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My mother bought herself one of those new-fangled coffee machines from Keurig around Christmas. I imagine you have seen them. They use little “pods” a bit larger than an old container of creamer and brew one cup of coffee at a time. Convenient, if… Continue Reading “More Starbucks Substitutes”
My voice is still gone. And I actually had to leave our department planning meeting today because I couldn’t stop coughing. So I went to the doctor, who put me on an anti-biotic and told me to stay home. And really. Rest the vocal… Continue Reading “Being Sick and Other Randomness”
The diagnosis was chronic sinusitis and an allergy to mold. The treatment was three different allergy medications and weekly shots. A year later, I have dropped one of the prescriptions and have graduated to bi-weekly “maintenance” shots. In the past, say six months, I… Continue Reading “Another Health Care Rant”
I purchased and wrapped gifts for my father, my stepmother and their dog. I placed them in the box from my last toysrus.com order and filled it in with the eco-friendly shipping peanuts from my last order with Drs Foster and Smith. I taped… Continue Reading “Sticker Shock”
I was at Joann Fabrics today. While I was waiting for them to call my number, (so that I could get a yard of fleece for Kay who is making a jacket for the dog) I saw some stackable plastic drawers. I picked up… Continue Reading “Deep Lacquer”
Those awesome-looking wireless charging pads? I went into Best Buy where they weren’t even on sale and the sales lady made sure I understood that in addition to the $100 I’d be paying for the pad, I would be required to purchase these adapter… Continue Reading “What I Learned During the Black Friday Shopping”
I hadn’t planned on doing Black Friday for real. But yesterday during the Lions game I was going through the paper and had an idea. And then I compared prices. And then I found one that was substantially better than the others. That could… Continue Reading “So It Begins”
I went in to Yankee Candle. I had been using an electric tart warmer for a couple of years, but officially ran out of outlets in the area that I kept it and I don’t feel like adding more. So I went old school. … Continue Reading “And While I am Discussing My Spending Habits Again”
Warning: Disingenuous Rant to Follow I was in the Bath and Body Works. I was once a regular customer of this branch. While I have defected to The Body Shop for most of my shower gels and creams, I still go to Bath and… Continue Reading “Credit Card Processing”
Once upon a time, I had a serious Barnes & Noble habit. I’m going to call it $100 a month, mostly online. Then I discovered the used book stores. And then I started school. And then came the cable TV and DVR in my… Continue Reading “Gotta Check in Once in a While”
The Next Dark Age 