Just a quick heads up – I am moved over to the new host (HostGator), and am checking things over one last time before I start posting on a regular basis again.

Sorry to have been out of the loop for a couple days!

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I don’t bother to buy a Sunday paper unless I know that there are grocery coupons in it.  In addition, I can get away with buying a local paper if there are only SmartSource inserts, but need to buy the larger city paper if Red Plum inserts [...] Continue Reading…

“It’s time I sling the baskets off this overburdened horse
Sink my toes into the ground and set a different course…”
- T. Anastasio, T. Marshall

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We had a wonderful New Year’s Eve with some friends, followed by a nice lazy New Years Day.  We’re going to be spending [...] Continue Reading…

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What’s a gal to do?  After a long conversation with the husband yesterday, we decided to ditch the idea of a netbook and shell out the extra money for a new desktop.  I had been researching desktops for awhile, and we took the plunge (We got [...] Continue Reading…

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In a previous post, I mentioned that we hoped to spend $250 total on Christmas this year.  We had $95 dollars left and quite a bit to still get.  So in the end, how did things turn out?

We actually ended up with $105 to spend, since [...] Continue Reading…

photo credit: Stuart Chalmers
This is one instance where I am so glad that I was wrong.  Yesterday, I was wondering if our truck had finally reached the end of the road.  It turns out that the rear brakes had iced up (it’s a pickup, which explains why warming [...] Continue Reading…