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Donnie Roberts

• Wolfgang, Emeril, Donnie. Now That's Fine Company http://roberts.blogs.the-dispatch.com/14370/wolfgang-emeril-donnie-now-thats-fine-company/ http://roberts.blogs.the-dispatch.com/files/2011/02/turkeyburger.jpg [caption id="attachment_14371" align="alignright" width="450" caption="My zucchini/red onion/egg turkey burger on goat cheese and sprouted wheat toast moments before I devoured it."][/caption]I was quite proud of myself Monday night in the kitchen. Being single for nearly 12 years, and being on a consistently erratic work schedule, I never cooked much at home before. But there are few truly healthy foods to be found at restaurants so I need to make my own when I can. With my recent commitment to eating healthy and getting a slew of new recipes in my recent purchase of the Diet Solution Program that I wrote about in an earlier post, I made an investment for some cookware. Wolfgang, Emeril, Donnie. Now That's Fine Company
• Water Can Do Strange Things http://roberts.blogs.the-dispatch.com/14348/water-can-look-strange-sometimes/ http://roberts.blogs.the-dispatch.com/files/2011/01/012711_koonts_taylor.jpg [caption id="attachment_14349" align="aligncenter" width="575" caption="Taylor Koonts of West Davidson seems to be swimming under a plastic wrap."][/caption]

  Water can be an intriguing substance sometimes. For instance, the faster a body hits the water, the harder the surface feels, which is why I quit doing belly flops from the high dive years ago. Water Can Do Strange Things

Julie Ray

• Through Mary's Eyes http://corner.blogs.the-dispatch.com/10278/through-marys-eyes/ I am very grateful to have been given the chance to see life in a whole new way. God gave me a whole new perspective when he blessed me with my daughter, Mary. She is almost two, and when she was born I was almost forty one. I did not know what to expect having [...] Through Mary's Eyes
• How Do You Say Goodbye? http://corner.blogs.the-dispatch.com/10267/how-do-you-say-goodbye/ I have a real problem with the word goodbye. It is not so much the word itself, but it is having to say the word to others. I have to admit that I am a very emotional person to begin with, and I can cry very easily. It sort of gets embarrassing when I cry [...] How Do You Say Goodbye?