http://maat45.blogdumps.net Bits and pieces of this and that. A few minute respite from the day's hurly-burly. Coffee, Delaware, Sussex County Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:18:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All we can say is "Thank you for the music", Abba!  My partner and I did something almost unprecedented last night...went to a movie, a real movie.  Well, I've wanted to see the Broadway production of "Mamma Mia" since feet hit the boards but not the easiest thing for us to ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/07/19/mamma-mia/ Thought I'd like to share this web-site with you, today.   http://www.karmatube.org:80/        I subscribe to the email newsletter and was interested in the lead story/video which then linked to the Friends Without Borders site, providing a little more information.  Terrific idea and a concept with which I'm not unfamiliar. I was part of ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/07/13/friends-without-borders/ Aha!  Proud owners, tired users, of the new Wii-Fit.  Apparently, just as with the Wii-Sports, we were fortunate having pre-ordered before the release date...arriving two days following it's release.  I was actually frustrated when it came while I was in hospital, not knowing when I'd be able to try it out ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/06/21/wii-three/ Happy Father's Day to all the Dads, Daddies, Pops, Grandpas. Papas;  to the Step-Dads, uncles, brothers, friends who step up for the kids when "Dad" isn't there...the ones who take over when Dad decided to move on and leave the kids and wife behind;  for the Dads serving in the ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/06/14/fathers-day/ Things have been a little slow around here, lately, so if I have regular readers I apologize for little that's new on the blog scene.  Had a bit of a surprise recently, needed to 'wrap my head' around it (classic British understatement...LOL) and I really had no intention of writing about ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/06/11/heartburn/ Forty-one years and counting……….June, 1967. I had been in this country four and a half months, was standing talking to my then-husband’s young second cousin as she did the breakfast dishes, my 11mos. old daughter in my arms. The radio had been on for a while…a music station…when a news ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/06/02/uss-liberty8th-june-1967/ A bit unusual but hopefully someone may see this and a little dog will be returned to her rightful owner(s).  Monday evening, (May, 5th.) my partner was driving home from work on back roads between Milford and Long Neck.  As she drove Johnson Road (which takes her from Rte. 30 to Rte. ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/05/06/silkie-found/ I don't doubt that this will be an unpopular posting but I'm perplexed.  Last week we had a 12yr. old boy arrested and charged with the rape of a 4yr. old...a baby, more or less.  Rape is a heinous act, the worst manifestation of one weilding power over another and deserves ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/05/04/what-is/ I WISH!  Just got back from a trip down to the 'fogotten mile' around Rehoboth Beach.  It's only April and the traffic horrendous.  Of course, I did forget that it is the Dog Walk in RB, today, which could explain the volume of traffice even on the back roads but couldn't ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/26/roads-less-travelledor-used-to-be/ That State OR Federal Govt. can do this to these mothers and children...children especially...is a disgrace.  Doesn't matter what any of us think or believe about this sect, I thought everyone was innocent until proven guilty in this country?  And if that be so, why are those children under threat of being dispersed ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/20/flds-we-all-better-be-ashamed/ HEAD'S UP, ANNIED!  IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY....  The lady's turning fifty-eight But you would never know it (Kinda ticks me off, you see... Her face just barely shows it!) Yet her life's been full of twists and turns Joys and many sorrows So I'll take this opportunity to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOMORROW!! Love you lots...and lots...and lots... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/19/66/ That would be Lower, Slower, Delaware and, more and more, appearing the nomenclature is deserved with the new first leg of a constituitional amendment prohibiting recognition of same-sex marriage, civil union, domestic partnerships or 'similar legal relationships' between people of same gender.  When does Delaware get to advance to the ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/19/lsd-rears-its-ugly-head/ "Town officials cite several reasons for the ban. Health concerns topped the list, with some officials adding that by clearing the air, more families will fill the sand..." as reported on the WGMD website following the council meeting which decided to ban smoking on beach and boardwalk.  Excuse me?  Clearing the ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/19/bethany-beach-logic-struth/ I was asked last night (following a news bite), if I had the opportunity to ask one important question of all three candidates, what would it be.  Right off the top of my head I had two..."Give me a definitive on when would you end this 'war' and bring those men ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/15/obama-clinton-and-mccain/ Here we go again...Bethany Beach has banned smoking on the beach and now RB is pondering doing likewise.  You know, without intending to offend (and I'm not really sure why I worry about that since there are too many who don't care about offending me and my ilk)...what a crock!  ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/12/rehoboth-beach-possibility/ I hope it passes but it's true...not stringent enough.  How about the fine AND prison time for attendees?  Surely if attendances fell off it would discourage those idiots who look to earn ill-gotten gains from holding these fights (whose punishment certainly is far from sufficient)..which could ease off the raising poor ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/06/maryland-dogfighting-law/ I just spent a couple of days finalising having my smile, confidence and self-esteem restored...and certainly better health...and given my own experience in addition to what I've observed over the last few years, this information may prove helpful to many on this lovely Peninsula (and beyond). Over the last several years I was very ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/03/affordable-dentures/ I was in Salisbury yesterday and when the business I was conducting was over, stopped by the Wal-Mart on Rte. 13, across from Target, PetSmart et al.  Not doing much shopping there...being a Delaware resident with the opportunity to shop with no sales tax...I was pleasantly surprised to see specific ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/04/03/salisbury-disabled-parking/ It's a tough call even though I have already given my...ahem..."decision".  Amongst our sixteen critters we...I...have a pug.  Buddy is my second of such delightful creatures and came to us three years ago as a two years old.  Back in the mid-'90's I'd bought my first pug puppy...an eight week ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/03/18/pug-at-my-heart/ I'm a Scot, born and raised.  Never did celebrate St. Patrick's Day only because I didn't live in Ireland and I wasn't Catholic...St. Andrew was my man.  Which is not to say St. Patrick's Day wasn't celebrated in Scotland although 'celebrate' is maybe a bit too strong a word given ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/03/17/st-patricks-day/ What ARE you thinking, City of RB??  Before the current parking meters were installed during the upgrade to Rehoboth Avenue, seems to me most area residents...and more than a few half-year residents, offered umpteen suggestions with regards to those meters.  In the median, for instance, a type similar to what we have ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/02/25/rehoboth-beach-parking/ Over the course of several weeks I've listened to interesting and heartfelt discussion on where this young woman's life may go, depending on the courts.  The basis of the discussions and arguments can be read here: http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080131/NEWS/801310382/1006/News Some seventeen years ago my then husband suffered a ruptured aneurysm in the brain, was operated ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/02/23/lauren-richardson/ Catching up on news from Scotland, just read that a football player was fined for using his cell phone while driving.  This became an offence in the UK a year or two ago though this is the first I've read of anyone getting a citation although, admittedly, I don't keep up with the ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/02/04/phone-phine-for-phootballer/ Just heard that Craig Ferguson took his citizenship test yesterday and will be sworn in,  in the not too distant future.  I guess being a celebrity relaxes the staffers/officials somewhat for thinking back to when I took mine, I seriously doubt they would have allowed a vid-cam to be running ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/01/30/yankee-doodle-dandysoon/ First off, let me say I am not an organ donor.  I'm not opposed to it, don't believe it's wrong for anyone who wishes to be one and I'm not even suggesting that I will never be one but I AM opposed to the proposal that the DMV in Delaware ... http://maat45.blogdumps.net/2008/01/24/dmv-are-you-kidding/