Month: February 2012

I refused to even look at the half price clearance sales on Valentine items last week. My husband looked. I did not think we needed a thing. My husband saw a few things he thought we should have. I did not want to have any candy in the house. My husband selected two packages of…

I wrote last week’s column pointing out the leaky roof at Champagnolle Landing …. it is time now for the rest of the story regarding the collection of buckets, tubs and containers scattered around the exercise arena. Yes, the buckets have increased since the original leaks three years ago. But, the leaks have not gone…

The time had come to get serious again about food and activities that raise the blood pressure, do a number on the cholesterol levels and leave me courting my family history of diabetes. I cleaned out all the holiday foods. Either someone in our house ate them or I took them to share with co-workers…

I packed three sewing machines and all the extras for the family gathering along with my ideas of what to sew. But the young women and granddaughters had their own ideas that came out as soon as I lifted my Featherweight Singer out of it small black box. First, I had to deal with the…