Holiday Weekend Wrap-up
It’s been a busy weekend and hard to believe it is Sunday already. Here’s the quickie wrap-up:. I finished the Einkorn socks:. Here’sa close-up:. To recap, these were knit from Tempted Good Grrl yarn in the “Emergency” colorway, ...

Beef recall during holiday weekend
New Mexican's may want to request their burgers well-done during this holiday weekend's barbecue festivities. Kroger has announced a voluntary recall of ground beef in its New Mexico Smith's and City Market stores due to an E Coli scare ...

Sam’s Last First Holiday
Every holiday was extra special because it was Sam’s first Halloween, Christmas, Easter, etc. It hit me that this 4th of July was the last of the firsts. Sounds sad at first, but this next year will be just as exciting as he’s more ...

What I learned: Holiday Weekend Edition
Still on a mission to take note of at least 1 thing that I’ve learned throughout the month of July here’s what I learned this weekend:. Friday, July 4th: I learned that Oxiclean really does get red wine stains out. ...

Sunday morning toons: Special "Holiday Hangover" Edition
So all we have to do to wrap up this holiday weekend is do the toon review, starting with Daryl Cagle's round-up. p3 Picks of the Week: Mike Lane, Pat Bagley, Mike Thompson, Jeff Stahler, Jeff Koterba, and Henry Payne. ...

Is Egypt the new Dominican Republic for Holiday Illness?
Regular readers of this site will have noticed that we have been dealing with a considerable number of holiday complaints from Egyptian hotels and resorts. Salmonella, E Coli and serious gastric illness, feature very highly in the ...

MIA Holiday
Apologies for the quietness here at HM the past few days. Having just completed a large project at work, my brain was pretty brain dead, but also I wanted to take advantage of the timing to take a few extra days off. ...

How I Spent my Holiday Weekend
I don’t know how this got started. I never do with these things. Suddenly, I find myself knee deep in a project that has taken on a life of its own and has grown WAY out of proportion. All I know for sure is that I was in Walmart. ...

A wild holiday ride
(Photo by Richard Crawford) It was an action-packed Fourth of July holiday weekend in Chanhassen with good weather accommodating a full slate of activities July 3rd and 4th, including carnival rides at City Center Park. ...

Busy Holiday
We’ve had a busy Independence Day weekend. Since The Captain is a pyrotechnician, he is busy this time of year. So we didn’t see him much. On Thursday, July 3rd, he and the rest of the crew set off a display here in our hometown, ...

Holiday Happenings
I was surprised that on a holiday weekend it only took two hours and the guy was out here. He spent almost 3 hours and I hope it's fixed. He changed the sensor float thing and found the P Trap was put in upside down. ...

Holiday Weekend Projects
Watched some fireworks. Watching Fireworks. And by "some," I mean every fireworks display in the metroplex. These were in Farmers Branch, we think. Fireworks in Farmers Branch, we thought. Ate. Blueberry Pie. Played. Blue Doggie ...

Protesters Interrupt Bush Holiday Speech
ABC's Matthew Jaffe reports: Protesters today repeatedly interrupted President Bush's Fourth of July speech at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's residence in Charlottesville, Virginia. No sooner had Bush started speaking at the ...

Protesters Interrupt Bush Holiday Speech
Is this- every morning at ten without fail:).