A Pinch of Joy

The local paper reminded us yesterday that winter temperatures and possible snow will be here in  about 9 weeks — just to balance out the reality of the 100 degree heat we’re living in at the moment. I’ve been working inside where its cool leading Rocky the Cat to believe he lives with lunatics.  Woodwork […]

Congratulations to Caroline Vencil for her post on Money Saving Hacks from an Extreme Cheapskate!  That post received the highest number of views in recent memory — if ever! — at a Busy Monday link party. Thanks to everyone who clicked through for Caroline’s tips.  As an experienced cheapskate, I learned some things from her post.  […]

Had a wonderful potluck dinner with family and friends on the Fourth of July.   My sister Bee sets up a fantastic homemade ice cream bar with several different and wonderful flavors like strawberry cheesecake, death by chocolate and more.  One of the other guests also brought maple bacon ice cream — very interesting!!   With an […]

Happy July Fourth!!  We had a wonderful weekend with family with a sneak peek at the fireworks to come and looking forward to another gathering of family on Tuesday for the main event.  Lots of good food and laughter, a bit of mischief and teasing and much fun!  Thanks for bringing your  posts to link […]

Celebrated a birthday this week – another milestone for moi!  I hope they just keep on coming 🙂  Wheels invited me to a movie and dinner out.  None of the eight movies available in our town were appealing — the new Cars movie was the best on the list– so I’m taking a rain check […]