I was driving home from work this afternoon, following behind a large truck heavily loaded with firewood.  It was already cut into fireplace lengths, but not split.  We were on a highway, so we were driving about 55mph.  There was one vehicle between that truck and my car, and I was nervous about how closely [...]

While my nephew has been visiting, we have been talking about how some of his friends have been looking for ways to get their hands on some cash to help them make ends meet while they are in college.  Some of them have had credit problems in the past, largely because they are college students and it is hard [...]

My nephew has come to visit us for the weekend. I haven’t seen him in months, and I’m glad he came. I picked him up from the bus station last night around 9pm and we got home about 10pm. He slept in late this morning, but we had a nice visit before lunch. My honey [...]

Today the water filter guy is here, doing the annual maintenance service on our house system water filter.  I asked him about some issues we’ve been having with our water.  We have a black ring constantly around our toilet bowl, and green stains in our bathtubs and sinks.  Our humidifiers have a large buildup of [...]

My sister was telling me that she was thinking about starting to sell some of her arts and crafts work on Ebay.  Lots of her friends have been encouraging to try to do that, insisting that she could make a killing doing that.  She has several friends that DO make a lot of money on [...]