I'm sure you have and I'm sure they did but I'm happy to hear you are being treated as WHO you are by your boyfriend and the members of the church you're attending and not WHAT they are looking at..... there's alot of ignorance out there,they've got issues ,not you
I think you're pretty terrific!Their minds are not only closed, but deadbolted and boarded up.
Just before my senior year of high school I (the very cool person that I am) attended the annual Nation Junior Classical League convention in Tallahassee. In August. We were not prepared for the weather or the bugs.
One girl spent the entire time worrying about the roaches. Our latin teacher told us to leave our suitcases and shoes in our garage when we got home to be sure we didn’t bring any home. I’m happy to say we did not!
I used to have to go to Miami regularly for business meeting and they had us stay in some beautiful hotels. But even those had palmetto bugs and every morning the lobby always smelled like bug spray.
I had to Google but thank you for giving me reason number 875 to never move to Arizona or a similar climate.
One of my good friends moved out there a few years ago and her SO works for one of the parks or something like that. They spend a lot of time "in nature" with her boys camping and things. And I'm like....nope nope nope.If you really want to know what they're like watch Coyote Peterson (Brave Wilderness) on Youtube and watch what happens when one stings you. They say if you get stung, the only thing to do is to strap yourself down so you don't hurt anyone (after you can move again) and scream.I had to Google but thank you for giving me reason number 875 to never move to Arizona or a similar climate.
When I moved to South Florida hurricanes were few & far between ,it has been many many years since a significant storm made landfall here- the people here had become very complacent ,you could drive along the coast and see the ocean on one side and all the little pink and pastel cement block one story homes with beautiful awning shutters scattered along the other side of the road.Parrots everywhere and beautiful tropical foliage- I fell in love with FloridaJust before my senior year of high school I (the very cool person that I am) attended the annual Nation Junior Classical League convention in Tallahassee. In August. We were not prepared for the weather or the bugs.
I’m pretty sure those are the main things keeping me from moving south too. I don’t care for that much heat and humidity. Or the hurricanes. But bugs and lizards can stay down there please!
My mom was born in the Everglades. She barely talks about it and refuses to ever go back. I personally wouldn't mind going for a visit, if for no other reason than to see and meet our people, but I don't see that happening.When I moved to South Florida hurricanes were few & far between ,it has been many many years since a significant storm made landfall here- the people here had become very complacent ,you could drive along the coast and see the ocean on one side and all the little pink and pastel cement block one story homes with beautiful awning shutters scattered along the other side of the road.Parrots everywhere and beautiful tropical foliage- I fell in love with Florida
Every year you'd see less and less beach from A1A because high rise Condos were going up to spoil the view,the parrots left- they kept building & building....& then Hurricaine Andrew hit and everyone remembered what hurricaine season means-South Florida was devastates,Miami was practically gone..... did anyone learn anything?Nope,skyscrapers & Condos went up,2 & 3 story homes etc....
Everything I fell in love with is gone,this is not what brought me here-it's NY only with super sized hurricanes and no winter- soon there'll be no room for the bugs or we'll all be underwater anyway
I'm sure you'd be glad you did-the Everglades are an amazing place to see- even the mangroves,pretty awesome that basically a"swamp" is teeming with so much "life"....
By freebies online do you mean through manufacturer websites? Just curious,I'm told alot of the "get free" sponsered ads are really just phishing scams-is that true?Apparently some are not since you get ketchup n stuff in the mail,I'd love to get things like that mailed to my address,treats n presents
Keep em coming!
I’ll take your word for it.
My husband’s grandmother was born and raised near West Palm Beach. Her parents were basically pioneers settling the land when they arrived planning to grow “fancy citrus fruit” she said. She remembered sitting on the kitchen table because the house had flooded in a hurricane. Her memory was almost too sharp at 99 when she died. My FIL was also raised in that area and their childhood home was demolished for the airport’s construction. The Florida of her childhood couldn’t be more different than that of her late years. They retired in another state to be close to FIL but she was still so passionate about the history of that area. She liked to correct articles that had information wrong.When I moved to South Florida hurricanes were few & far between ,it has been many many years since a significant storm made landfall here- the people here had become very complacent ,you could drive along the coast and see the ocean on one side and all the little pink and pastel cement block one story homes with beautiful awning shutters scattered along the other side of the road.Parrots everywhere and beautiful tropical foliage- I fell in love with Florida
Every year you'd see less and less beach from A1A because high rise Condos were going up to spoil the view,the parrots left- they kept building & building....& then Hurricaine Andrew hit and everyone remembered what hurricaine season means-South Florida was devastates,Miami was practically gone..... did anyone learn anything?Nope,skyscrapers & Condos went up,2 & 3 story homes etc....
Everything I fell in love with is gone,this is not what brought me here-it's NY only with super sized hurricanes and no winter- soon there'll be no room for the bugs or we'll all be underwater anyway
I would like to go (in the winter). I only know a few words in the language and I know my mom's given name before she was given a 'white' name and forced to use it. And I do know what clan, but that's about it.
I have signed up at manufacturer websites, but I don't remember Heinz Ketchup in particular. I think a lot of things I sign up for are either phishing or a manufacturer who runs out of items fast, because I have never once gotten a free t-shirt or mug. I used to get a lot of print magazines which I love for free, but those are hard to find these days.By freebies online do you mean through manufacturer websites? Just curious,I'm told alot of the "get free" sponsered ads are really just phishing scams-is that true?Apparently some are not since you get ketchup n stuff in the mail,I'd love to get things like that mailed to my address,treats n presents
Seminole?When I would listen to my Grandparents talk about when they came to America and were signed in at Ellis Island( Statue of Liberty) and how they got their names shortened because the Americans could not spell the Italian names - eg:Franco maybe for Frangipani( something like thst) ..I'd imagine it was very disrespectul,dehumanizing
Miccosukee Seminole...yes. But only half
Speaking of BibIicaI...there's a Ieprosy outbreak in FIorida!
Not here, I'm on the coast. The mountain region, does, though.
Yep, yep, yep...I grew up on the Northwest GuIf Coast. And someone wouId inevitabIy say, "It's JUST a paImetto bug!" And I'd think, "NO, it is a giant honking **** ROACH with a good PR team!"
Sugar does the same thing. Just a pinch. NeutraIizes the acidity from the tomatoes. I actuaIIy throw two squares of a Hershy bar into my sauce. NeutraIzes the acidity, and adds a kind of dark, smokey, subtIe fIavor, not Iike a candy bar at aII.
That reminds me of a Iecture I attended quite some time ago (nearIy 50 years now), about...Something in Germany in WWII. The professor was pontificating, and an eIderIy woman piped up, "That's just wrong! THIS is what happened!" The professor drew himseIf up to his fuII height, and said, "Madam, pIease cite your sources!" And she repIied, "ME. I was there, I Iived through it."She liked to correct articles that had information wrong.
