My kids love Granola Bites.  Heck, I like 'em too.  But the only place that sold them was Target, and the last time I went, they were GONE.  Not even a price sticker on the shelf.  In desperation, I hit the Internet.  Found the chocolate ones on Amazon for a reasonable price, then found if you "subscribe" for a regular order there's a discount.   ( Read more... )

Osama Bin Laden is dead.  At the hands of Navy SEALs ( Read more... )

I'm swamped with work - commitments made several days ago.  I'm starting a new job today - more commitment.  I have enough to keep me hopping for the next 5-6 hours.  If I dump this back on other people, that doesn't seem fair that they will have to clean up my mess on EXTREMELY short notice, like 2 hours ( Read more... )

Well.  Three weeks ago I was freaking out because there was no work at my job (all the doctors are in Maine and New Hampshire, where it's been, well, winter).  Then suddenly I got my "second job" back - what a relief!  And that started picking up.  And since there hadn't been work at my "regular job" for several weeks, I took on quite a bit of work ( Read more... )

One of my friends told me that Lois McMaster Bujold (one of my three all-time fave authors) had a new book out, which he'd read - and DIDN'T bring with him when he came up this past weekend!  (He should know better than to tease me like that ( Read more... )

I got a holiday letter/card from a friend.  Okay, we don't talk much; our lives run in different areas than they did 15+ years ago.  But when I read that she's been diagnosed with ALS, and had been doing many things to her house to adapt to her new situation, my first thought was, Why in the world didn't she CALL us??  We would have been extremely ( Read more... )

A few years back, I finally forced my DH to read some actual fiction (actually, the Harry Potter books).  Prior to that he'd been strictly a history/non-fiction kind of guy.  But oddly, he would watch absolutely any fantasy or SF movie that came along, and enjoy it.  Who knows.  But when the second HP movie came out and he kept asking me about plot ( Read more... )

I need a new pair of clogs.  My old pair have literally cracked the entire sole on the right shoe all the way to the insole, and can't be repaired.  So I need/want a pair of black leather clogs.  Plain clogs, with black soles.  No metal studs.  No faux-fur trim.  No faux leather either.  No 4-inch heels (can't walk in them any more).  And, please, ( Read more... )

To the driver in front of me with plates from Illinois and signs all over the car for a local company ( Read more... )

Looking at pictures of the new statue of Jesus being erected in Poland, my first question is, "Why?"  The next is "Gosh, his face looks awfully ... Polish ( Read more... )