Freaky Frugalite

Yesterday it was almost 90 degrees!! With very little humidity! Needless to say, such a rare treat for us Upstate New Yorkers was GREAT. I was able to sit outside without sweating buckets. Today is much the same, with a bit of a breeze. Tropical Storm Alberto is chugging up the Atlantic Coast, and I [...]

Am I the only person on the planet who doesn’t like Betty White? Even if I was the only person, I still wouldn’t like her. Oh, I’m sure she can be a nice person and all, but I don’t think she is very funny and she seems very crude and vulgar at times. *** I [...]

The reason I haven’t been around is because (a) I’ve been busy, and (b) I’ve been sick with a nasty cold. The husband works in public service (post office and in a grocery store) so he is exposed to all sorts of sick people. We haven’t been sick like this in years. My poor husband [...]

I shouldn’t write blog posts late at night, because I’m exhausted after a long day and my creative juices have congealed into mush…. but I’m doing this meme tonight for a good reason (see #1). Questions: 1. Tomorrow I’m going to _________? Work. WORK WORK WORK. I write articles, and last month I BARELY made [...]

It’s another Monday! Here are this week’s questions and answers. Questions: 1. My current weather is _______? Warm and sunny (about 45 degrees today). I call that warm. I like this weather. Of course, if I was to drive 100 miles south or 200 miles north, the weather would be like this: But we missed [...]

My local area got hit very badly- dams burst and the creeks and rivers are overflowing. I’ve never seen the creeks flood into the local homes like this before. My house is OK. I am slightly uphill from the creek. We have water in our basement but it’s under control. It’s a miracle, really. I [...]

I never thought I’d say that a hurricane was good, but I checked the stats for my travel blog yesterday, and the traffic has spiked dramatically. The reason? The hurricane. Hurricane Irene, to be precise. Hurricanes are rare animals here in New York and New England. There have only been a few that hit us [...]

We shall never forget…. *takes off hat, holds hat to heart* I was on my bed, typing at my laptop (I write upstairs in my room, it’s quieter). Suddenly, I feel the bed swaying. Just a little. But it’s constant, so it gets my attention. As if someone is rocking the bed just a little [...]

And it smells GREAT. There are four seasons to a year. You’d think that every season should last 3 months, right? I can’t think of any place on this earth where that happens. Here in Upstate New York, we have 5-6 months of winter, 1 month of spring, 4 months of summer, and 1 month [...]

Oh, I’ve been lazy online these days. I took all of Friday off to spend some quiet time in the Bible and prayer. And I work weekends participating in a church building project. And everyone was so tired Monday (the humidity has been AWFUL and it just wrung us out) that we took Monday off [...]