Dorene Shirley's Blog

Yesterday, Blythe Kern and I visited Planet Beach in El Paso De Saratoga shopping center.  We had a few minutes to kill between appointments.  Planet Beach (spa) is a member of our Campbell Chamber of Commerce.  They have been very gracious to provide gift certificates and products as donations t...

According to the Campbell Times, the group rehearses twice a week for performances around the state.  But now they have an even more important date they are practicing for: Carnegie Hall.The group is a local chapter of Sweet Adelines, where women of all ages come together and add to their singing...

Last week I attended a meeting consisting of a group of ladies. The group was called "Ladies who Launch" I wrote a post on it Ladies who LaunchOne of the incredible ladies I met that night was Shveta Shourie.  She has designed her own perfume.  I am VERY picky about fragrance. The group supplied ...

The best name used for the following girl's program will receive $1,000,000Obviously I'm kidding about the money, but I sure could use your help!I'm thinking of starting an education program for teen age girls.  I'm tired of the influences of the "pop stars" such as Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan,...

I've been pretty happy with my involvement with Active Rain so far.  Now I realize with every relationship there comes a point where one may get upset at the other.  I think this is natural.  Well I guess I made the "Rain Gods" mad.  I posted something I received in an email.  Not just once but t...

I just love all the new stuff I learn on Active Rain. I could spend weeks on this site and still find new things to use. I was bouncing around the site and found a widget or whatever you’d call it on someone’s site. I lost whose site it was, sorry! So I went online, registered and started tinkeri...

I posted a blog on my dislike of music when clicking on one of the active rain blogs.  I received a pretty good response in agreement.  I thought of something that I would like to hear.  Old hymnals...as a Christian I go to church every Sunday pretty much without fail.  The music they play now da...

Not sure about the rest of you, but I'm getting pretty tired of all this political crap.  Mainly from the democratic side of the campaign trail.  I guess it's because Obama and Hilary are trying to jockey for position.  This is going around on the email circuit and I thought I'd share.  This may ...

Ken Yeager, Santa Clara County Supervisor has written an article for the Campbell Times a local publication.  The article address a project for building three 12 story high structures as well as four smaller buildings up to five stories high.  We've been addressing a few of these proposed structu...

With consumer confidence dropping to a five year low, there are easy things that will save money.  Bay Area Consumers' checkbook.org have assembled a list of 20 useful tips that can immediately add to your bottom line.I will only list a few, but you can read more about the article at the Campbell...