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When opportunity comes a calling....

 Sometimes you are looking and sometimes it just comes to you...via a FB post by an old friend and a video. The week before Labor Day, we were spending a quiet, football hasn't started yet, August evening surfing FB, seeing what the world was doing when we still are not, really, doing anything.  And a friend popped up with a "you won't believe what I did" post. So I listened to her talk about this new company she is working with and I got to thinking...  what makes a company so exciting, so enticing, so make someone want to jump in? 1. The products might help me....me personally....when I got into my skincare business, my skin was a total disaster from stress as well as taking care of people, beside myself...  I used it.  It worked. I grew a fun business, made some great friends and have helped some amazing people feel better about their skin. 2. The company stands for something I stand for.  This product my friend was selling was founded by a group of FEMA...
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Looking for some good news

  A young mom died in our community today.  I didn't know her well at all--I racked my brain trying to remember when we first met...Perhaps she came in the store I managed years ago, maybe the pool, maybe at a Bunco game where she may have been a sub? The point is, she died suddenly.  She left behind a husband and 4 children.  And her family and friends are stricken with shock and grief, I am sure.  She likely had plans next week and next month. And at her age, 47 years old, she died far too young for any of us to understand. I can't turn on the news for good news...it is not there.  Our governor decided to announce today that schools in MD could go back and it was up to the districts to decide when.  I have seen people applaud loudly and protest loudly.  I am concerned for the teachers, perhaps even more than the children.  I have seen claims that this is really hurting our mental health, especially our children's....what happens to our teac...
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Grilling some pork tenderloin!

Pork tenderloin is one of those quick and easy, oh so yummy, dinners I make that everyone in my family seems to love.  Today's quick marinade served with sweet cole slaw was not different!  Another chance to share a Barb original. Grilled Maple Mustard Pork 1 package of pork tenderloins (the kind that have 2 in a pack.  I love to get the family version that has 2 loins in each cryo-vac...one for now and one for the freezer!) 1 TBS dry mustard 1/4 cup real maple syrup 1 TBS garlic powder 1 TBS onion powder 1 TBS paprika 1/4 cup olive oil. Trim the tenderloin like in this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFVYcfyd_S8 ).  Put both tenderloins in ziploc bag and add the remaining ingredients.   Seal tightly and massage seasonings and oil into the tenderloin.  Refrigerate for 1-12 hours. I love to grill my tenderloin.  Heat the grill on high, as high as it will go.  Take loins and place on the back of the grill lowering the heat to med high....
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Peaches on a hot summer night (recipes below)

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I grew up in the deep south.  Peaches from Chilton County might be the best peaches in the world....I'm a bit further from Chilton County now, but I do still love a juicy, drip on the chin when you bit into it peach in the middle of the summer. I hosted a social distanced, spread the tables and chairs more than 6 feet apart, small birthday party for my co-workers this week.  I planned for weeks to make this special for my staff--they have worked SO hard remotely and helped our faculty, staff and students, sometimes late into the night.  They are rockstars and I LOVE working for them...this was the least I could do...  and strangely, they all have birthdays in July and August.... I had planned to cater--order from a local restaurant that I love (deuces Atwaters:  https://www.atwatersfood.com/ ), but when everyone placed their order, and it was for the same thing, I decided it just made more sense for me to make it.   Our menu was the following: Lemonade...
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Covid is making us sick in more ways than one...

So far, my family and close friends have remained well.  I pray it stays that way, although as we become required to "get out there" to keep our jobs, masked and with hand sanitizer, we are exposed to more people...so I pray that if we get sick, we do not get too sick.  In March, it kept me up at night....now it is just a constant, "GULP, hope we are okay." Today, twenty people I use to work with were laid off.  They were laid off by a place I love, respect and know that the decision was not made lightly.  And it just plain sucks.  It is the way of the world right now--and this economical position puts into light, the importance or lack of importance of so many things. Our child care center is closing on our community college campus.  There is a director, an assistant director and an administrator.  I was that administrator from 2012-15.  I learned SO much in that position and feel confident that the current administrator and her skill set will he...
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