Batteries Not Required

May 31, 2011

Ok. I’ll admit it. Finally.  I’m getting old. Why, you ask? Well, for many reasons.  Besides the obvious snarky remarks about my predating the dinosaurs, courtesy my (almost) 13-year-old son, other indications that I am meandering into premature senility also point to my descent.  For example, I feel the steady, unyielding creep of time insinuating [...]

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The Cat Got My Tongue

April 30, 2011

OK.   I’ll admit it.  I’ve been distracted and not updating my blog like a good blog author should.  I realise that it’s vitally important in this fluid publishing interwebs world to constantly keep up with the Joneses-dot-com. But I have an excuse. And he has four legs and a long fuzzy tail and whiskers [...]

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Rethinking Thrift

March 2, 2011

Thrift stores. What’s the first thing those two words conjure up in your mind? Dirty, used, old stuff?  Broken, unwanted, damaged goods?  Late 1970s fashion?  Weird quirky furniture?  Even weirder patrons? Perhaps one or more of those concepts have occurred to you when considering shopping at a thrift store.  Fair enough; many thrift stores do [...]

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A new decade, a new home!

January 18, 2011

Note: This is a repost from my post last year, with a few updates.  The information is as good this time around as last; the ultimate in recycling! It’s a new decade.  Time for a new (organized) home. After the champagne has gone flat in our flutes, the noisemakers have silenced, and Ryan Seacrest has [...]

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Have Yourself A Thrifty Little Christmas

December 16, 2010

‘Tis the season to be thrifty!  This time I bring you back to my December 2009 post about thrift store holiday shopping, with some updates: Before the last of the Halloween 90% discounted leftovers have even disappeared from their shelves, retailers are already hoping against hope that you’ll get even more motivated to return for [...]

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Giving Thanks 2010

November 6, 2010

Note: This is a re-post of a blog entry I wrote last year about Thanksgiving, with some updates. Update 1:  I am thankful for my continued (relative) good health. Update 2: I am thankful for my family’s good health. Update 3: I am thankful to still have a job. Update 4: I am thankful my [...]

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Scaring Up a Great Costume

October 19, 2010

All Hallows Eve.  Halloween.  The Witching Hour.  Is it a night to scare little kids with horrifying decorations?  An occasion to release one’s inhibitions and assume the identity of something perhaps on any other day would land us in the loony bin?  A chance to collect masses of sugary treats, much to the delight of [...]

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I’m Talking Here!

September 28, 2010

Family gatherings have changed in recent years.  Gone are the days of sitting around chatting with our relations, getting caught up on news, exchanging recipes and old stories, and generally just enjoying each other’s company.  More often than not, while the grown-ups may still linger over coffee after that Thanksgiving dinner, it’s the kids who [...]

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Recycling One Day at a Time

August 25, 2010

We only have one day. That’s what they tell folks in Alcoholics Anonymous.  For today, you can try not to drink. You’ve truly only got this one day. Maybe you can make a difference. Maybe you too can recycle. “Arrghh!” You may mutter, “Recycling!  Seems like everybody’s doing it these days!” That’s true. What started [...]

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Back to School in Style 2010

August 10, 2010

  Spreading the Good Will    Note: Back by popular demand, this is a reissue of a post from 2009 from my blog, with some updates. It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  Now those lyrics may normally be heard on the radio around Christmas but for millions of parents across the nation and [...]

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