I MISS...

...MY FRIENDS! :-(

Creativity at it's Best

Here's a pic of what my son created out of an old deer feeder and an old car stereo. He has asked me to start buying old kitchen appliances at thrift stores so he can take them apart and make new creations! Will let you know when his first "showing" will be.

Friends and Words

"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away." ---George Elliot

Carrying the Mail!

Well, I've had a short stint with the USPS and let me tell you, it's not what I expected. I now have a great appreciation of our rural mail carriers and the postal industry in general. Here's a few things I wanted to pass on to you:

1) Cancel your junk mail, catalogs, etc. Anything you can do to lessen your mail carriers load will be greatly appreciated.

2) Tip your mail carrier periodically, not just at Christmas. Let him/her know that you appreciate them.

3) When addressing letters, write neatly and clearly.

4) If you get pkgs. on a regular basis, get a mailbox big enough to hold them. It's alot of extra work for the mail carrier to have to bring it to your door.

5) If you leave outgoing mail in your mailbox, make sure it has proper postage. And don't leave 41 pennies with your letter expecting the mail carrier to put the stamp on for you. (This happens on a regular basis on the route I had)

6) Do I need to say anything about dogs???

Enough said!

Blogs and such

I hate it when a blog that I read on a regular basis hasn't posted in awhile. Shame on me! I haven't posted anything on my blog for quite awhile. It's been a very busy summer...friends visiting, unexpected (but fun) trips out of town, gardening, lawn mowing, making pickles, canning tomatoes and tomato juice, freezing peaches, making grape juice, etc. etc. etc.

So, until I find something worthy to blog about and actually take the time to blog it, here's some of my favorite blogs for you to check out:

BECAUSE I SAID SO

Want Not

Money Rules, Debt Stinks!

Look What I Found!

Ghiradelli made white chocolate! Yeah!! Now if only Godiva would make white chocolate! Yum!

For those of you who are allergic to chocolate too, you can find this at Target.

I'm going to use these little squares on my s'mores this year at the family reunion. It won't be the same as Hershey's but it'll be delicious in it's own way.

What's for Dinner?

I made this beautiful salad for dinner the other night. It has Romaine lettuce, crumbled blue cheese, pears, avacados, toasted pecans and red wine vinegarette dressing. My family hated it and wouldn't even try it! Below is a pic of what they ate for dinner. Which would you prefer???