Jim & Maria's Blog

It's time again for the Charleston County Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup.  It will be held on May 12, 2007 (rain date will be May 19).  All interested volunteers can pick up their supplies on May 9 at the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) in North Charleston. The DOT is also asking tha...

It's time again for the 20th Annual Blessing of the Fleet and Seafood Festival.  This year's festival, being hosted by the Town of Mount Pleasant, will be held on Sunday, April 29th from 11:30am to 5pm at the Alhambra Hall and Park on the Charleston Marina. The day will kick off with musical ente...

In good ol' Charleston fashion, the warm weather brings with it the desire to spend every spare moment on our beautiful waterways.  With that in mind, here are a few boating safety tips to keep in mind. Know the aids to navigation and buoy system in your areas. Don't operate the boat under the in...

With over 100 boats in the water and over 120 exhibitors on land, the South Carolina In-Water Boat Show is the largest in-water boat show between Annapolis and West Palm Beach! Located at the Ripley Light Yacht Club on the Ashley River in Charleston, this boat show offers special events and famil...

This is an awesome story, so I just had to share it.  I don't know who the author is, but I just love what they wrote.  I'm sure glad I have the scars! "Love is when God became man" Some years ago, on a hot summer day in South Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hol...

(Anyone who has ever dressed a child will love this) Did you hear about the Texas teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots? He asked for help and she could see why.  Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn't want to go on. By the ...

A blonde wanted to go ice fishing.  She'd seen many books on the subjectand, finally getting all the necessary tools together, she made for theice.  After positioning her comfy footstool, she started to make acircular cut in the ice.  Suddenly, from the sky, a voice boomed, "THERE ARE NO FISH UND...

This was just sent to me and I thought it was really cute.  Enjoy :) Consider this.................Flour and Water: How come when you mix water and flour together you get glue?... And then you add eggs and sugar... and you get cake?Where did the glue go?NEED AN ANSWER?You know where it went!That'...

Our son is only a few weeks old, but it seems that we have a lot to look forward to.  Enjoy! 1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 square foot house 4 inches deep. 2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite. 3. A 3-year old...

It has been reported that there is a "sophisticated scam" targeting anyone in South Carolina who owns a credit card.  Someone claiming to be "David Jason" with the bank's fraud department calls from a private number to verify a charge for $349 worth of computer equipment purchased online from Bes...