I have noticed that since Halloween the number of pre-Black Friday emails showing up in my inbox has increased exponentially. “Get ready for Black Friday!”, “Sneak peek at Black Friday deals!”, and on and on. Just so we are clear, the only way that I […]

As many of you know, I am a runner. However, I have not been running much lately. A string of illnesses and injuries have kept me off the roads and the trails. Now that the weather has turned colder, and it is almost dark when […]

Happy Fourth of July from me and Fifi, The Patriotic Kitty! July 4th happens to be my daughter’s birthday, so we will spend the day with family: visiting, watching her open presents, and having seconds of the giant cookie that my parents are bringing to […]

This post was originally published January 19, 2015. This weekend, we went visit my parents in East Tennessee. My dad retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and they live just outside the Oak Ridge city limits. Now, as you may recall from previous posts, Oak […]

This post was originally published January 15, 2015. This year, rather than Christmas gifts, we asked our parents to get us tickets to see Blue Man Group. This was easier for our parents (no running to stores, finding the right size, wrapping gifts, etc.) and […]

This post was originally published February 13, 2015. Since my soap-making supplies arrived from Brambleberry earlier this week, I have been happily trying out soap recipes. I ordered a sample set of melt-and-pour soap bases, a sample kit of floral fragrances, three of Bramble Berry’s […]