Tybee
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His music for Ragtime and Avalon is my favorite of his work.

Fresh asparagus with hollandaise sauce. I put too much lemon in the hollandaise, but otherwise it was great.

I definitely spend more if I use the credit card, so I have gone more to cash. I think some people have that tendency, but if I did not, it would be...

Yes, she even recommended specific vitamins I need to take. And she is not alarmist, very balanced.

Had first appointment with new direct primary care physician. She is wonderful! She looked at all my xray, MRI, and CT results from past year and...

That is funny that it was a dumpster fire! I have been behind but working on this month's Everydollar budget. I do use a lot of cash, put money in...

One of the coolest Randy Newman songs ever: Bing Videos

Well that's a pleasant relief!

With jimmy webb the two best

Is that for one year only, the increase in premium for Part B, or is that forever?

That's great--that is the worst thing when we have power failures.

When we took the embers and ashes out of the woodstove this morning, I threw some potatoes wrapped in foil and butter in the bucket and left them out...

Needed some new washclothes, so cut them out of a towel that was at my mom's house; it was the towel I took to college 47 years ago. Used the best...

I like Christmas decorations, but other than that, I always feel a great relief when this holiday season is over.

Really resonate with both of these--at the end I was just praying that "they be okay" whatever okay meant, at peace, and that God keep them close and...

While I do live near outlet shopping, I cannot deal with crowds--it gets worse and worse the older I get--so I try to stay away from stores today.

No, I'm thinking it is best to talk to them about Christmas in person, and with both families (me and my husband, and son and his wife and kids)...

Well we looked into eating out and then realized it would be over 130 dollars and we wouldn't have gone if it wasn't Thanksgiving! So we found a 49...

Husband just sold a keyboard on Craigslist, met the guy in town and dropped it off. Just took three funeral urns to Goodwill--these were the ones we...

Maybe you mean ACA? You can't get on Medicaid if you have more than 2000 dollars in assets.

Nikki Haley was my governor in SC and she was a very good governor. I would vote for her if I had to vote for a Republican.

Yes, I remembered Chicken but could only come up with Loosechickens and I knew that wasn't it, as she was the nudist.

She took the beautiful bird photos! Who was the woman who taught school and had goats?

Oh, that sounds wonderful right now, frugal-one.

Agree absolutely, Rogar. It was domestic terrorism.

What a great summer memory! I would have liked that so much as a kid. In August, we always went to see both sets of grandparents and other family...

That's a problem for me too--I actually hate to harvest them at all as I like how they look on the vine! I rarely use my own cut flowers because I...

Me too! I just made soup yesterday and made enough for 8 containers for the freezer, in addition to what we had yesterday, so eight weeks of...

Yes, we are definitely looking for more peace, and have decided in that direction.

That sounds very nice.

What a great solution, Alan!

"See your grandchildren at times not surrounding the holy expectations of Holiday Hell." We are actually trying hard to do this, and what a great...

Thank you.

Well, we just had a big fight about it and it resulted in me calling son five minutes ago and telling him we will not be going to his mil's for...

You have really put your finger on the dilemma. If I go, I am resentful and feel diminished. If I don't go, I am resentful and feel diminished. I...

If we don't go, we will definitely be on our own, although one year we went to a restaurant around here and it was great--it was like the whole town...

We lived near the Finger Lakes for a few years thus nearish Cooperstown and it would be 39 degrees in June. Horrible weather.

Wow, I am impressed; that could be in the frugal thread, Sioux! I need to get my car ready for winter and then tuck it away in the barn as yesterday...

Congratulations, Bae! In our state we voted on 8 ballot questions and it was interesting to see a lot of large wins. Think the vote did not line up...

Tradd, people in Maine do the game of seeing how long they can go before turning on the heat, too. One guy made it to the week before Christmas! We...

It is a local supermarket and in Maine, the ones that are more rural have a shelf where you can donate your old books, and then people buy them for a...

Frugal, I am also bothered by disarray. I am slowly trying to get this place in better shape since we moved here under duress, in such a panic, and...

5 books to the Hannaford book shelf. Most of them were from there anyway, but one was not, a really good retirement book, and ran into a lady...

Really beautiful!

My mom used to collect these flower pocket things that looked like your sconce. I really like that one!

Oh, that is a good idea, Tradd, about the electric blanket. I think I have one packed way somewhere! We do not have the oil filled radiators--my...

I am so tired of being cold in this house. We have the woodstove going and spaceheaters. Always try to delay using the oil furnace as long as...

That sounds lovely!

And, I will add from my photo adventures with family photos, the photo postcards were very popular at the turn of the 20th century, as I have some...

I like them, Happystuff! And it's less waste/trash for the recipient.

Wow, that is wonderful, Catherine, and thank you Tradd for the inspiration!!