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The Comal River Trip "Season 2" was a blast!!!!!! Had an amazing time with great friends! Never long enough! I have the very best husband!!!

Getting ready to go to the lake with the kids for the rest of the Summer for some bike riding, boating, fishing and camp fires!  4 Wheelers are loaded and ready for the 200 trials.

Hope everyone is having a great Summer - sad to see it end!  

 

 

 

By Shukhrat Khakimov

Every economic crisis has led to changes in lifestyle and worldview of people. Sometimes these changes are minor and transient, sometimes very serious and durable.

According to the American Center for Studying Health System Change at the end of 2008 approximately 20% of Americans have trouble paying medical bills. As a result, they limited the number of their drugs, medical

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 Coming home to discover that you have inches or even feet of standing water in your home is shocking, heart-breaking and very stressful. However, even though the situation looks grim, you can minimize the damage done by acting quickly.

The main thing to keep in mind following a flood is the time. Believe it or not, mold can begin to grow in as little as one to two days following a flood, so it

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So a busy week in care homes, second stage interview and a nursery.

The nursery was an interesting experience, no salt, sugar or other seasoning's allowed in the kitchen and everything fresh. Great, a bit of a challenge  but finally somewhere looking after our 'vulnerable' members. Apparently the chef the day before had walked out because it was too much to expect someone to cook well without

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I think it's so much fun to meet people from all over the world and learn about their country and culture.  I have traveled some in the US but never been to Europe.  There are so many places I would love to visit, especially Ireland because my mother's family was from there.  I've always wanted to go to Greece ever since seeing a Walt Disney movies  called the Moonspinners - it was filmed on

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I grew up on the space coast. My father's family were citrus pioneers. I was practically raised in a grove. I was the oldest of nine children. I'm now living in happy retirment in New Smyrna Beach. I'm the author of two novels. The Citrus  Baron. It covers three generations of one Florida family. And Upon the Robin's Breast, a historical romance of old Charleston. Written while I was living in

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This was an eyewitness account in 300AD by a Roman writer, Minucius Felix:-

"Then our party came to a place where several small boats, having been drawn up on the shore, rested above ground on oaken rollers so as to prevent them  rotting.

There we saw a group of small boys, who were eagerly competing with one another in a game of ducks and drakes. This is what it is all about: you choose a

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Finding Grandad

I am 18 yrs old and I am hoping to find my real grandad. All I know is that he worked at the spicers railway and that was in the 1960's. He was with my nan Eileen Edwards  in 1964 - 1965. In 1965, she fell pregnant with my mum but he left soon after for reasons unknown. If anyone can help with information or photos it would be really helpful with my search. Thanks.