My friend Lisa recently wrote a blog entry entitled “no bailout.” No, she wasn’t talking about her views on the recently passed government “rescue” plan, though she could have been. She was talking about tightening the familial belt and surviving the rough times that are already upon us and to come. Lisa got me thinking… Continue reading The Family Grocery Budget
I have received a lot of phone calls from my daughter who is a senior at Niagara University in the four years she has been there. There was the distraught call her first week at school that I missed and was on the answering machine when I got home from an outing with her younger… Continue reading A Call From College
I am going to be honest. By about 10 pm, I was done. Neither of these two were answering questions with any detail that had not been a sound bite for a week or more. I could not believe they could look at the 80 undecided voters on that stage with them and think they… Continue reading Presidential Debate Number Two
I use to be terrified to join a charm swap. I am still a tad bit behind some of my peers but I joined the Halloween charm swap from The Latest Trends in Mixed Media. I had so many different ideas floating around in my head. I have been on a “use what you have”… Continue reading Halloween Charms
Last night was a wonderful evening of music at the Owego-Apalachin Middle School. The Dallas Brass, after a day of workshops and practicing with the music students at O-A Schools – the middle school and high school are next to each other, possibly even connected, played a concert by themselves and then, one song each… Continue reading Dallas Brass
I am in a Halloween ATC swap through The Latest Trends in Mixed Media. I went a little out of the ordinary as my ATC is off the basic size of 3.5″ x 2.5″. I put a popup haunted house on the background that is offset – making the card too big. It is creative… Continue reading Halloween ATC
I was going to start this post a while back but it, instead, turned into a post about pantries. I have several friends who freezer cook. You may also hear it called Once A Month Cooking. It is extremely popular with busy families as your food is in your freezer. One group of friends even… Continue reading Freezer Cooking
That first day that there is frost is always a plus in my book. The air is brisk most of the day. The sky is clear. Saturday was that day. My son, who was insistent on going to a neighboring school to watch a girls’ diving invitational, had to scrape his car windshield for the… Continue reading A Beautiful Fall Day
Not to try and leave off where I did but below you will find additional topics covered last night in the vice presidential debate. I have tried hard to not listen to or read very much on the debate today so these are my thoughts. Climate Change Causes – This topic is a tie. Sarah… Continue reading The One and Only Vice Presidential Debate – Part II
This blog entry has been floating around in my head for a few days. I would toy with talking it through into my mp3 player, which also has a voice recorder, as I ran because that is when the difference in seasons really hits me. The colors are so vibrant. The breeze is stiffer and… Continue reading Fall …
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