I got hooked on cruises about 20 years ago, and have gone on about 15 or 20 of them since then. In my opinion, it’s the only way to travel!
I started cruising with family, friends and a boyfriend, and, after a breakup with the cruising boyfriend, ended up traveling alone once.
After that, I was hooked on solo cruising.
Wow – is it ever hot this month! The heat index has been between 105 and 112 nearly every day — yikes. Continue reading
When it’s 98 degrees outside with a heat index between 105 – 112 like it is in Charleston this week, the message above really applies!
To learn how to make your own easy, customized “Keep Calm” messages at no cost, see Continue reading
In a quest to save money, go green and stop buying bottled water (which is something I swore I’d never do…but somehow got hooked on), I’ve tried a bunch of different water bottles.
Each one had a flaw. It failed to keep the water cold, made the water taste plastic-y, contained BPA, sweated or dripped. Couldn’t find anything that was superior to refrigerated bottled water.
That is, until I finally located the perfect product — the Flylady metal water bottle. Continue reading
In 2014, I wrote a blog post that included a low-cal blueberry Cool Whip Lite pie recipe, with the brash declaration that it was “the only recipe you’ll ever see on my blog” (since I’m really, really not into cooking). Never say never. Continue reading
After years of soul-sucking jobs when I was newly divorced (after being an at-home mom for four years) and my son was young, I was hired by a defense contractor as a writer for a government agency. The salary wasn’t great, but the benefits were good and there was potential to get hired as a government employee.
On my first day, my supervisor drove me to the government office, took me inside and gave me the best workplace advice ever. Continue reading
One of my favorite bloggers, Tamara Rockwood at the Platypus Directive, recently published a tongue-in-cheek post lamenting that many of Joan Jetsons’ labor-saving devices (from the TV show The Jetsons that ran from 1962 – 1980) haven’t come to fruition — and she could sure use them.
However, after thinking about it for a while, I realized that many of the futuristic gadgets and gizmos from the show that we thought were wildly crazy (and would NEVER happen in our lifetime) are actually here or coming in the not-too-distant future. Who would’ve ever thought?!
Some examples are: Continue reading
It was 98 degrees this week with a heat index of 105, so I scored some “hot” bargains. Half were thrift store treasures and the others were bought at yard sales. Continue reading
Here are 20 great thrift store shopping tips: Continue reading
If you have a nondescript car like my Sylvia (a silver Nissan) — you could probably use some tips to find it in parking lots, on city streets, at the mall — and especially at Disney World. 🙂 Continue reading
