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Before I get to the stupid stuff, I must tell what my dog did last night. I had left the dishwasher door open, fully intending to come back in a few minutes and put the soap in and turn it on. A few minutes turned into half an hour and when I entered the dining room, I noticed there was a trail of bowls and plates leading under the dining room ( Read more... )

I'm sure everyone has heard of the gooey burnt marshmallow/graham cracker/chocolate bar camping treat called S'mores. Presumably, because it's short for "I want Some More ( Read more... )

I know Horizon Purple gave me the wonderful courtesy of linking this blog to hers for our shared Products of the Week and I thank her for that but I'm afraid there won't be a product review coming from me today ( Read more... )

It started around 10:00 am this morning, at first I thought my oldest cat had caught a small animal because the cries were so shrill and intermittent. He had gotten out about a half hour before that and loved to kill things so my first assumption was that he was depleting the squirrel or bunny population again ( Read more... )

The reason I have chosen this particular subject as my Product of the Week (in conjunction with http://www.frog.horizonpurple.com/), is simply because I recently had the misfortune to use one ( Read more... )

I came across an article about mosquitoes in a magazine someone recently gave me called, "Mother Earth News". This magazine is full of helpful ideas such as building your own backyard BBQ, processing the rain water that runs off your roof for use in washing clothes and things like that. It's like a survivalist's guide to living well while ( Read more... )

I was going to write a long article entitled "Signs You Are Getting Older" but ran out of time to do a proper job. I will, however, submit this recent cooking disaster as an incident that supports my argument ( Read more... )

I'm quite puzzled over what happened to me late this afternoon since it's never happened before. I seem to have become a walking lightning rod. Arriving at the grocery store to get a few things for the weekend, I pushed my cart down a few aisles to where the canned goods were, reached out with my left hand to grab some mandarin oranges and was ( Read more... )

Here, once a week (hopefully, if I remember), you will find my selected Product of the Week. I have gone into this joint adventure with my good friend, Horizon Purple who will be featuring her own Product of the Week on her website: FROG IN A SOCK http://www.frog.horizonpurple.com/Read more... )