This is the first segment of a series I’ll be doing this week about non-consumer holiday gift giving. Today I’ll talk about “experiential” gifts, tomorrow I’ll have ideas for handmade gifts, and Thursday I’ll give you some frugal gift ideas that cost under $10. “Experiential” gifts are my absolute favorite, both to give and to […]
Breaking The Compact Without Regrets
This is the front of our house. See that orange thing climbing up the wall? Can you tell what it is yet? Ah ha! A ceramic gekko, a souvenir from our road trip a few months ago. Click here to read about our drive across Highway 40 and our stops along the way. We bought […]
A funny Halloween story
We’ve lived in this house for seven years, and we never get trick-or-treaters. The first year we put out lights and a jack-o-lantern and bought candy and were so excited, and then only three kids came to the door. No one else on our street even had their lights on, and we found out all […]
Just for fun
Happy Halloween! Last minute costume ideas for you or your kids, some favorites from my memory bank: Charlie Chaplin, a picnic table, the Captain & Tennille, grapes (green or purple tights and leotard and balloons), a robot, a tourist (Hawaiian shirt, shades, camera- funny for a toddler), Hugh Hefner, luxury spa guest (white plush terrycloth […]
The Squeaky Wheel
Yes, that’s a person at the bottom of the waterfall. No, it’s not my husband or I. No, I didn’t get them to sign a release form to be featured on this blog. Yesterday I mentioned a conversation my husband and I had with a clerk at the Fall Creek Falls Inn and Resort. I’ll […]
Home from our Road Trip
We’re back from a perfect vacation. My idea of a perfect vacation? You have a fabulous time AND you’re glad to be home. One of those win/wins I love so much. My husband drove cross-country to visit family and friends in Alabama and Tennessee, and I flew in to join him and drive back to […]