When we lived in a tiny apartment clear across town, our power was supplied by a small electric Coop. I’ve never given much thought to power outages because they were kinda rare and if there were any, it would be taken care of quickly. Now that we moved, we have a big company for our [...]

Hey ladies (and a few gents around), just wanted to give you a heads up that Zone Alarm is running a 50% off deal from now until December 1st, 2009. I’ve been using Zone Alarm for 5 years now, if not longer and have been quite satisfied. Happy to report that other than small annoyances, [...]

Ok, it’s not exactly a Dymo Labelwriter but the old CoStar which works perfectly by the way until recently I am more than bummed because this little printer has been with us since before the kids and it’s been ultra useful. My biggest use for it is for stamps. I cannot tell you [...]

When I was growing up, I remember my mother regularly asking us to leave the kitchen and be out of her way. Not that she’s a mean mom, in fact the opposite, she wanted to ‘be there’ for us so much that she ended up serving us. While there’s nothing wrong with serving, but I [...]

Do you ever find old pictures of family kinda creepy? Yeah I remember thinking the same thing of my great-grandma’s photo. Saw this today on ThinkGeek. It’s so creative. Basically it is a old picture that most would assume is one of your family when displayed in the house. But watch closely, it changes!
The pictures [...]

I am a sucker for infomercials. While not every one of them attracts my attention, some of them do. One such was the Hercules Hook. It is a small hook like thing that you push through the drywall and voila you’ll have a hook to hang your pictures or hang most things around the [...]

I’ve recently become a co-leader of a Girl Scout Brownie troop. Another co-leader suggested Brownie bucks that the scouts can earn for various things throughout the meeting – like helping out or paying dues or being on time and paying attention. It has worked remarkably well!
At the home, since I planned on starting the [...]