Happy New Year! May this recession end quick and everyone find good paying jobs!

Like to find treasure??? Use your GPS to find sites in Hartwell.

Geocaching Home > Getting Started with Geocaching
Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS unit can then try to locate the geocache.

• Easy Steps to Geocaching
• Register for a free account.
• Click "Hide & Seek a Cache."
• Enter your postal code and click "search."
• Choose any geocache from the list and click on its name.
• Enter the coordinates of the geocache into your GPS unit.
• Use your GPS unit to assist you in finding the hidden geocache.
• Sign the logbook and return the geocache to its original location.
• Share your geocaching stories and photos online.
• Before You Go -- Find a geocache that will meet your immediate goals. Are you looking for a difficult hike or an easy adventure? Learn How to Find a Geocache
• If you're headed out on the trail, pack any needed supplies such as water, food and extra clothing. Bring both a map and a compass. Check geocache terrain and difficulty ratings.
• For safety, let someone know where you are going.
• Do not forget your GPS unit and extra batteries.
• Get Out and Play
• Mark your car as a waypoint to ensure your safe return.
• Be mindful of the environment, practice Cache In Trash Out.
• Bring friends and family with you; sharing the experience can be very rewarding. Pets are usually welcome, too!
• Remember that distances can be deceiving. A geocache can take longer to find depending on trails, rivers and other obstacles.
• Share Your Experience
• If you take something from the geocache, leave something of equal or greater value.
• Write about your experience in the geocache logbook.
• Place your geocaching stories and photos online. Learn How to Log Your Find
  Want to learn more? See Geocaching.com
• See some Hart County Geocaches at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?origin_lat=34.353467&origin_long=-82.931017&submit3=Submit%20target=_blank

Think Pink!!!!

Ty Cobb Healthcare System Inc. is honoring National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by offering free and discounted mammography screenings during October. For more information or to make an appointment, call Cobb Memorial Hospitalcentral scheduling at 706-245-1679.

October 18th - The "Flealess Flea" market

The Hart County Humane Society will be having a mega "Flealess Flea" Market from 9-4 on Oct. 18th at the Sardis Church Gym on Highway 29 North. Proceeds from this event benefit Hart County animals. If you have items to donate they can be dropped off at the gym between 10-4 on Oct. 17th . To volunteer, contact Gayle at 706-376-0930 or e-mail shaquibud@yahoo.com.

See their web page at http://www.harthumane.org/ Click HERE to search for adoptable pets or click HERE for an Adoption Application Document with Instructions. In 2007, the Hart County Humane Society has placed over 340 animals in loving homes, with the help of our foster homes and other volunteers. To see more adorable animals looking for homes, please go to www.petfinder.com and enter Hartwell, GA or zip code 30643 under Location in the Search Box.

I strongly believe in this wonderful organization that rescues animals and fosters them at private homes until the animals can be adopted. I think God has special angel wings for these good folks. I personally have two very spoiled cats (Molly and Mo) that I adopted from a rescue shelter in Raleigh, NC.

Thankful for family!

I had a very difficult day and I was so tired when I got home from work. I thought okay - as it is raining, I am going to prepare canned soup for dinner. Well -- my 76 year old Mom stopped my house by with a wonderful surprise dinner of turkey, zuccini and hash brown potatoes!!! YUM YUM YUM! Timing is everything and this dinner treat was perfect! I am thankful to have those who love me near by!

October 16, 2008 - The Pink Partini at Cateechee Golf Club!

This is a 'girls night out' benefit hosted by the Hartwell Service League. Tables are $320 and seat 8 women. There are only 25 tables available, so purchase your table ASAP. The proceeds from the event will help fight breast cancer, which affects one in eight women. The event coincides with Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. For more information on buying a table, contact Mary Lynn Johnson at Bailes-Cobb (706) 376-7156. Read article from the Hartwell Sun.

The Best Hartwell Bargains!

1. The Clothes Closet - you never know what kind of deal you will find and just can't live without.
2. The Annual Friends of the Library Sale! You can purchase a whole plastic bag of your favorite type of "whatever" books, Audio Books, CD's, and DVD's you can find for $6.
3. The Annual Top Thread's Sale!!!! I always stock up for Christmas gifts for family up in Michigan. I bought Fleese, Sweatshirts, T-shirts and lot's of other new items for $2 each. Last year, all the money from the sale went to help out the YMCA.
4. The Saturday Farmers Market - lot's of good produce!
5. Garage/Yard Sales -- My favorite way to spend a Saturday morning.

God bless our military! (Prayers being said daily)

I pray every day that all our military forces are safe and come home soon. I thought these quotes were powerful and some are also amusing.

1. 'If the enemy is in range, so are you.' - Infantry Journal
2. 'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.' - U.S. Air Force Manual
3. 'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.' - General MacArthur
4. 'You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me.' - U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.
5. 'Tracers work both ways.' - U.S. Army Ordnance
6. 'Five second fuses only last three seconds.' - Infantry Journal
7. 'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
8. 'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.' - Unknown Marine Recruit
9. 'If you see a bomb technician running, keep up with him.' - USAF Ammo Troop
10. 'Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing.'
11. 'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.' - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
12. 'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'
13. 'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'
14. 'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'
15. 'Even with ammunition, the USAF is just another expensive flying club.'
16. 'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, .... The pilot dies.'
17. 'Never trade luck for skill.'
18. The three most common expressions (or famous last words), in aviation are: 'Why is it doing that?' 'Where are we?' And 'Oh Shit!'
19. 'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
20. 'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!'
21. 'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.'
22. 'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.' - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
23. 'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peace time.' -Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
24. 'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'
25. You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'
26. As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives; the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks, 'What happened?' The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!' - Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)
27. 'The highways of life are full of flat squirrels who couldn't make up their minds.'

Wonderful environmental saying

Regarding our precious earth and doing the best for all people - "May we not inherit from our past but borrow from our future" a Dakota Indian saying.

Happiness is where you find it...

I am pretty lucky. I can find happiness in little things. Sometimes happiness comes from the affection from my two cats or the enjoyment of a good lunch with friends. I find happiness in giving to others - and I LOVE finding bargains! With the economy being what it is, I thought I'd share some of my ways to find happiness and ways stretch the wallet too.