I sure hope the economy around here gets better quickly.
My unemployment benefits will run out pretty soon, and with my finances being what they are, I’ll definitely have to find another full-time job that pays better than minimum wage.  The problem is that precious few of them exist here in the heavy industry “Rust Belt,” […]

Talk about going from the ridiculous to the sublime — or sublimely stupid, selfish, and just plain downright irresponsible!
By now I’m sure you’ve all met Andrew Speaker, the 31-year-old personal injury lawyer who decided to fly to Europe and get married, despite having a scary-bad case of almost untreatable and usually deadly tuberculosis.
That in and […]

Well, it’s finally happened: I sent an email to FOX News commenting on one of their stories because I just couldn’t help myself.
Did you see the cell phone video of the football coach tackling the student who had skipped school, then thrown a stink bomb into a classroom full of students taking their final […]

OK, Julie, this one’s for you.

Here’s a picture of the new deck lights by day…

…and by night.
And for you, Lisa Marie Mary, a couple more camp pictures:

Hope you all enjoy!

I absolutely detest having to go to the dentist. It’s a nearly lifelong phobia, starting when this mountain of a man with fingers like bratwursts started making smoke come out of my mouth when I was about eight years old. Yeah, I know — something else to run past the therapist!
Back then, you […]

Thank Goodness BJ goes back to work on Wednesday.
I’ve already told you about the big deck treatment, but as it turns out, catching a petroleum high just wasn’t enough.
When we built the deck about five years ago, we spent a small fortune on those Malibu dusk-to-dawn lights — solar powered — to place on […]

Memorial Day was sure action packed around here.
It started bright and early with a giant lake in the kitchen. Heidi the Wonder Weiner is losing her grip, I think, and perhaps bladder control as well. Yukky.
Then it became Treat The Deck With Really Stinky Stuff Day. We bought this big six-gallon can (five […]

I love to travel, but I’m not planning on taking any formal vacations right now.  When I do, though, I’ll be seriously considering using one of those group hotel bookings.
The concept is beautifully simple:  use a single company to book your hotel, car rental, and flight, and even take advantage of the company’s local contacts […]

I’m the youngest of my parents’ five children, and by a considerable margin. In fact, both of my sisters were already married when I was born, and Big Sis Ruth had a two-year-old baby. So yes, I am spoiled. A lot. It defines me, and I fully embrace it.
That’s why I’m […]

Something pretty special is underway today.  The folks at BlogCatalog are joining together again, this time to raise some much-needed money for a really super cause.
To quote from their website, DonorsChoose.org  “is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit […]