That's exactly what we used to do in NJ. I still tip my hairdresser in VT. We used to have a really amazing trash collector called Bud who drove the...
I saw on the news that parts of the NE got a ton of snow! But we actually just got rain. I'm not sure if the next big storm in the Upper Midwest will...
Agreed. I sent my sister-in-law a gourmet snack box from a really nice company after my brother died, and now I get, not one, but two, catalogs from...
That house is adorable. I love the older homes in good condition. That's why I adore Ocean Grove, but I'm sure I'd be sick to my stomach to see what...
Oh, man. That is like dipping an orchid (or an iris, or a lily, or a tree) in plastic. Such a sign of the times and the culture that values fast and...
I went to LaLeche meetings. Maybe it was because we as a culture were just emerging from the standard practice of bottle-feeding, a lot of the women...
I certainly would never presume to tell you what you should or shouldn't do with your family farm--the operative word is "family" farm. I don't know...
Haha! A lot of people believe that conspiracy about themselves. I call that the "Whiner's Conspiracy Theory." Sometimes DH will pull something, "Why...
I'm not surprised the MAGA crowd has been emboldened. There may be many like my DH. The only other Republican in our family is my DIL, who gifted DH...
I'm not talking about the ones that have been bandied about during this election cycle. I'm talking about old ones--ones that I can kind of buy into....
I gave up social media for Lent once. It was OK, but I really had no intention to give it up for good! There are a lot of annoying and even addictive...
OK, so maybe that's what they did. When I walked in as a new patient, they only charged me $29 for the visit. Then they did a bunch of X-rays, and I...
I admit it's been a while since I've had a teeth cleaning at my dentist's office. But I was given a quote today of over $500--and that was after they...