Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. I was so busy with a house full of people that I didn’t get the chance to post anything yesterday. We had 22 people over for dinner. Can you imagine? Thank goodness I had plenty of help in the kitchen. Everyone brought several dishes with them so all [...]
Full of Turkey
November 28th, 2008
Win for Charity at Pepperidge Farm
November 20th, 2008
When I bought my box of Pepperidge Farm pretzel thins, there was a green sticker on the front of the box that say you can enter and win $1,000 for yourself and $1,000 for charity. All you have to do is go to their web site and enter each day throughout this holiday season. They [...]
Watches
November 14th, 2008
For a long time I had a nice collection of watches and I considered them to be a fashion accessory. I would wear a different watch with each outfit. A nice classic style for work, a fun colorful style for casual wear, a sporty watch for softball games. But one day I realized that I [...]
Mileage Rates
November 7th, 2008
With the price of gas going up to over $4 a gallon this summer, I thought I heard that the IRS was letting people claim a higher rate for gas mileage. For the last 6 months of the year it is supposed to be 58.5 cents. Their number is supposed to include all the cost [...]
Dog Parks
November 5th, 2008
When I lived in California we had two dog parks close to my house. One was a small fenced aread with a lot of things to climb and crawl through. The other park was a large field where the dogs could actually run and chase frisbees or tennis balls. We used to go to the [...]