Most of the projects I planned to get done over the summer didn’t happen. I wanted to stain a bench that we keep out in the yard. At that moment, when I wanted to tackle the project, I didn’t have the stain. By the time I got the stain, I was out of the mood. [...]
PayPerPost’s CEO, Ted Murphy will be a featured speaker at the PubCon Conference coming up Dec. 4-7, in Las Vegas. Ted’s participation in the the session, Reputation Monitoring and Management will garner respect on the importance of good blogging. He will give his input on ways to monitor, manage, and influence your reputation within the [...]
Sunday, while driving to take dishes back to their owners, I spotted a cat. He was sitting on the curb and looking straight up! Noting his stare, I glanced up to see a squirrel running along the telephone wire. He would have been that cat’s dinner if he had fallen at that moment. Cats are [...]
A friend of mine got a few people together and did some landscaping at the entrance into our town. It looks beautiful. Our town had a big street renewal project this year. They repaved the main street that runs through town. They moved all the sidewalks over and put in a center turn lane. When [...]
I found a great gift for the guys in my family. At http://www.mansoap.us, they have a great moisturizing soap. This soap is reasonably priced! I have been discouraged at the prices the fancy mall stores want for men’s soap. Mansoap is a larger bar than you normally find and at a great price. It is [...]
Greg and Taryn have been on the laptop this afternoon looking at wedding cakes. I don’t know how you would ever pick one. There are so many different styles of cakes. There are different frostings to decide on also. Today there are choices in colors of frosting. When I got married, you picked a white [...]
It has been fun having little kids around the house today. I am not used to it and have been laughing so much. Little Mylie is 14 months old and is a little pistol. The dogs follow her around because she throws cheerios for them. They are so gentle with her that it amazes me. [...]
It is getting down to the wire as far as buying Christmas gifts. I have never waited this long to get my shopping finished. Two vacations, back to back put me behind. Christmas chocolate gifts from Fannie Mae are going to be my lifesaver. They have a wonderful assortment of gift boxes of different types [...]
Mom made a delicious cheesecake for our Thanksgiving dessert. This blueberry cheesecake was delicious. It is all gone now! I think everyone liked it. Mom also made a homemade pumpkin pie. My sister inlaw made a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. We also had pecan pie. My sister brought wine from the Biltmore Estate. [...]
Now I know why my husband was getting upset when I was not in a hurry to get my shower this morning. He knew that we were going to have company for Thanksgiving! My sister and her family arrived during the night and stayed with our mom. Mom knew they were coming and didn’t tell [...]
