A Reasonably Priced Concert Is Still Rockin' Last night, Sean and I went to see James McMurtry. The Dedringers opened for them and are a fabulous, high energy band from Austin, Texas. Then to the crowd's enthusiasm, James McMurtry's guitar tuner tuned James' five...
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I'll Take "Concerts That Aren't The Rolling Stones" for $25
A Reasonably Priced Concert Is Still Rockin' Last night, Sean and I went to see James McMurtry. The Dedringers opened for them and are a fabulous, high energy band from Austin, Texas. Then to the crowd's enthusiasm, James McMurtry's guitar tuner tuned James' five...
My New Favorite Website
Looking For A Discount Code Before Submitting An Online Order: Priceless The last time I bought something online (business cards at Vistaprint last week), I noticed the little "enter promotional code here" field in the shopping cart. I decided to type in...
Repurposing Old Furniture
Why Buy New When You Can Customize It For You? When my parents gave me their ginormous entertainment center five years ago, I took it. It was massive and kind of dated but if held a lot of stuff (all my DVDs and CDs fit on one of the slide-out shelves) and it served...
Why RSS Rocks
It's RSS Awareness Day! Happy RSS Awareness Day! Thanks to Centsible Shopper for making me aware of it. What the heck is an RSS feed anyway? Have you ever seen this orange logo anywhere? Well that's just one of the major ways to indicate that a blog or website site...
A Fort Kent Flood Update
The nation has turned its eyes elsewhere but Fort Kent continues to deal with record-high waters in a flood that resulted in the final (though likely partial) melting of a record snowfall. My family helped to evacuate some of the people. As my sister said in an email...
Will A Recession Make Us Fatter Or Skinnier?
So the economy is in stagflation mode, not recession mode as of yesterday (Debt Free Revolution). Food prices are soaring and are expected to be inflated for at least two more years (CNN Money). What I want to know is does recession make people fatter or skinner?...
Fort Kent Maine Floods
I never thought I'd see the day when Fort Kent, Maine would be number 7 in Google searches. Fort Kent, Maine is my hometown. Most of my family lives there. And it's flooding. I called my family and they are ok. The lumberyard of the family hardware store is a total...
How To Get Rid Of Carpet Odors
I Love My Dog But Hate Her Mess Before I tell my tale of dog odor, let's all take a quick look to the right and remember her cuteness... Alright, here we go. When Sadie and I first moved in with Sean, things were good. His cat Duncan only took the occasional swipe at...