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Crime fighting turkey

Posted 25th November 2008 by Kate, tagged crime, grocery shopping, garner north carolina, carjacking

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Stopped. Cold turkey. I don't normally post these kinds of stories but I couldn't stop laughing when I saw this one. North Carolina authorities say a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman's car in a grocery store parking lot Sunday. Police…

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Modest Needs

Posted 20th November 2008 by Kate, tagged shopping, holidays, giving, charity, self sufficient

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Modest Needs is a charity that you may not have heard of.  This is a great one for people who want to have a direct impact with their giving.  100 percent of your donation goes to the person in need as the administrative costs for Modest Means are paid through grants. The money is not given…

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Make the world a little better

Posted 18th November 2008 by Kate, tagged family, shopping, gifts, christmas, donations, charity, presents, hannukah

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Again the holiday’s are coming up quickly and we all have people on our list who are difficult to shop for. Whether they don’t want or need anything, they’re hard to please or fit there’s always at least one. Even though the economy is a mess right now I am trying to help the people that I know…

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Breast Cancer and Barack Obama

I woke Friday morning having had some of the  best sleep I’ve had in ages. I don’t sleep particularly well so I appreciate it more than most.  I half expected to find halls blocked off but I went down and grabbed some food at the lovely breakfast buffet that Network of Strength put on. …

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So this is it

Posted 4th November 2008 by Kate, tagged politics, election, obama, mccain, north carolina, palin, biden, dole, hagan

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Really. This is it. In a few short hours the polls will open in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire and its population will begin casting their votes. This will continue throughout the country for the rest of the day and night in the United States until all who have registered and arrived at the polls have…

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