Yes, we have been talking about it in the thread linked below. You can search the forum from the page that lists the titles of the threads. Scroll down to the bottom and you will find the search box. Welcome! One resource my friend uses for lower cost food is Angel Food Ministries. You pay $30 and get a big box of food. Around Boston, there are churches in Roxbury, Brockton, Woburn, and Jamaica Plains that participate in the program. Learn more at AngelFoodMinistries.com. Here is a link that might be useful: Husband Laid Off thread

We are looking at this ceramic tile for flooring. However, on the sample board, the color does not seem to go all the way to the tile edge leaving a whitish edge all the way around the tile. Is this common among ceramic tiles or possibly just unique to the tile on the sample board? Should we be leary of this and that the ordered tiles would all come in colored in this manner. I don't think grouting would disguise it as we would be using a darker grout.

I went to Mexico on a school trip in the 80's. My parents only allowed me to go to a country where I studied the language and Spain was out because TWA kept having their airplanes hijacked so I ended up in Mexico. We stopped at Tulum, but I didn't make it inside the pyramids there. I remember it being beautiful. We stayed in Valladolid and Merida for a few nights and visited the pyramids at Chichen Itza and Uxmal. We also climbed to the top of the pyramid at Chichen Itza. That's quite a drop down if you fall. I wasn't afraid of heights then. That ball court is something else and so was the virgin pit. We did quite a bit of shopping in those towns too. We were in Cancun for a couple of nights. The draw there was the white sandy beach. I was 18 and blond. People were friendly everywhere we went. We sometimes got too much attention. We were able to drink there, but I was only interested in drinking for taste. I wanted the fruity drinks with the fun names. I didn't do anything stupid and didn't get drunk. We went to some of the nightclubs and there was one in Cancun where the guys kept trying to buy me drinks. It made me uncomfortable. They were too pushy. I had a great time and would love to go back and take my kids and husband. I don't feel like it is all that safe there even in the resorts. Unless something changes, I won't go back.

We have a long-time business associate who lives in Guernsey - he's in finance, which is the primary business. We've become friends and when he comes to the States every few years we get together for dinner and a pleasant evening of conversation. He has tried to explain the unusual system of government - The Bailiwick is a self-governing dependency of the crown - I find it interesting but somewhat confusing.