[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 […]
One Hour Decor – Halloween
Halloween this year was very special to us – it was the first year we’ve ever run out of candy!!! Last year, we closed on the house at the beginning of October (the first morning in our new home was actually my birthday!) and we used the holiday as a way for our new neighbors […]