Animal Sanctuary Needs Help

I just called Goliath & BeBe's World about a dog I'm trying to find a home for. As it turns out, they're in bad shape over there and need donations. I had thought that the little thrift store over by Home Depot had been accepting donations for their benefit, but apparently it's not anymore. They really need some help & have over 300 animals to care for.

I went straight to their site & donated and if you can spare some I hope you do too. They're so many around that claim to do good work but I've actually seen for myself some of the pets that Goliath & BeBe's World have helped. They're really good people.

Here's their website..

http://www.goliathandbebe.com/main.html

Every little bit counts.

car break ins

This is not the first, second or third time I have seen an email from a disgruntled resident. Over and over again I hear about. Talk to any parent though and they will tell you that their child is an angel, but the kids surely belong to someone. If anything happens to your property (no matter how small) residents also need to call the sheriff's department and let them know what has happened.  They usually have a pretty good handle on the kids in the area and the vandelism thats done to vehicles also. They can't "fix it" if they don't know about it. In the meantime maybe people here might watch out for their neighbor's ASSetts. Who knows--maybe one day--just one day those same kids might have something of their's stolen. What goes around-comes around. P.S.   For what it's worth--St. Augustine Shores, St. Augustine South, Sea Grove, Ocean Grove, etc. all have the same problems. Vandelism, cars broken into, etc. knows no boundaries.       I live on Treasure Beach Rd.  we moved here from Arlington in Jacksonville to be in a safe community 2 yrs ago, when we lived in Jaxs. not once did our cars or home get broken into. in the 2 yrs we've lived here it has happened 3 times, twice our cars and once our sheds. I want the parents of the kids breaking into the cars to beware, today I talked to the police and they informed me I could protect my property as I see fit. Today I went and bought 4 shot guns, bullets and birdshot, I figure I'll use the birdshot because its scatters and you don't have to have to have perfect aim, the Mommy's will be digging it out of thier kids for awhile. I don't want to have to live this way, but parents need to step up and be parents, not buddies. please forward this, and if your neighbor doesn't have e-mail, please let them know about me on Treasure Beach rd. I'm the one who is feed-up with their kids.

Replacement Windows

Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive double-pane energy efficient kind, and today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I still hadn't paid for them.   Hellloooo,..............Just because I'm blonde doesn't mean that I am automatically stupid.                               So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told me last year,                              that in ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves!  Helllooooo?????It's been a year! I told him. There was only silence at the other end of the line,                             so I finally just hung up. He never called back. I bet he felt like an idiot.

All Bottom Fishing to be Curtailed

Please read and pass on to anyone who fishes offshore:         http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2010/05/28/all-bottom-fishing-to-be-curtailed.htm

Atlantic Hurricane Season 2009 (Fast Forward Movie from Space)

NASA and NOAA Make a Fast-Forward Movie of Hurricane Season 2009

Picture yourself sitting in space watching 2009's Atlantic Ocean hurricane season in fast-forward. That's what the latest animation from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows viewers. The movie is being made available on-line as both agencies prepare for the 2010 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, which begins on June 1 and runs through November 30.

Read on & Watch the video

June 2010 Newsletter

THE PRESIDENT'S DOCK JUNE, 2010 Hello from St. Maarten! No, wait! I'm not on my cruise anymore! I'm having such a difficult time adjusting to being back home….no one makes our bed and cleans our room while we're having breakfast. (Not to mention the cute little towel animals on our bed every night!) No one has entertainment planned for us throughout the day. No one seems to care anymore……. I picked up brochures on how to make those towel animals and fold fancy napkins. My challenge will be to make the towel animals that won't resemble road kill and to see if you can fold papers napkins so they look fancy. However, there are positive things to NOT being on a cruise: We don't have to pray incessantly while we're in our car at home like we had to do while taking a taxi racing around the narrow, hilly, roads on St. Thomas. My husband and I can pass each other going in and out of our bathroom at home instead of having to wait for the other person to get completely out of the bathroom before you can go in. (On a positive note: you can sit on the potty, dry your hair, brush your teeth and put your make up on without having to get up!) You're not tempted to over eat because people aren't putting food and dessert in front of you every night. I'm not bombarded with jewelry and T-shirt shops everywhere I go. My husband did buy 3 T-shirts (supposedly in his size) for only $10.00. However, after I washed them they now fit our 5 year old grandson! Hmmmm! Who would have guessed? The majority of our TV programs at home are in English. You're probably thinking I won't go on another cruise….WRONG! I'd leave again tomorrow if I could. This was our 5th cruise. It is the best vacation value for your money and you can be as active or inactive as your want to be. I highly recommend cruising! If you have a disability…don't worry. The cruise lines are very accommodating to everyone's needs.