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Tips for Shopping Online or via Catalog

Yesterday, the discussion began regarding online shopping and catalogs. Here are some tips to help you make the most of these convenient ways to shop: First, check out any company you’re considering doing business with to see if they are reputable. Make sure a site is secure before giving out your payment information. Check reviews of websites and catalogs online, check the Better Business Bureau, reseller ratings, or just type in the name with the word “complaints” and see what pops up. You can also ask friends and family to suggest catalogs and websites they trust. Be aware that some … Continue reading →

Shopping Online or Ordering through Catalogs

Well, wouldn’t you know it? I’m here to brag about catalog shopping and Mary Ann’s showing us how to Tame Catalog Clutter. Those catalogs can pile up! I just hate getting rid of them. The good news is her system is simple, so we can all have less mess but still have fun shopping. The catalogs I do keep are quite handy. I think Mary Ann will be proud of me though, since I decided last year to cancel all the catalogs I don’t really need. I had the catalog clutter blues. They wouldn’t stop coming! Now, I only receive … Continue reading →

It’s Exactly One Month until Christmas Eve

Eeek! Thirty days is not a lot of time. Here I was, being lazy, enjoying my Black Friday day off yesterday, when suddenly I realized things are about to move into high gear. Christmas is well on the way! My husband was already ready to put up the tree, but he had no chance of persuading me yesterday. I was tired! Today might be another story. I’m thinking it might be a good idea to get things going. It will take some rearranging, and if we can at least get the tree up, get the lights and ornaments sorted out, … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: October 22 – 28

It’s almost Halloween, and Mary Ann wants to know, Will the Trick-or-Treaters Come to Your Home? I don’t know about you, but I rarely have more than a handful of kids. Our house is easier to skip because it’s so far back from the road, so we usually just get a couple friends or neighbors. Even if you don’t get many trick-or-treaters, there are still some Halloween or Harvest Day Decorating ideas you can try or consider entertaining, and Hosting Halloween at your house. Will visitors see Three Little Pumpkins, or Easy Cornucopias, or Hex Signs and Barn Stars when … Continue reading →

Spice It Up With Penzeys

“Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I’m taking with me when I go.” ~Erma Bombeck I don’t know which spice Erma Bombeck planned on taking with her to the grave, but if I could be buried with my stock of Penzeys Spices I know I’d be cooking it up right in my afterlife. A few years back when my husband and I lived in Jacksonville, Florida my sister came to visit. We were driving through San Marco when … Continue reading →