Well, my buddy Evelyn called a few days ago and gave me this tip. If you child gets a bead (or bean or whatever) stuck up their nose, try having them sniff pepper to help sneeze it out (or at least move it farther forward). Ask her how she knows this 🙂 . . …. Keep Reading

Well, this week we have a new addition to the family. No, I wasn’t pregnant, and no-we didn’t get a kitten or puppy. What we did get was a 1996 Harley Davidson Heritage Softail Nostalgia motorcycle. Our friends who came up and camped with us this week sold it to us. It was the wife’s… Keep Reading

. . . because I said I start posting again after Thursday, and here I am on Saturday night and I still haven’t said anything. Well, basically I’ve been exhausted and trying to recover from having too much fun this week. No, not the “I drank so much that it takes me days to recover”… Keep Reading

Well, we’ll be at the campground from Sunday to Thursday, so everyone have a wonderful Fourth of July!

Those of you who have been following me for a while probably know that I LOVE to read. My first love in reading was the fantasy/SciFi genre. So I was very excited when my brother (Doc) wrote me with a link to free books on line. Now, these aren’t weird “I just wrote my own… Keep Reading

Well, we are directly in the flood areas in upstate NY. Luckily we live on high ground. Other than having a boil water advisory, we are fine. The folks down by the river that cuts through town are not doing so well. Our town ballfield is right by the river, and the waters are up… Keep Reading

OK, I can’t claim the brilliance on this one, but it is such a nifty, convenient and frugal idea that I’m adopting it as my own. Recently we had Princess’s “Graduation” from nursery school BBQ. Each of the parents brought a dish to pass. One parent (I don’t even know who) brought deviled eggs. Here’s… Keep Reading

There are 24 entries in the festival of frugality today over at Free Money Finance. Yet again, I did not get an entry in, even after promising last week. Ah well, I guess the whole starting a part time job thing has thrown me off a bit more than expected. I shall get back on… Keep Reading

picture from amazon.com I heard about this book on “Boston Gals Open Wallet” . Jane Dough read it and gave a synopsis. She said although it wasn’t a page turner, she did recommend it. So I went onto the good old 4 counties library system webpage and requested the book. I really wanted to like… Keep Reading

I thought I’d spend today’s post giving everyone a little update and tour of my gardens!Here is one of my window boxes along the deck, planted with scarlet runner beans (the green) and some red wax begonias. I planted the beans from seed into my soil mix (1/3 compost, 1/3 peatmoss, 1/3 vermiculite) then I… Keep Reading