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I rarely go to Wal-Mart now

Ruth Anne Maddox — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:56:45 -0500

I rarely go to Wal-Mart now that I live in the state of Target, but when I did frequent the Wal-Mart back in Indiana, I usually left frustrated and without everything I came for because things kept getting moved around. It seemed like, just when I knew where stuff was, they rearranged things before I came back the next time.

I do find Cub to be relatively similar in layout regardless of which one I visit.

And I don't care what the layout is at Byerly's because I love shopping there and discovering items that I probably can't find anywhere else in the area. It's like going on a really fun scavenger hunt (although I do know where some of my favorite things are). Plus, there's this really cute gentleman that does samples on Saturdays at the store in St. Louis Park. He always wears a silly hat (a Dr. Seuss hat or something in keeping with whatever holiday might be near) and pretty much forces people to sample whatever he's cutting up or spreading on a cracker. I almost always buy whatever he's hawking -- one day it was a spread made from a chunk of blue cheese, a tub of mascarpone and some quince ($7 for a small jar) ... delish!

Yep, Brandon, put endless

Mathias Baden — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:48:11 -0600

Yep, Brandon, put endless hours of singing in the shower to work for you ...

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Sure I've adjusted a little

jennyjean4 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:14:09 -0600

Sure I've adjusted a little here and there for love, but I think I've learned more about myself. Since meeting my husband he has given me the courage to try new things. Things that I may have wanted to do, but didn't think that I could. The two things he's taught me that have changed me the most are: photography (he took me on a hike and taught me how to use a manual SLR and I imediately fell in love with taking photos) and song writing (I've always been into music and I'm a singer, but I never would have considered writing a song and now I know that I can). The cool thing about marriage is that sometimes your spouse can see your potential better than you can.

I think it's great that

jennyjean4 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:10:25 -0600

I think it's great that you're watching American Idle. I know that when I started watching Project Runway a few years back, my husband thought it wasn't worth the time. I got him to watch one episode with me and now we look farward to watching it together every Wednesday night. That show and Lost are our favorites to watch and comment on together. So you never know, Idle might end up being your favorite show - maybe next year you can even audition.

I don't want to make it seem

Brandon — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:14:51 -0600

I don't want to make it seem like watching the show with Molly was torture, because it wasn't. I'd gladly watch "American Idol" and only "American Idol" for the rest of my life if it meant I got to spend time with her.

I'm just saying that I never really thought I'd watch that show, and I am now because of her.

When I married my current

Ruth Anne Maddox — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:33:56 -0600

When I married my current husband (he's my second), I was a ultra-organized person. My daughter already knew me to be a drill sergeant about "a place for everything and everything in its place" in our house.

However, my husband is a disorganized, never-throw-anything-away slob and it used to (and sometimes still does) make me crazy to see his little (and sometimes big) piles of junk everywhere. Now, I just dust around it or put it in a box (we've got lots of those in the garage) or, if I'm lucky and he goes out of town, head to the trash can with some things.

The first time my daughter found our house in such disarray, she looked around and said, "Mom, you've changed!"

And here I thought I pull him up and he's dragging me down :-(