Archive for May, 2009

Garden on Deck

By From http://fredericksblogger.blogspot.com/ • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I took the plunge and bought my first patio tomato plant at the Farmer’s Market this morning. I can see that there are a couple of tiny yellow fetal tomatoes hidden in the leaves, so I take that as a good sign. I replanted it, as instructed, into a big…



Storms-R-Us 2009-05-09 15:02:00

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Note the whitish lowering in the center of this picture; this roughly corresponds to an area of rotation on the southern storm of the two we were engaged on. This convinced us to head further south and wind up where the coyotes howl…This feature had…



8 May results

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I may or may not get pix posted here as I seem to be having problems uploading them. Anyway, yesterday we intercepted a storm building along the front just west of Ardmore. Initially the storm moved northeast along the front, so we traveled north and…



Spotsylvania GM Powertrain Plant to Close Temporarily Amid Sales Lull

By From http://www.spotsygop.com/blogger.html • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Spotsylvania

from The Free Lance-Star:General Motors will temporarily close its GM Powertrain plant in Spotsylvania County from June 1 to July 12.A national slowdown in the production of GM cars and trucks has trickled down to the Spotsylvania plant, which produces…



Last 30 Days Activity – Stafford Real Estate

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Last 30 Days real estate activity – Fredericksburg Real Estate Market – Stafford County Real Estate Section
Activity for the last 30 days:
New Listings Added – 234 (78 of those new listings are already under contract and 2 have sold)
Average List Price – $309,754 Currently Under Contract All Listings – 463 properties
Average Contract Price – $249,085 Average Days […]



Republicans: The Marines Can’t Protect Us

By From http://fred2blue.com • May 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Prisoners of war, including Nazis, detained in the U.S. during WWII? 425,000
Current U.S. prison population? 1,600,000
Terrorist suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba? 250
Republicans in Congress just introduced the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act to keep these suspected terrorists out of the United States. One of the proposed locations is at the Marine base in Quantico, VA. I guess […]



Sen. Deeds in Fredericksburg Saturday

By From http://fred2blue.com • May 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Sen. Deeds will be  in Fredericksburg tomorrow at 4pm to address the Virginia National Organization For Women (NOW) State Conference at the Fox Point Clubhouse, located at 6120 Blackstone Boulevard.



Quick post from south of Ardmore OK

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • May 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Sitting here in a state park monitoring radar and awaiting convective mayhem. The photo above is from our hotel parking lot in Stillwater OK as the southern end of a huge MCS (mesoscale convective system) swept through. Nothing exciting in Stillwater…



Hiking in the sunshine!

By From http://fredvegaschronicles.blogspot.com/ • May 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Great news, Fred. Vegas! My “winter gal” who ditched me for her older better funded old fart boyfriend is back in the picture and has been off and on for three weeks. Maybe the real estate market picked up so he’s not paying her attention. I want to m…



Have a Coke Day!

By From http://sarahiouslyspeaking.com • May 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Happy Have a Coke Day!  This is a very popular holiday among my followers on Twitter, so I decided to share it with my blog readers.  Take some time today to savor the caffeinated goodness that is a Coke! 
Did you know that Coke is not just for drinking?  There are several ways to use this carbonated masterpiece […]