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End-of-season sales can be amazing (picking up a $50 dress for $3), or disappointing (seeing the $50 dress for $45). The end-of-season sale at Online Discount Mart falls somewhere in the middle. However if you enter ’summersavings’ at Checkout, you can save an extra 10% on summery merchandise. Saving more is always […]

I have spent the past few days reading Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, edited by Jennifer O’Connell. I will likely spend the next several weeks recommending it to everyone I meet!
This is a book that will speak to anyone who grew up as a girl […]

My family has been enjoying the TV shows available on iTunes for a long time now, and so we were intrigued to hear about Amazon Unbox and the new option of watching movies online from Netflix.com.
However, when I looked at the system requirements for both, they both require a Windows PC. I use a […]

We went to my grandmother’s assisted living home yesterday for a post-funeral reception. We had last been there near Christmas for a party honoring both of my grandparents, and there were great pictures of them giving presents to their great-grandchildren.

As my grandparents age, it’s hard to see them and/or their siblings begin to lose […]

How do you heat your home? In our house in Texas we used gas, but a lot of people had electric heat. In Connecticut we also had gas heat. We never had trouble with either of those. Now we have oil heat and a new burner, and it goes out at […]

I did a PayPerPost entry about Pingo calling cards at one point, and as a result I ended up with one for free. This post is NOT sponsored, though I would receive a bit of income if people click the links. After trying out Pingo, there is very little I dislike. In […]

If you are one of the few people who haven’t signed up for Netflix yet, let me tell you a story…
Once upon a time there was a family with a budget. Unfortunately, the amount of money flowing out of the household was more than the amount of money flowing into the household. So, […]

This review is part of a MotherTalk blog tour, and I received the book from the publisher to review.
I started James Patterson’s third Max book, Maximum Ride #3: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, without having read the first 2 books. I even read children’s books in the order in which they are […]