Spring Break didn’t look too promising  for me this year. I came down with the flu but still managed to keep all the doctor and dentist appointments we set up for the kiddies.

By Friday, I felt well enough for a trip to Coshocton Ohio, where we visited with my husband. Dan has been working there and renting an apartment since Febuary.

Saturday, we met with my sister Darlene at the Walnut Creek Farm to see the many animals including, buffalo, llamas, giraffes, deer, elk, monkeys, baby ducks, a parrot and goats. We had a great time but better had I remembered to bring  my camera. We had my husband’s Kodak and didn’t notice the SD card wasn’t inside the slot so we bought disposible cameras that I haven’t developed yet.

Sunday, my husband was off and we took trip to his friend Jimmy Conway’s farm. He had baby sheep there and they were all gated near the barn so we had easy access to them. They are the sweetest things and I would have liked to bring two home if I had shelter set up for them. I don’t know how they would have liked riding home in the back seat though.

Bonnie

ONE OF THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF THE SPRING POSSIBLE THURSDAY…
I think if everything comes together, we could be looking at 20-40 tornadoes across the area shown on the map below.
~AccuWeather.com Henry Margusity

Yikes! I wouldn’t want to be anywhere in the state of Mississippi on Thursday!
Henry is my favorite meteorologist. Hes always looking for a Big Daddy type storm to report and many times has been wrong. However, there are more times hes been right! I love listening to Henry talk about the weather and I learn so much along the way.

Bonnie

With all the news about salmonella and other food diseases that even show their ugly faces at even our local restaurants, I’ve decided to only buy name brand food items at any given chance.
CNN Health reported that Kraft Foods purchased Pistachios from a company named Setton Farms in California.

California plant recalls 1 million pounds of pistachio products
salmonella strains were found last week during routine test by Kraft Foods, one of about three dozen companies that purchase pistachios from Setton Farms …”
~CNN Health

Kraft Foods reported the findings to the FDA and so the other companies, some even smaller companies were lucky enough to find this information before someone was killed.

Does this mean that Setton Farms is to blame? Its not always the fault of the growers. Since the investigation is still active we can’t know if the entire 3 million pounds of product was tainted. The problem would most likely be caused by the distributors or infected trucks transporting the goods.

So, why buy named brand food products? Because, I for one am a proud sponser of companies that go that extra mile to make their products safe for the public.

I would like to hear other people’s thoughts on this subject.
Bonnie