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Someone once sent me an email that contained the following: A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person. When someone is in your life for a REASON . . . It…
Read more »I Can Wait
I may not have bought many cars (OK, one), but I did work in retail sales and I also can’t help but haggle. I also know the potential dangers of falling in love with an object. So does that make me an expert? Of course not. But I do recognize sales tactics. When we went boat hunting we almost made…
Read more »Why I Hate Buying Vehicles
Well, this post was supposed to say “Mine” to the photos below…. but now I’m not so sure. Currently my name is on that SOLD sign… but it might not stay there… I had ordered this, and then was told to expect a wait until November. Then I got a call last week that they got one in for someone…
Read more »Appliance Shopping and Religion… Who Knew That the Two Were Connected?
We have a few appliances that are on their last legs. Our dishwasher gave out last year and we finally replaced it after Kirk repaired it several times. We’ve been wondering about our fridge as it has become rather loud and ice cream actually softens in the freezer. Our teensy microwave that basically only gets used to heat milk for…
Read more »A Healthy Dose of Skepticism
When I wanted the Darwin fish for my truck, it was for two reasons. #1. I am a skeptic. I am a scientist and I think that evolution is as solid a theory as we have available to us because of the volumes of supporting evidence based on solid scientific investigation. I do not use the terms “belief” (because that…
Read more »The Continuing Saga of the Search for the Perfect Cottage Cheese Muffin
Darn, I thought I had it. I thought that dry curd cottage cheese might be the missing ingredient. And after they cooled down they were great. Soft nuggets of cottage cheese. They just needed a bit more flour to thicken them up and I thought I was there. Unfortunately, after they sat for a day, those moist little nuggets turned…
Read more »I want this!
I’m getting a new truck in a couple of months and so I will need to replace the Darwin fish since the one on the 4runner would likely break if we tried to get it off. Better to get a shiny new one for my shiny new truck. But then I stumbled on this article… and no, I don’t read…
Read more »But I Want it NOW!
So, decision finally made. It’s to be a Toyota Tacoma in the end. They got a manual transmission in about a week ago and called me down or a test drive. It was an access cab, not the double cab I’m interested in, but it was just so I could try out the manual short-box. It felt ….. right. Familiar,…
Read more »As Kirk Would Say “The Blue Ones are Better”
Mmmmm, blueberries…. except that after awhile there always seems to be too many in the fridge Particularly when I’m alone for a week while Kirk is out of town. So what to do with three cups of blueberries that are perfectly ripe but I just can’t eat them all? Blueberry crumb bars! That’s what! Mmmmm…. Crust: 2 cups all purpose…
Read more »OK, one or two hiccups
OK, so it wasn’t totally problem free upgrading to Snow Leopard. I’m dealing with a little problems right now, but only one is actually related to the operating system. The other problem baffles me. My Snow Leopard issue is that I have a photo scanner (HP G4050). No driver currently available. So it’s just an issue of HP having to…
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