( Tabor really wanted to decorate the tree with her lovely gold and red globes and red glitter birds from last year...but the traditional ...

Yesterday I made stuffing, washed and dried the turkey, made strawberry apple pie, printed out the thankfulness memory cards, cooked a chile...

I had to drive my husband to the airport and also was asked to babysit the two grandchildren over the weekend. This left me 1.5 free days ...

A long time ago (38 years) in a land far, far away (Hawaii) a young prince of a man and a young princess of a woman met and fell in love. Th...

Since commenters have been so generous to visit this blog I must add some new names to my blog roll. (This is Blog Roll #4 and will go to t...

( Photo above I took from the deck yesterday evening as the sun was setting across the river and my weary body was screaming for rest. Clic...

1. It is odd that newspapers trumped by technology are once again front and center and in demand and some issues are selling for over $100...

The lines at the voting booth yesterday morning were somewhat long but it only took me 30 minutes waiting time before I did my duty as a cit...

Tomorrow, as early as I can muster, I will go to my polling place to vote. I am "dreading" the possible rainy weather and the p...

Due to the cooler evenings and my craving for a substantial dinner, I decided to roast a 4 pound chicken for our meal two nights ago. I mari...

According to a search that I completed on the Internet, 101 submarine movies have been made and viewed by American audiences over the years....

The ghost of Mary Lee Many bloggers , especially those who have been posting for a number of years, have had an opportunity to meet and gre...

1. I am very very tired of hearing how getting an ivy league education makes you an elitist. It makes you (or means your already were) ...

1. Yesterday we put in a three-foot high retaining wall and moved about 15 wheelbarrows full of dirt to the area. I said to my husband tha...

The media seems to be ignoring the statistics and facts on the demographics of the subprime crises perhaps because they are not sexy. But,...

If you look closely you will see two trees (actually two sprouts from an older cherry tree that is growing straight up right next to these t...

This is the second time in a month that our contractor has been blocked from exiting (first time was entering) the lot to work on the pati...

We had saved up a sum of money to put in a patio under our deck this fall and we now realize that was better than leaving it in the market!...

Sunday, an absolutely perfect fall day, was our reward for going to watch our son's band play for the Humane Society Walk for the Anima...

Yesterday I went to a wine festival. I haven't attended one of these in a decade and discovered in my old age that my palate can get q...