I went to the eye doctor last weekend because it’s getting so difficult to see things up close, I was sure that it was time for bifocals. I should have checked this website, because I see that I’ve gone before for the same thing, and it’s that my eyes are getting better. My glasses are [...]
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‘Bye, blood.
April 6, 2011
I went to our little town’s health fair this morning. It’s an annual event, and occasionally in the past I’d take the preschoolers for a field trip, but this time it was all about me. My friend Kate told me about their blood testing – it’s pretty cheap at $35 and they test for a [...]
Oh Walmart, why must you torment me so?
April 5, 2011
So, we were shopping in the Wal*marts and we sort of keep an eye out for things that look strange. You might recall that it’s especially annoying to Lloyd when multi-packs of things cost more than they cost singly. The last time we were shopping he took this picture: I believe the quote was, “Yeah, [...]
Coffee filters & paint – a dynamite combo
March 27, 2011
Each year all the classes at St. John take turns decorating the cafeteria with art, and each year I remember to save art to put up for this purpose. Usually it’s not a big deal because our turn comes after our big Potato Bake dinner and we just move all the Mr. Potato Head decorations [...]
Five of Friday’s Hours
March 25, 2011
I had a fantastic mini-holiday this week: Friday afternoon off! Lloyd had all of Thursday and Friday off and wanted to go do something, but I had school commitments. We compromised with starting the weekend early. So Friday afternoon I came home to a clean house (thank you, Lloyd) and said, “So – what are [...]
Calling all festive cheapskates.
March 22, 2011
I am terrible at buying presents, so it was a big surprise to me this past Christmas that I ran out of wrapping paper. I’ve had the same stuff for decades, and now it was gone. Well, Dollar Tree has fixed all of that. Dollar Tree is awesome because it’s one of those dollar stores [...]



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