You know the old but true saying:  If you have the money, you don’t have the time, and if you have the time, you don’t have the money.
That’s been pretty much why BJ and I have not gone anywhere except camping at the lake for a vacation for several years.  This entire summer has been […]

I guess it’s just the price we have to pay, but still, I would rather be checking out Las Vegas vacations.
The little town just north of here is spending money like crazy. The race track in Wheeling needed a kennel to house all the greyhounds, and the county and the track reached a deal. […]

One of the really cool things I’m very much looking forward to this fall is the chance to get my teeth cleaned for next to no money.
The college has a killer good dental hygiene department, and the students are always looking for patients to hone their skills. The seniors are only a few weeks […]

Do you remember awhile back when I was going on so about how pretty those spa murals were and how much I would like to have one? Well, guess what? The folks at Spa Scenes were so taken with me that they (and my friends at Pay U 2 Blog) decided I should […]

I forgot to tell you all about my trip to school on Tuesday.
I still don’t have the keys to my office and the newsroom yet, but I guess it’s not all that surprising since my contract doesn’t officially take effect until August 16th. It’s still horribly frustrating, though, to have to check in with […]

I love sales.
BJ and I went to Kohl’s (a) because it’s a new store in our area and (b) because I needed some new clothes to start out the school year.
Regular prices were, well, steep.  Not since my mother bought all of my clothes have I seriously shopped at a store with prices this high.  […]

I’m having trouble getting motivated.
I’m finally starting to shake this stupid cold, and now that my head is coming out of the fog, I’m noticing how much stuff I need to get done. The problem is that I still don’t feel much like doing any of it.
I need to get up to the college […]

With BJ and me both suffering from this dread disease, I’ve noticed a few things about how different we can be, especially when we don’t feel well.
BJ, when sick, simply wants to be left alone.  A dark room, some aspirin, fluids as needed, and everyone out of the way.  No fuss, no muss.  Just everybody […]

I hate summer colds.
BJ and I have both been sick for over a week.  We’ve been chugging cough syrup, NyQuil, hot tea, and anything else we can think of to knock this thing out.
The only good thing about it is that we both have the cruds at the same time, so we’re not passing it […]

BJ and I spent the Fourth shopping. It wasn’t our usual Independence Day ritual, but it was a lot of fun.
We decided before leaving the house that, while certain errands needed tending, we would do whatever struck our fancy, and that’s just what we did. We ended up at Books-A-Million (of course!), Petco, […]