Freaky Frugalite

Look what we discovered crawling around our yard after the flood. It was a nice surprise. Today’s local news stories are loaded with stories about the yesterday’s flooding. Some folks even found a fish in their yard. I guess the 9 inches of rain we’ve received for the month of April was too much for [...]

Yeah, I’m still here. Posts across all my blogs have been slim. Well, more precisely, non-existent! I haven’t had any free time lately. I have a huge scroll of “Things to Do” on my desk, getting longer and longer by the day. THANK YOU to all you wonderful people who supported my daughter and I [...]

I got one! I got a Hyundai Sonata!! Isn’t she a beauty?!?! Doesn’t it look like something out of an old James Bond movie?!   We’ve been searching for a new vehicle for about 6 weeks now. It has been difficult finding one in our price range for low mileage… and honestly, the mileage on [...]

One of the great thing about pets is that they are always so happy to see you in the morning, no matter what you look like. ‘Nuff said. Seems like a lot of my online pals have been taking pets to the vets these days. I have to take Livvy for her yearly shots (oh [...]

… but their wives will. I wrote a nice post at my New York Renovator blog. I’m really proud of it, and I would like to think that it may help some folks out there to know more about what it’s like being a mail carrier. Please do me the honor of reading it! Tell [...]

Well, we are FINALLY crawling our way toward THINKING about a decision to get a new car. In case you didn’t know, we have an ailing Dodge Caravan minivan. I loved that van, but it was used as a postal vehicle for a while (Hubs is a rural carrier, and up until a few months [...]

OH WOW. I just found a goldmine of a resource, moms and dads. It’s ActivityTree.com. I just searched for activities in my area, and my little town and surrounding area showed up 12 current activities for kids! ActivityTree is a resource for parents. When you search by zip code, you will see results for kid’s [...]

I just read this post written by an amazing young woman. I am honored that the writer is my beautiful daughter, so I am doubly-blessed. If you are a young person or know of one, who is struggling with questions of why you are here and is God real, and what is life all about? [...]

My Hubs was in a chatty mood this weekend, and told me this story. I laughed so hard that I am compelled to share it with you. Did I ever tell you the story of a Christian fellow I knew in Cooperstown who was looking for ways to supplement his income? He was thinking about [...]