With the new year fast approaching it is time to start making your list of resolutions. Many of you will have getting your home projects on there. Maybe tackling the big projects. For us it will be finding contractors to deal with updating the bathrooms. It is something that needs to be done and something…
She Stole My Business Idea
Okay, not really! My sister in-law told me recently that she was starting her own business. Nothing big and fancy but something small. Then she went on to tell me all about the products she was going to sell. I wanted to laugh and yell at the same time. I had been thinking about the…
Tools for Every Job
“There is a tool for every job out there.” My father once told me that. At the time I thought he had flipped his lid. I didn’t care about tools or jobs. I was too young to care about all of those things. Yet, now as an adult I remember those wise words as well…
Becoming Shady Pines
I know that many of you have heard me refer to my house as Shady Pines. It is a term I use often. In fact, I have even referred to myself as the director of Shady Pines. If you think you have heard that before it is because you most likely have. The retirement home…
The High Costs of Medical Tests
I spent most of the day yesterday making appointments and such for everyone for the new year. I also spent way more time than I wanted to going over everyone’s different medical insurance updates for 2019. I swear there are times when I am reading all of it that I feel like I need some…
Holiday Gift Guide: Noobie Box
I love gift boxes and Noobie Box is certainly no exception to that. What’s better than getting a box full of surprises. I’m not always picky either. Getting a box full of samples will excited me just as much as a box of full sizes. Of course there are items that you don’t always care…
Holiday Gift Guide: Ivy & Fig
Hello handbags! I love handbags!! I do they are the one thing that always seem to fit regardless of what my dress size is. Ivy & Fig and some handbags that are stylish and functional. Functional is important. What good is a handbag that doesn’t function the way I need it to. I have a…
Holiday Gift Guide: Tmbr
Watches, watches, watches. How many of you give a watch as a gift. I know there are plenty of you that do. I do it as well. Especially if I don’t know the person well or if they are hard to buy for. Tmbr makes all of it easy by having some gorgeous watches that…
Holiday Gift Guide: MPOWERD
Having lights for outdoors is important. Of course having some pretty ones add something extra. The down side is usually they have to plugged in or use battery. Well the ones I saw always did until MPOWERD. This is a company that has some of the most unique lights I have ever seen.
Holiday Gift Guide: Janiebee
How many of you remember the little mats that you took naps on in kindergarten? I am sure that most of you know what I am talking about. Well Janiebee has some of the cutest mats that I have ever seen. I’m jealous that I didn’t get to have one of these when I was…
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