Just got my worst power bill of the year, the Feb. bill is always the highest, just about $700 for the last 2 months of electricity. Time to start cutting corners again, I can’t imagine how but we’ve apparently used quite a bit more on average than during the same period last year. [...]
Someone gave us a little gift bag at Christmas that included a box of Lifesavers. It ended up under some clothes in a pile in the bedroom until a few days ago when it was re-discovered, opened and (almost) eaten. See, they’re supposed to be the old-school hard life savers, not the new [...]
It seems like this town has a hard time holding on to good doctors lately. A few years back the wife & kids family doc picked up and moved without even letting them know. We managed to find a new one for them fairly quickly and he’s been around for a few years [...]
The rest of my time this past weekend was spent trying to build a slide for the kid. I brought home some old lumber from the store, stuff that used to be for movie shelves, to build a platform out of. The slide part I bought on sale at Kent a couple weeks [...]
I’m not getting any younger, that’s pretty obvious, and neither are my parents. They both smoke so getting term life insurance for seniors can be quite a hassle around here. I bug them constantly to quit, but I guess it falls into the ‘old dog, new tricks’ category. They’ve been smoking since [...]
Christmas is barely behind us and already a fresh crop of bills are appearing in the mail, it just never ends eh? The car insurance comes due in the middle of January and it’s been a few years since I’ve shopped around to make sure I’m getting a good rate. Looks like it’ll [...]
I want a motorcycle. Been wanting one for years really. Back when I was in high school I had a little Suzuki TS100 dirt bike. It was kinda small but really a great size for a beginner, and I had a lot of old wood roads and trails nearby to ride on [...]
I’ve seen gaming chairs advertised before, ones with a bit of vibration, or with speakers built in. This one however takes the cake. It’s not a gaming chair. It’s a full blown massage chair from Takemi Select ! What better way to relax when playing some games than to sit in [...]
I’ve been self-employed for a little over 9 years now, and even before that I spent a few years working other general retail jobs (stocking shelves, sweeping floors, etc.). Minimum wage sucked, but at least there were no headaches or worries, you just show up and do your job then go home after 3 [...]
A couple years ago my father built a swing set for my daughter, for the backyard. It’s not quite as fancy as the wooden swing sets for sale at the local hardware stores, but it gets the job done. He built the frame and delivered it, I just had to put it together [...]
We finally got around to taking the lil’ monster to the lake for the afternoon. She didn’t really want to go into the water at first, which is normal I guess since it’s her first time there and a lake that size can be a little intimidating for a 4 yr old. She [...]
I was going through some finances today and realized that I’ve only got 7 more payments left on my car, whee! 7 more months and I’ll be keeping an extra $450 in my pocket every month. Uhm, then I need to look into a second car for the wife, now that the kid [...]
I had my car in the garage a couple weeks ago for it’s regular oil change, and while it was there I asked them to take a look at a small patch of rust that’s been forming by the rear passenger door. The quote, $150! For a little patch of rust and missing [...]
One of the best skin care products I’ve used lately is made by a local company. The cream is made from natural calciums from shell fish and works great on various skin conditions such as psoriasis. It’s great for bug bites as well since it acts as a disinfectant, killing the poisons that [...]
