Category: Family News

  • Voted Today

    By Andrea Menzies 09/30/2026

    I did early voting today in Virginia. The political rants I have been on this week may be due to needing to know facts for the election. Political debates today are in fact very scary. Do not skip voting. #electionvote

  • Cut Loans

    By Andrea Menzies 09/30/2026

    I got a BA University degree, and found out I was pregnant less than 6 months after graduation. Part of the reason I earned less after earning a University degree was I could not find low priced daycare for a child with a disability for years. Yes schools need to warn students more about the bad job market. Yes schools also need to have better and more aggressive job placement and job search for graduates. How about lowering the massive price of education? How about offering free childcare to all University and technical school graduate women? None of this is offered. This move is about destroying the paths to empowerment and jobs for all working class women instead of helping education at all. #studentloancuts

    *Note: All the professions that would be hurt most are female dominated industries. Art, cosmetology, social work, and I have talked to many teachers it is NOT just teaching aide jobs it is full teachers at risk. This is a war on women.

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/25/federal-rule-cuts-aid-degrees-not-pay/

  • Refused to Review

    By Andrea Menzies 09/24/26

    If you buy a garbage product from Amazon they now refuse to let you do reviews. I bought a treadmill pad that did not even work for one day, and came in the mail broken. I tried to write a review calling it the garbage it was made to be. Amazon refused to post the review saying it was negative. Of course it was negative it doesn’t function! They would not give me a refund. I used no cuss words, but it is very true that I will mention online that a product was made by human sewage if it was in fact made by human sewage. The Kynecnto walking pad is a very horrible product that no user can warn others about as they pay for fake reviews. #Kynecntowalkpad

  • Happy Birthday Alexandria

    By Andrea Menzies 09/24/26

    Happy Birthday to Alexandria Menzies with a September 24 day of birth years ago. Many happy surprises rule the day.

  • Birthday Lunch

    By Andrea Menzies 09/24/26

    Happy Birthday to Alexandria Menzies who I went to Octoberfest and Jason’s Deli for birthday party lunch. It was particularly important for Anne to have a nice day before she had to go into the hospital. We ended up not staying at the Octoberfest as the vendor prices and nasty food were horrible. It reminded me that every cell in my body hates the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. My review is that all of Virginia rates one star for having horrible music and food. I still love seeing music and eating, but going on road trips to other states is the one way to be near anything good.

  • Out Of Contact

    Out Of Contact

    By Andrea Menzies 09/19/26

    I am going to be out of contact with the public for a while. My mom is going into chemo therapy this week and my family has to help her go to doctors appointments. I will not be doing calls, book clubs, podcasts or anything non-essential while this goes on for a while.

  • Season 1 Episode 7 – So You Want To Start A Podcast

    By Andrea Menzies 08/11/2026

    Welcome to the FH7 Publishing review podcast. I am the main host Andrea Menzies and I am back from a break. My mom Anne Brockett was sick this month, and needed many rides to the hospital for surgery. In addition, I helped to feed her dogs and get her mail while she was sick. I am now back from the break, and I am taking classes and doing podcasts again.

         Welcome to the Frozen History Seven Publishing book review podcast. I am your host Andrea Menzies here to talk about the FH7 book club’s latest book reviewed. This is the Season 1 Episode 7 of the new season that has restarted distribution on Spotify. The advertisements are on Spotify, but the main show as always is on Patreon at the URL https://www.patreon.com/c/FH7Productions7 and the name on Patreon FH7books.com to look up our information. For low fees like 1 dollar you get the podcast, but at the higher tiers you get access to Udemy classes on Discord links. In addition all 20 dollar donations get 1 free page of advertisement in our upcoming book on podcasts for the 2025-2026 year of podcasts. The staff of FH7books.com makes a book on tips and tricks for making your own podcast. It is a class on how to make your own podcast work best. We use our year of podcasts as examples for your own work.

    Read and listen to the full podcast here:

    https://www.patreon.com/c/FH7Productions7

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  • Back to Better

    Back to Better

    By Andrea Menzies

    My mom is feeling better, and has returned home. Many thanks to the friends and family that helped me watch her house and dogs while she was gone in the hospital. #feelinbetter

  • Black and Purple

    By Andrea M. 08/02/2026

    New Black and Purple House – how to make the beach spooky at Heartopia. Anyone can make a Halloween game dark and artsy, but it is a challenge to make the cutie games moody and dark! I am not the one person doing this task. I have seen 8 scary cathedral houses today, and they have the best prizes at the prize doors. I am glad I found a game as hypnotic as Heartopia right as my family is having issues so I can keep from dwelling on the stressful and negative.

    P.S. My screen name is Poedaughter7 at user ID 2rky87n9 for chat.

    #2026Heartopia

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  • Get Well Soon

    By Andrea Menzies 07/29/26

         My mom Anne has cancer and starts the surgery this week. She will have many rounds of surgery and chemotherapy for the issue. I had to have surgery this week at the hospital as well. I need everyone to wish us “get well soon” this week. Bad health issues have been hitting us hard this week. #2026 Cancer Surgery #cancersucks