Life

That's "old timers" not Alzheimers. Last night, settling in to go to sleep was a comedic sketch.  Tom got himself, the dog, and the cat all snuggled up in bed first, so when I finally tried to go to bed, this is what ensued: Tom: Did you turn the oven off...

Do you have clutter?  Come on.  Be honest.  It's time to clear your clutter and help disaster victims. They've lost everything they own. You own a lot of stuff you don't use and it's cluttering up your home. Feng Shui Diva! Robyn Bentley (robynbentley@fengshuidiva.com) suggests Americans transform their clutter into cash to help hurricane Katrina victims.

We all love the sense of touch.  When we see something, we want to touch it.  We want to feel if it is hard or soft, rough or smooth. By adding texture to our layouts, it makes people connect with it.  They will want to feel the textured items you’ve attached to your layout and it will draw them in closer to your story...

If there ever was such a thing...toast is toast, right?  Wrong!  Here I sit being educated once again by the internet.  I thought toast was, uh, toast.  Doesn't matter what kind of bread...if something goes into a toaster, it comes out toast!  Personally I love toast.  Toast anything.

Move your clocks an hour ahead at 2AM Sunday and change smoke detector batteries!  Well at least set them ahead before you go to bed...Lori said I really don't have to get up at 2am to do this...:)  Here are a BUNCH of facts about Daylight Savings Time:

Here's a great reason why country artists loved so much by us! Brad Paisley Offers Moving Tribute to Cancer Victim - The Boot.

Have you noticed the climb in gas prices the past couple of weeks?  It's going up so fast that even government reports can't keep up with it.  This morning Colleen and I gave you info on how NOT to save gas...here are some ways TO SAVE... The AAA fuel gauge report is a great source to check. Here are more ways you can keep your quick drive to the store or the annual family road trip from costing y

What do you buy at the grocery store?  Anything on this list that you use?  Some eye opening items here.  Especially the cereal! And bags of chips that seem to only have a few chips in them?  What's up with that?  Check this out!

I just knew it!  There had to be some redeeming quality to drinking as much coffee as I do every morning! :)  Brew up another pot!!!

The rule of thirds is a basic design principal.  Photographers use this rule to divide a rectangular space into thirds both horizontally and vertically.  This creates nine smaller rectangles and four points where the lines intersect.  The elements of your design that are most important to your layout, should be placed at these intersections for the most appealing balance...

How long do you keep your frozen foods?  Do you actually clear out your freezer every few months or just leave stuff in there?  I'm the one that goes through ours and "tosses" stuff out...

So the old joke says that nothing is certain in life but death and taxes.  It seems like taxes continue to go up and up, no matter who "promises" they won't in Washington, right? We pay tax on darn near everything... I found this story to help illustrate how the tax burden can be spread around, consider the "tax trail" on a few common daily items: