What a Year

On just about this day last year, I was suddenly introduced to the searing pain of a slipped/ruptured disc — youch. I spent the next seven hours becoming intimately acquainted with the rug in the living room before I could crawl into the other room and, with Husbando’s help, get into bed. I couldn’t go [...]

Wreath Extravaganza

It finally dawned on me this year that as I am surrounded by pines, spruce, cedar and juniper, perhaps I can make my own wreaths instead of paying $20 each. So I did:
One on the back door:

 
One on the shed:

One on the barn:
Okay: the reason this one looks nice is I bought it from the [...]

Lessons in Eating Humble Pie

So, a condition of getting unemployment checks absolutely free in the mail each week (whee!) is mandatory attendance at a “Career Center Seminar.” I could hardly wait, as I was promised “services that can help you with your job search – such as…computer access to job listings….”
Computer access? Well, sign me up! About 22 others [...]

Question for all

Any of you using Vonage? It looks like half what I’m paying now. Worth it? Not?