Sandy Childs's (sandychilds) Blog

Today is a very sad day for the Childs' family. We lost my husband's Dad early this morning. He was 74 years old. Before he retired he owned and operated a tire store in Greenville. He was an outgoing person who was active in his church and community.He also loved to play golf. We have been touch...

Whether or not you are ready Santa is coming tonight. The traffic is terrible, the stores are crowded, everyones' nerves are shot and we are all hungry! Tomorrow it's like a great clam will settle all over homes all across our county, whether or not all of the gifts a bought and wrapped, whether ...

Pineapple Casserole Ingredients: 1 (16 oz) can crushed pineapple, save the juice - you will only use enough to keep the mixture from being stiff 1 cup sugar 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese 2 tablespoons flour Mix all ingredients together and pour into a baking dish Topping: Ingredients: 1 stack...

Sweet Potato Casserole   Ingredients:   3 cups mashed up sweet potatoes or a can of yams 1 cup sugar 3 eggs ½ cup milk ½ stick margarine 1 tbsp vanilla   Topping: 1 cup packed brown sugar ½ cup plain flour ½ stick margarine 1 cup chopped pecans   Mix mashed potatoes (yams), sugar, eggs, milk, ½ s...

I just love this time of the year. I love the Christmas programs - even the ones that we watched as children. I really love watching them again with the children in our family. I even love the Christmas commercials. Another thing that is really enjoyable is the Christmas music on the radio statio...

How much control does the media really have over our market and our day to day lives. We tune in to the daily weather to see how to dress and to see if we will need an umbrella and our rain coat. Our country has really reacted to what the media is saying about the economy. Are we really in a rece...

With all of the bail outs, the interest rates dropping, coupled with so many people believing that the new president is going to be able to effect immediate change, do you believe that 2009 will be better than 2008? Do you believe that our market could turn around in 2009. I believe that the mark...

One of my nephews, his wife and their two children are coming to celebrate Christmas with us this weekend. I just can't wait. There are going to be about ten of us, here in our home. I can't wait to open presents - to have the kids playing with their stuff in the floor and wrapping paper everywhe...

The shopping is almost done, everything purchased is wrapped. It took my husband and me 2 hours, but it is done. We have four Christmas exchanges with family this year. One is at our house, one is at my in-laws, one is at my nieces home on Christmas day and then we have our exchange. I have separ...

Our society has gotten to the point that we can't seen to get enough. We want bigger and better and we want it all right now. Have we as a society lost the ability to wait? Have we lost the ability to plan for the future. People used to save up for a down payment on a house, then came the loans w...