When my kids were little, I couponed, planned meals around the weekly specials, and tried to keep a tight rein on our grocery budget. But as they grew, I began working more. We all got busier, and I let some of those habits go. Slowly, without really realizing it, our grocery costs inched up. A few months ago, I tracked every grocery expenditure for the entire month and discovered our bill totaled $2,300. I about had a heart attack.
Wilkins said the shootings stemmed from two groups attending the event that attracted more than 300 people, with ages in attendance ranging from pre-teens to about 50. There's a lot of interviews taking place, but apparently there was a confrontation between a couple of groups of people and then gunfire between those two started, Wilkins told WBTW-TV. The sheriff's office later Saturday identified the other fatal shooting victim as 49-year-old Jessie Locklear Jr. of Lumberton.
Just Saying Scarlett and Tamsin Allen, both 16, are cousins and great-granddaughters of Myrtle Allen. They are in school together in East Cork and live with their parents, ­Rachel and Isaac Allen (Scarlett), and Cullen and Bree Allen (Tamsin). Scarlett: I'm going into fifth year in Middleton College. I live in East Cork by the sea. Very close to Tamsin.
Recently, one of my buddies was distraught. I've known him for almost 20 years; I could tell something was weighing heavily on his mind. I asked what was going on, and he said one of his children got into a bit of hot water due to their cellphone usage at school. We talked it through, and he realized the issue wasn't that detrimental in the grand scheme. Sometimes we all need a bit of objectivity.
Now I have to learn to do the hardest thing a parent has the privilege of doing and let you go. No, it's NOT forever, but it's the end of one big chapter, so - yeah - I'm going to cry. (I'm also 100% percent going to sit on your Dad's shoulders to work on the lighting in your dorm room.) I love you, Monkey. Always No matter what,
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"I'm beyond grateful for the incredible NCHART and Linville-Central Rescue teams, who got to them in the middle of nowhere and saved his life! He was air-lifted to and treated at Johnson City Medical Center, TN, and is now recovering at home," his father, Imran Shah, said in a Facebook post.
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