how do folks survive with out Jesus...

Preparedness Analyzer @ Be Prepared .com

We live in hurricane country.  Every year there is a threat that one of those Atlantic storms are going to track through our area.  For the past 13 years we have lived in the country and have made an effort to always have preparedness foods on hand. Emergency Essentials  has always been one of our go to sources to order foods to have on hand if we are hit with extended power outages. 

  One of the things we strongly believe in is to have enough to share with family and neighbors that might be in need. I was very glad to be able to get a general idea on how much food to have on hand with the Emergency Essential food calculator.  You plug in the gender and age, what you have on hand, what you plan to buy... calories and product suggestions  This is such a useful tool if you do any type of food storage. 

  In today's economy its nice to see prices so reasonable for preparedness foods. We use several of their foods in our everyday meals...we highly recommend them!

Quick Peanutbutter cookies

 We needed a quick treat last night so in a matter of a few minutes with ingredients I had on hand, we were eating these warm out of the oven..

Easy Peanutbutter Cookies

1 cup peanutbutter

1 egg

1 cup sugar

1t vanilla

Mix and drop my teaspoon on a cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 13 minutes. allow to sit on the cookie sheet when you take them out of the oven for a minute to set and transfer to a cooling rack or plate....great with a glass of cold milk or a cup of hot tea!

Onions

ONIONS
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu.
Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died.
The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria,therefore, keeping the family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and
so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with
onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick.
It must work.. (And no, she is not in the onion business..)
The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what happens.

A Thousand Mile walk to the Gulf by John Muir..~ Bok Across the states KY, TN, GA, FL

I'm a bit behind in my book postings, there is TONS of reading going on...

 I bought this book a couple years ago along with a couple other John Muir writings but for some reason I never picked them up.  When Ken Burns'  Our National Parks aired, I remembered the books and began to read... What a fascinating man!

This book is his waking trek from IN to eventually Cuba  , back to NY and on to CA... not just the flor and fauna... but also the people and cultures.....

This is a short read and a must read if you follow the National Parks series....

Pray for the troops.. if you live in the Raleigh/Durham NC area there will be a visitation at the Brown Wynne funeral home Wed evening from 4-9 for Captain Seth Mitchell...another mama to face the loss of her boy to this war...