Author: Christopher Gerhart, LLC, MAC, SAP

4/20/2024

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As you may, or may not, know, April 20 (or 4/20) is a day many marijuana users celebrate.

This year (2024)  it just so happens to fall on a Saturday.

 So, it may be a good idea to do some testing just after 4/22 and again after the following weekend, around May 1 or 2nd.  

Be Safe.

End of Summer 2023

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Here we are at the end of summer 2023.

Business has been good for me so far.

This photo was taken near my parent’s house in NY State, near Canada. The power plant in the background is at Oswego, NY.

Our Daughter, Erin, has gotten her learner’s permit; so, we got her a new-to-us car, a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. It only has about 65,000 miles on it and was actually owned by a little, old lady.

New Office in the Works

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I have signed a lease a small office in the Regus Business Center in the Research Park area.  Look for a Grand Opening announcement soon.

We have very nearly unpacked our household stuff.  Still missing a few odds and ends; bu, I am sure they will turn up…..just as soon as I buy a new one.

Relocated to Huntsville, AL

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I am doing a “soft open” at my new location in Huntsville, AL.

I will be seeing people for DOT/SAP Evaluations at a local Regus office space.

For now, the phone number stays the same.  I will be getting a local number in the near future.

Moving Again.

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So, someone once told me that nothing is constant but change.  Little did I know that would mean that I would be moving again.

I am closing up my business in Richmond Hill, GA and relocating to Madison, AL.

I plan to maintain this website and my email address.  I will post a new phone number here when I get one.

I expect that I will re-open in the Huntsville/Madison, AL area before the end of 2019.

My Favorite Non-Alcoholic Beverage

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In this day and age of mock-tails and healthy infusions of the latest exotic ingredients, I thought I would share my all-time favorite iced tea.Substance Abuse Counselor Savannah

  1.  One gallon of cold water, the cleanest you can get.  We have an RO tap in the kitchen; so, I usually use that.
  2. Two Tetley quart-sized tea bags.
  3. Six conventional Earl Grey tea bags.
  4. 6-8 cloves.  (Yeah, the kind you stick in a ham or Indian food.)
  5. 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
  6. Sugar to taste, I usually use about 1/2 cup.
  7. One quart ice water.

Add the baking soda and cloves to the water and heat to 185 degrees.  Don’t worry if you don’t have a thermometer, just turn off the heat as lots of little bubbles start to form.  You don’t want a rolling, full-on boil as this would scald the tea leaves.

 

Add the tea bags and set a 20 minute timer.

As you remove the bags, do not squeeze them.  Most of the bitterness will be trapped in the bag and you really don’t want that in your tea.  You can fish out any of the cloves that are floating.

Add the sugar and stir gently.

Add the cold water and wait a few minutes.  All the solids (bitter stuff) will settle to the bottom of the pot along with any bits of the cloves you may have missed.

I usually put my tea in quart mason jars and set them aside to seal before putting them in the ‘fridge.

Serve over a tall glass of ice, garnish as you like with mint, lemon or lime.

Enjoy.