Every year, we each get to plan our perfect “me” days (our Birthday and our respective Mother’s/ Father’s/Kids’ Days). We get to pick one meal where we don’t have to do anything – and we all make it happen for that person. We can choose to go out, stay in, do takeout, have them cook, […]
Lorikeets + Families
[heads up – this is mostly a “for the grandparents” post.] Today marks the last day of the Zoo School’s “Week of the Young Child”. Friday’s theme was “Family Day”. We were encouraged to share a photograph of us doing an outdoor activity we all enjoy. Do you know how tough it is to find […]
Keep Your Money and Retire by 2024
Eric and I have decided that we BOTH want to be able to retire – and soon. Within the next ten years soon. All thanks to the inspiration this husband-wife team has given us. You all are probably thinking “WHAT?! How could anyone retire before age 65 in this economy?” The Answer is to Keep Your Money […]
Will You Be My Friend?
Finding -and Keeping- New Friendships As An Adult This post is extremely sensitive to me and has taken over 2 months to write, yet I feel that I might not be the only one out there who finds it difficult to find and keep friends as an adult. Apologies if the grammar / sentence structure […]
Music Recorded Onto Wax Cylinders Can Now Be Heard Again 100 Years Later!
Northeast Document Conservation Center’s Audio Preservation Lab Presents the I.R.E.N.E./3D Dictaphone wax cylinder package.Image courtesy of the NEDCC & Middlebury College Special Collections. http://www.nedcc.org/enewsletters/2014/01/28/irene-blog/ (Click on the article title to be taken to the blog and LISTEN!!!) So cool! This is a HUGE step for preservationists as these cylinders have always been a super fragile […]
Meals in Advance – Salad In A Jar
I found this, oh…about last year. Not sure why I haven’t shared the idea with all of you yet, except that I originally found it on Pinterest and had no idea how to point you to the original site (I am a big believer in giving appropriate credit when it’s due). Well now I have […]