Stephen A., Max argue Rockets' adding Carmelo Anthony improves odds vs. ...

Carmelo Anthony does improves the Houston Rockets chances at giving themselves a "fighter's chance" at beating the Golden State Warriors. As a Rockets fan 14 years now, I'm on board with whoever can help the Rockets win. I may not always agree with the player or players who come to the Rockets, only because their work ethic and leadership can be questionable at times. It sounds like I'm referring to Carmelo Anthony. Melo have a track record of pushing a trade from NBA teams who didn't want to give him the b-ball at critical moments of games and he has criticized players on his team who didn't help him carry the scoring load when Melo put 30 plus or 40 plus points. Is Melo worth the gamble? I questioned Dwight Howard's work ethic and leadership ability when we brought him to the Rockets in 2014. I didn't question Tracy McGrady's work ethic and leadership ability when we brought him to the Rockets back in 2004 until 2009 when the Rockets got past the first round when T-Mac was injured. I'm saying this to say this, I'm all for who come to the Rockets, as long as their attitude that they want to contribute in any way that they can to help the Rockets win, then I will be happy for the player or players who come to my team.

Video shows Iowa student day before she vanished

 Mollie Tibbetts 20, have been missing since July 18, 2018. Praying that Mollie is returned home safely to her family in Brooklyn, IA. Praying that people who have seen or who know where Mollie have went will tell authorities looking for Mollie so they can inform Mollie's parents that they found Mollie safe. 2 Thessalonians 5:17 King James Version (KJV) "Pray without ceasing." Mollie mentioned in a video that her aunt sent to Mollie 2 years ago that Mollie has never gotten on her knees to pray to you Lord but she need to know that you will be an answer to those who are praying for Mollie. I believe through this, Mollie will be able to understand that she can get on her knees and ask you for help Lord.   John 15:7 (KJV) "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-15-7/ Matthew 6:6 (KJV) "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-6-6/ In Jesus name, AMEN. 🙏🙏🙏

Flau'jae: 14-Year-Old Rapper Earns Golden Buzzer From Chris Hardwick - A...

Flau'jae is a 14-year-old rapper, who earned the Golden Buzzer from Guest Judge Chris Hardwick on America's Got Talent (AGT) last night. This young teenage girl has been rapping since she was 5. I felt from watching Flau'jae's performance that she was going to get the Golden Buzzer to be in the live shows on judges cut. The young teenager deserved and proved that an up and coming rapping like her have a chance to win on AGT. Flau'jae "raised the bar," in this AGT competition that is stacked with a lot of talented acts. Can Flau'jae win, she has a chance and is definitely Top 10 material. Rap is not thought of positively but Flau'jae's message is positive and proves that growing up in the hood can change people in a positive way as long as the message is positive. Hearing her story about her late father who was an up and coming rapper at 20 and how his life was cut short due to gun violence can inspire those growing up in the inner city who lost a parent or parents that they, too like Flau'jae can "weather the storm" and that they can still follow their dreams and think about those who were a positive influence in their life like Flau'jae's mom is a positive influence in her life encouraging Flau'jae to follow her dreams and never give up. This act definitely Golden Buzzer worthy!😤👏

Some of my favorite Iced cold beverages for the muggy summer

Do this muggy weather have you stuck indoors? Do you miss going to the movies, traveling, and eating out at your favorite days to eat out restaurant because of the hot and humid weather? Don't fret a lot of people feel the same way. I'm going to mention some of my favorite iced cold beverages that I enjoy drinking when temperatures are in low till upper 90's (heatwave for Connecticut). Some of my readers and fellow bloggers may agree or disagree with my beverages selection. It's cool we all have different ways that we deal with the heat and weather sometimes the storms that come about in this muggy weather.

Sweet Tea

When I went to Chattanooga, TN I was schooled by the locals on what the difference was between sweet tea and iced tea. The Tennesseans reminded me that sweet tea has a lot of sugar and iced tea has no sugar. I grew up drinking Lipton tea and all that time I was drinking sweet. I also grew up drinking half and half (half sweet tea and half lemonade). Sweet tea and unsweetened tea is served at all the restaurants. Growing up north we were told that sweet or unsweetened tea is considered ice tea. Us New Englanders know better now. Whether you like sweet tea, half and half or both, this is an excellent beverage to drink during the muggy summer.

Lemonade or Pink Lemonade

Whether you like drinking regular lemonade or pink lemonade or both this beverage is awesome for this muggy kind of weather. I really enjoy using ink to match the color of picture image props! 😉 If you ever did work that made you sweat like general labor or janitorial work, then you would understand why drinking lemonade or pink lemonade like they say "hits the spot." People who work in 90 plus degree temperatures find a iced cold beverage like lemonade or pink lemonade to be a thirst quencher. 

