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When I was younger, I would frequently spend up to a week at a time alone with my grandparents. If I woke in the middle of the night, I would be soothed by the gentle ticking of the pendulum of their grandfather clock. I loved listening to the chimes every quarter hour, and […]

Last fall I needed to find a new host for my 4 blogs. My website had previously been hosted by a friend, and something suddenly happened which meant that my blogs went down without warning and I had no way of knowing when they might come back up. I was very upset, and […]

I have never been much of a fashionista. My oldest daughter, however, is very interested in what clothes are popular and fashionable, so I’m trying to pay a bit more attention to the topic. I’ve also noticed that in most Chick Lit novels, the characters have wonderful clothes, shoes, and handbags. Of […]

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I have spent far too much money over the years on dog (and cat) toys that were either never played with or played with once and then forgotten. In the past few years I have become very cynical about dog toys, thinking that the vast majority of them were simply made for suckers who wanted […]

Before I needed to go gluten-free, one of the things I loved most was snacking on granola. I never added milk (ick, mushy!) or yogurt (ick, yogurt!), but granola straight from the bag is even better than trail mix. And I love trail mix. Back in the day, I even tried (unsuccessfully) to make granola […]

I read two books one after the other that pulled me towards islands and home - The Land of Mango Sunsets and The Lace Reader. On the surface, they are very, very different - one is about a Manhattan Society woman and the other is about the history of lace and the women who […]

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 […]

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, […]