Disney has a nice promotion to support volunteerism. If you plan to visit the Mouse this year, you can get a free day if you sign up for a volenteer stint.

I found someone in town selling the 55 gal food barrels for $15 a pop. Considering the going rate is $25-30, I'm ahead of the game! I'm debating whether to paint them or build a lattice cover to hide them from site. The lattice would allow me to plant climbing plants (probably beans on one, and something flowery on another) which to me works for ( Read more... )

This weeks interesting beverage experiment was roasted barley tea. Tastes very much like swamp water.  Most disappointing!

Groupon has a 1/2 price deal for a 6 week session of belly dance classes. I really enjoyed it when I took classes a couple of years ago, so I'm signing up for it.

Yule was what I needed. A weekend in the mountains with friends and time to sort myself out a bit. Fort Mountain was, as usual, beautiful, and the company wonderful. Same time next year ( Read more... )

Hit the Black Friday sale at WallyWorld. We scored a $50 rockband set and a couple of 2 qt crockpots for $4 (Dad's been wanting one!) so it was worth getting up at 3AM ( Read more... )

We made all the funeral arrangements, details can be found here.Dad has a friend who works at the funeral home, so most of the process was easy and handled by him. At one point the funeral director came in with an upsell. He said for a small fee, the would include him in a two for one deal if Dad died within 45 days. At that point I I told him to ( Read more... )

Mom died tonight. We were able to bring her home from the hospital today, so she was able to pass in her own home, with her family by her side. That is the way she would it ( Read more... )

Next year, I'm boycotting November.

Silly putty is an amazingly versatile toy. I love silly putty!