Late in the afternoon, a structural engineer came and checked the house completely.
"These old wooden structures are the safest," he explained sipping the hot chocolate in the living room, "This house, for instance can withstand a strong quake even upto 8.5. All the so called modern houses have been evacuated because of heavy damage, as they are all classified as unsafe. Ma’am you are sitting on a gold mine. This house is worth its weight in gold."

Since my dad was a preacher at a little country church, you could say that I grew up on Sunday Pop Luck Dinners.

What my office is doing to make sure we have our holiday party, even during the recession.