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Friday, August 28, 2015

Gozas de Goznes (Toilet Hinge Happiness)

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Here is one of those rare joys of sabbaticals that professors seldom confess in public:  we get to fix our toilets at our leisure.  Oh, yea...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015

The price of shoes at yard sales

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. . . aaannnd here's a funny yard sale story.  I found a cute pair of shoes (with heels, AND with real tread!) marked "$1" a...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

To do, To Give Back, and To Keep for Future Reference

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With school starting up, papers are starting to flutter like Sycamore leaves across the dining room table.  Whoo! So much paper! When the...
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Monday, August 24, 2015

Iron Anniversary

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It was a year ago today that my husband and I jumped into the waters of the Ohio River at 7 a.m. in the morning, with both an entire IronMa...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Republic, Verizon, Ting: The Good, the Bad, and the Mis-matched

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I've shared my cell phone woes (or should I spell it "woe$"?) before.  For years, my family has spent upwards of $300 per m...
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Monday, August 17, 2015

Pear-Mageddon

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My time away from home has been full of family spending quality time together . . .   . . . and of adventure .. .  . . . and of brag...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

Relation-ships and relation-scooters (and relation-sand, too).

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Here are some snapshots from a not-entirely-frugal family vacation.  There's some spending of money going on, with the story that this ...