Monthly Archive: January 2010

Australian Open Final

Australian Open Final

Congratulations to Roger on his fantastic Australian Open win and his 16th Major. I awoke this morning in time to see the trophy presentation, but I plan to watch the match this afternoon on...

Steps and Calorie Challenge

Steps and Calorie Challenge

I’m inspired now to lose these holiday pounds and get back into a little better shape. I need motivations and rewards, so I decided to create a spreadsheet so I could track my calories...

Creative Home Arts Club

Creative Home Arts Club

So far I’m really pleased with the benefits of joining the Creative Home Arts Club. I really enjoy the projects in the magazine itself. Plus, I just got my 2nd $10 members rebate. In...

Farmville (Part 2)

Farmville (Part 2)

I think it would be incredibly fun to work for a company like Zynga who gets to make Farmville and dream up all the new features. I got the biggest kick out of opening...

Australian Open 2010

Australian Open 2010

YAY – the Australian Open has started.  As you probably remember, tennis is one of my favorite sports.  So during a major, we get to see tennis everyday. (I keep asking my cable provide...

Blog Birthday

Blog Birthday

I just realized that this blog’s 1 year birthday was a few days ago  This has been such fun for me – getting to share some of my personal interests and hobbies,  likes and...

Hardwood Floor Cleaners

Hardwood Floor Cleaners

In case you haven’t been able to tell, we have hardwood floors on most of our first floor. I’ve really struggled with the best way to clean them, since most of the products I’ve...

Customer Service

Customer Service

I’ve had 2 recent customer service returns experiences that were very different and wanted to share. I’d bought some scented oil and an oil warmer from Yankee Candle during their recent sale. I tried...

Edward Sklepowich

Edward Sklepowich

I just finished the first book in the series “Death in a Serene City” featuring Urbino Macintyre. The books are set in Venice and Urbino is an American who has chosen to live there....

Tracfone

Tracfone

I just renewed my Tracfone for another year and added 2000 minutes to my daughter’s phone. I’m a really happy Tracfone user for about 7 or 8 years, and I think their service just...