http://juliecallaway.com Sharing memories, ideas and my thoughts on different things each day Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:23:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been invited out to a friends house for Thanksgiving this year.  I'm very grateful for the invitation; I've had a hectic autumn and it looks like a hectic winter is approaching, so not having to clean and cook and entertain at my house this year is a blessing!  The ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/11/16/invited-out-for-thanksgiving/ One of my favorite treats is lemon flavored cookies.  In fact, I love lemon pie, lemon cake, lemon just about anything!  I've been having a hard time finding my favorite lemon flavored cookies at the store lately.  It's very frustrating to have a favorite food and then suddenly not be ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/11/10/lemon-flavored-cookies/ I was amazed at how many people came knocking at our door today to encourage us to go vote (of course for THEIR candidate) and how many people came knocking at our door, offering us a ride to the polls, and how many phone calls we got today with the ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/11/04/i-was-amazed/ We're going to a Halloween costume party this Friday and I've finally got my costume all ready to go.  I decided to make my own costume this year, just for the fun of it.  I decided to dress like an angel and managed to find some nice angel wings and ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/10/29/my-halloween-costume/ One of my favorite products in the world is the Hershey's Good Night Kisses Hot Chocolate mix.  It is 99% caffeine free, and I like to drink it at night before bedtime.  It is sweet and soothing and I believe that it helps me to sleep because I mix it ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/10/23/hershseys-good-night-kisses/ I like to buy a new computer every few years, but then I have the problem with what to do with my old one.  People tell me to donate them to schools, (or churches) and I've tried to do that, but when I call the schools (or churches)  and offer ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/10/17/used-computers/ I was reading on the Forbes.com news website that the "hottest" job trends are in the "green" market.  The article indicates that Washington DC, Boston MA, Houston TX, San Fransisco, San Diego and Las Angelas are all going to be huge markets for "green" industries. I sure hope that's true.  We ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/10/11/jobs-in-the-green-market/ We decided to go for a fall foliage drive this weekend; we heard that the fall foliage was near peak, and we wanted to have a little bit of relaxation and enjoy the scenery.  So we packed up a picnic lunch and headed out for a short but scenic drive out Route 211 ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/10/05/fall-foliage-drive/ I've been watching with quite a bit of concern the attempts to fix the financial mess our country is finding itself in.  I was not happy with the bail out bill package, but I felt that it needed to be passed to keep our economy from collapsing completely.  So I ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/09/29/bail-out-bill-didnt-pass/ Goodness knows I'm getting tired of hearing "the sky is falling" messages from people about how using cell phones is bad for you.  For years people have been trying to link cell phone usage with brain cancer, and now they are trying to link it with decreased fertility in men?  ... http://juliecallaway.com/2008/09/23/when-will-the-chicken-littles-get-over-it/