Root Beer Float

Do Root Beer Floats really make great iced cold beverages when the weather is muggy? Of course. The mixture of root beer soda and vanilla ice cream is a wonderful combination to beat the heat when you are stuck indoors. I used to enjoy drinking these a lot growing up during the summer times. It's highly recommended that you go to City Fish Market, Inc and enjoy you some really good fish and chips. After 5PM is when it's not as humid so that's perfect weather temperature wise and then wash the fish and chips down with a big glass of root beer float. Whether you like homemade root beer floats from restaurants or making your own homemade root beer, root beer floats is a good beat the heat beverage to drink.  

Iced Coffee

Iced coffee is perhaps one of the most popular beverages to drink to beat the muggy weather. Cumberland Farms have really good iced coffee for .99 any size. I have not had iced coffee in a while. Readers and fellow bloggers whether you like your iced coffee homemade or drinking your iced coffee at a restaurant, it's a thirst quencher!

Strawberry Blueberry Smoothie

Smoothies are good for a lot of things. Good to have for breakfast and good for dessert, too. Smoothies make really good beverages to beat the humidity, too. Whether you like your smoothies from restaurants or making your own smoothies, it's a thirst quencher. Strawberry blueberry smoothie is my favorite smoothie that's why I got a pic of that particular smoothie on my blog. You're encouraged to drink your favorite smoothie or smoothies.

Waitress Repays $1,000 She Stole From Arizona Restaurant 20 Years Ago

Wow, this waitress really want to make things right. The waitress at El Charro Cafe in Tucson, AZ apologizes for stealing $1,000 20 years ago. The woman could have just kept quiet and never said a word because no one would know right? Well, this woman grew up in the church and remember the commandment, "Thou shalt not steal," and that reminded her that God knew that what the waitress was doing was wrong and the waitress couldn't be at peace with herself. The woman wrote a hand-written apology letter by the way (BTW) very neat penmanship, and have the money, cash that is, said that a waiter who she worked with told her to not ring up a few drinks and the waitress listened to him. This woman in my humble opinion should be forgiven for what she has done. This woman wanted to make things right and even though people may wonder why it took 20 years for this waitress to make things right, you have to ask yourself what would you have done if you have been in her situation. It took a lot of courage for this woman to apologize and make up for it paying the restaurant back the money that she stole. I'm sure at the time, this woman never thought that a co-worker would have told her to do something wrong like steal. The woman said that she had grew up in church and have never stolen before she stole money at the restaurant and have not stolen again after she stole money from the restaurant. Apology heartfelt=Apology Accepted and Waitress Forgiven. My 2 Cents.🙇😞😟

Mary Reddick Family Reunion in East Windsor, CT 1999

East Windsor, CT

Riverside Park will be missed but not forgotten. Riverside became Six Flags in 2000.



We had just got done with our Family Reunion in Atlanta, GA in 1997 and we voted to have the next family reunion in Connecticut in 1999. My mom, me, and my cousins from Springfield, MA would plan for the next family reunion. This family reunion was going to be in East Windsor, CT. Me, my mom, and my cousins would meet up at Best Western hotel in East Windsor to discuss our plans. The Continental Breakfast would be at the family reunion and the family reunion would be from July 29- August 2. Some of our family reunion would be in Agawam, MA where then Riverside Park was (now Six Flags). Tickets was not too pricey when you go in the summer time. Food was included and me and my mom was checking out a good place that make t-shirts for the family reunion. I do believe the very first letter that was sent out was back in October of 1997 to all the families in Florida, Georgia, and my big brother from Los Angeles, CA.

Meanwhile, my mom had quite an embarrassing experience when we went to a t-shirt place in Glastonbury. There was a t-shirt store owner, a woman, and her chubby chocolate lab. The chocolate lab barked and this dog was definitely a hugger and ran up to my mom and licked her. My mom hollered because she didn't expect to be greeted in a place of business like this by someone's dog. This place was not the right place anyway because the price for family reunion t-shirts was too pricey at this t-shirt place. My mom would go to a t-shirt place in East Hartford, which was not too pricey and their motto is "if you like our store tell a friend about us but if you don't like our store tell us." This was a business oriented t-shirt store that thrived on the satisfaction of their customers. We made sure to send out letters to families in Florida, Georgia, and California ever few months because we were all about getting things done and over with. This was also giving the family time to come up with the money for the t-shirts, banquet, and Riverside park. Family got on the ball sending their money in advance. My Uncle paid $500 for family who didn't have their money in and some family paid their money on the very first day of the family reunion. What really was fun about Riverside was that everyone got to go on the rides, play games, and eat food for free because it was included when tickets were purchased at a discount that summer of 1999. Some of my mom's friends who were like family came to the family reunion, too and they paid their money like everyone else. There is always stuff you get for purchase at concession stands and that was the case at Riverside park. The banquet was held at Best Western hotel in East Windsor and there was fish or chicken that you got to choose to eat. I've been at so many banquets, so fancy food is what I'm used to eating at them. 

I have to mention to y'all about the 2 crazy rides that I rode on at Riverside park. I'm a risk taker, meaning I will try out stuff from time to time that I know I will regret doing later on, lol. I took it upon myself to go on 2 of the craziest rides at the Park in Agawam because in 2000 Riverside is going to be a Six Flags. Y'all don't know about my fear of riding Roller Coasters. I remember riding a crazy Roller Coaster back when me and my family went to Disney World back in 1990. My older brother wanted us to go on this Roller Coaster. I remember they had a water fountain and some people who were nervous like myself drank water just before we rode this particular ride. All I can remember saying was, "I want to get off of this ride!" and hollering. My older brother wanted to ride the Roller Coaster again after were going down it very fast. For the most part I've always rode safe rides but like I say I will take a risk and do things out of my comfort zone from time to time. So I decided to go on 2 of the craziest rides at Riverside Park to try and prove a point. I rode Hellavator & Time Warp. I want to encourage you if you are scared to ride Roller Coasters, Hellavator and Time Warp is not recommended for you to try. When I rode Hellavator the ride was cool and whenever you go up in the air you went up slowly. Now when you come down that ride you went down very rapidly and it's goes faster when you go up and down the longer you are on the ride. Just imagine you're on an elevator and go up to the top floor but picture that same elevator when it goes all down to first floor how rapidly the elevator is, that's what I've experienced. My eyes were open when we went up in the air on Hellavator but my eyes were closed when that ride went down on Hellavator. Time Warp on the other hand, starts off fast, and goes rapidly. Picture yourself being on a ride spinning very fast in the air and looking like you flying over the whole park. You can't really see anyone because you are spinning so fast but you can tell that people are watching you ride that crazy ride. I had my eyes closed the whole time that I was on Time Warp up until that ride came to a complete stop. Hellavator had me hollering a little bit but Time Warp had me hollering the whole time I was on that ride and even after the ride finished. Lesson learned is never ride crazy rides like Hellavator and Time Warp that make Roller Coasters that you are scared to ride on look like riding a Ferris Wheel. 

Anyway, I had a regular Gameboy that I was playing, the game was Home Alone. I told one of my little cousins that I could beat the game. He played the game and got beat like in the 2nd level. My cousins told a lot of little cousins that came up to CT from down south and my cousins were bugging me to play my Gameboy and beat Home Alone on my original Gameboy. This was the only system that I had left after I traded in my Regular Nintendo and Super Nintendo. I played this game after all of the events were over. I let my cousins that crowded around watch me beat Home Alone and I told them all step by step how I was beating each levels. In order to beat Home Alone the game, you have to blow up the furnace or else Marv and Harry capture Kevin. In the movie, a neighbor knock Marv and Harry out with a shovel. The results with Harry and Marv going to jail is the same in the movie and on the game. My cousin, and my Aunt stayed a little longer because my little cousin had his birthday August 4 and he had just turned 5. We went to Fun Zone in Wethersfield and celebrated my cousin's birthday. It was fun because his older sister and eldest brother were playing the games with their tokens. This family reunion till this day is still talked about. We had our family reunion in CT one time and family from down south said that it was very well organized and family in Florida and Georgia was glad to get away from the slower pace and hot and humid weather. 

What's best with different cakes (a glass of milk or a scoop of ice cream)

Have anyone ever had a piece of cake and thought about if having that particular cake is best with a glass of milk or a scoop of ice cream? I know that I've probably got my readers and fellow bloggers thinking about this for a little bit, especially after the appetizers blog that I wrote before, lol.😋 Anyway, in order to tell if the piece of cake that you are eating is best with milk or ice cream, it all depends on how rich or how sweet the cake is. For example, the richer the cake is the more sweeter the cake will be and milk is good with that particular cake. The less rich the cake is the less sweet (meaning it's just right when it comes to being sweet) that particular cake will be and ice cream is good for that particular cake. Listed below I will list some cakes that is best eaten with milk or ice cream.

German Chocolate Cake

I've had this cake a few times and I must say that German chocolate cake is rich. German chocolate cake is really good with a glass of milk.

Chocolate Mousse Cake

The very first time I had this cake was when I went to the WIHS 104.9FM radio station (Middletown) banquet at The First Cathedral in Bloomfield back in 2002. I must have had like 3rd's and 4th's because the people kept bringing these chocolate mousse cakes at tables. This cake is not that rich and the sweetness is just right. Chocolate Mousse cake is really good with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet cake is very rich. This cake is best with a glass of milk.

Strawberry Shortcake

As much as I've had this cake, I know that delicious cake is just right in sweetness. Strawberry shortcake is really good with a scoop of ice cream.

Mocha Chocolate Cake

This is my absolute favorite cake. This cake have both the right sweetness to it and it's rich. Mocha chocolate cake is both good with a glass of milk or a scoop of ice cream.

The cake challenge is fun to try especially when you think about it in that way. I've actually tried this without even thinking about it like that. I've just experimented what is best with the different cakes whether if it's with a glass of milk or a scoop of ice cream. If my readers and fellow bloggers feel that what I've written is worth experimenting for themselves, then I will say go for it! I hope that all of my readers enjoy!💭🎂🍨🥛