Jerry Loggins

My brother Tim has a good friend Bill that lives in North Carolina.  He has been telling me that he wants to go visit him for a short vacation  and has asked me if I’d like to go with too.  He wants to rent an RV and stay in an rv park north Carolina. Bill’s wife has recently died and Bill has been inviting us to come spend a few weeks fishing with him.  So Tim has been talking with Bill about which of the nc rv parks would be the best one to stay in.

We haven’t quite decided if we want to stay in a  rv park nc near where Bill lives, or have Bill join us and go someplace further away than his house and have a “get away from it all” vacation.  We think that getting Bill out of the house might be a good idea, and a fishing trip might just be the spirit-lifting he needs to start getting on with his life.

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Today my niece came over for a visit and I was trying to think of something to do with her. I decided to take her for a scenic drive and we ended up at a local winery that happened to be holding a wine tasting event. We actually pulled over and into the parking lot to just take some pictures of the scenic vineyard, and she decided that she would like permission to try to taste one of the grapes on the vines that we saw. So we went inside the winery to ask, and found that they were offering free samples of their wine. Although they told us that the grapes had been sprayed with something that we should not consume, we did manage to have some free samples of their wine, so all was good!

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Let’s face it.  We’ve been spoiled.  And we’ve been spoiling our kids.  We have not done a good job of teaching them (or practicing) the principles of delayed gratification.  This economy has been running on credit for too long and now a lot of us are in trouble because we have taken on more credit than was prudent.  Now that the economy has taken this turn for the worse, many of us are finding that we need to find a way to perform credit repair.  We have been blindly been going along just spending money on our credit cards, trusting that we would have the money to pay the bills.  Then suddenly we lose a job, or don’t get the raise we expected and find ourselves in trouble.

We find that suddenly we have bad credit, and we need to find a way to improve credit ratings.  So we have been turning to credit repair information resources in our attempts to get that taken care of.  The sad reality is, though, that if you get a copy of your credit reports and find that all of the credit statistics are true, then the only way you can fix it is by paying your bills on time!  Looking for a magic wand to fix it is simply a waste of time.

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I was so very disappointed that Scotland let that terrorist bomber free for “humanitarian” reasons. They guy bombed a plane that killed hundreds of people! I think that letting him out of jail because he is dying of cancer is a huge mistake. I think that he is going to simply become a suicide bomber now. After all, what has he got to lose? Not much! And what does he have to gain? His martyrdom and all those virgins in “heaven.” I think that letting him go was a HUGE mistake!

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I think that Online Trading is rapidly becoming the most convenient way to get involved in Stock Trading.  I like having an Online Broker because I don’t have to worry about trying to reach him/her when he/she is “in the office.”  Usually when I buy stocks online I can simply send a message, either through the company website, or via email to do whatever it is that I need done.  I especially like having access to a lot of information right at my fingertips.

Gone are the days when you had to rely on the good nature of the stock broker downtown, sitting in his little brick and mortar office, hoping he wasn’t giving you the runaround and charging you exorbitant commissions.  Online Trading has really made it easy for just about anyone to buy and sell stocks without spending a lot of money on fees and commissions.  This is definitely one of the benefits of the “information age.”

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As much as I like to barbeque and grill, there are some things that I have never attempted. A good friend of mine tells me that he fixes a delicious and tender beef brisket. That intrigues me – I have always though of brisket as a tough, undesirable meat. Perhaps I will try his method and see if I can get the same results.

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My crazy wife has decided that she wants to take belly dancing classes. She made that announcement after going to a restaurant where the entertainment was a belly dancer. She has been spending hours on the Internet, trying to find belly dance classes in Virginia and finally found a woman who calls herself “Miramar” who gives belly dancing classes in Winchester at her home studio and through the local Parks and Recreation program.  It should prove very interesting to see if she actually goes to class, and if she decides to share with me what she has learned.  As long as she doesn’t try to get me to get up on stage and shimmy and shake I’m all right with it!

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One of the places on my “wish list” of travel destinations is Myrtle Beach.  I’ve heard so much about it from so many friends about how they have gone on vacation and stayed at one of the Oceanfront Myrtle Beach Hotels and had a great time.  They’ve spent a lot of time on the hundreds of golf courses in the areas, but also went to some great shows, concerts, and amusement parks too.

Well, I’m not a big golfer, but I certainly would love to stay in an Oceanfront Myrtle Beach Hotel where the beach is on my doorstep!  That would just be so perfect, to be able to spend the day at an amusement park, go to a concert, and then spend some time relaxing on the beach before turning in for the night. 

And just being able to walk out the door of the Myrtle Beach Hotel  and be right there on the sand is definitely a big selling point!  I”m getting too lazy to pack up the car full of beach chairs, ice chests, blankets and towels to go spend some time on the beach.  Just being able to sit in a chair that is already there, provided by the hotel, and be able to just carry ONE drink with me, and go inside if I want another one is my idea of a great beach vacation!

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Several weeks ago we ordered a new retractable awning.  It arrived last weekend, and a couple of my friends came over and helped me to put it up on Monday.  It took several hours, but we got it up without a hitch.  The awning goes over a small deck that we have off of the dining room.  According to the compass, the deck faces north, but it never seems to be very shady, so it is quite warm out there.  My wife has mentioned several times that she would sit out there on the deck more often if it wasn’t so hot out there, so I figured that this new awning just might do the trick.

So, the awning is up and functioning.  It has a great little remote control device that makes it go in and out.  Within seconds of the awning being extended, you can tell the difference in comfort!  It does make the dining room darker, but I think it also helps to keep the house cooler, so that is a plus.  I think we are going to be glad we got it!

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My twenty six year old niece is finally getting her own car.  She had been just borrowing her parent’s car when she needed a ride, but they have decided that they are tired of her returning their cars with an empty tank and told her that it is time that she had her own wheels.  One of the biggest reasons that she didn’t have her own car to begin with was that they had heard that it was impossible to get cheap car insurance for women.  Especially for women under the age of twenty-five.  They’ve heard that insurance companies have higher rates for those under that age.  Well, now she’s twenty-six, so that roadblock has been removed.

When I asked them where they found a good price on car insurance for women they told me that they found a website that served as a search engine focusing just on women’s car insurance. They plugged in their zip code and the website showed them a lot of different insurance companies that served their area that have good rates.  They found that very helpful.

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