Hello Dad, its nice to meet you

Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 17:51 | Category : Home
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Yesterday I sat down in front of the TV and watched Oprahs show on Ancestory.  Where famous people were given help in finding out where they really came from.  It was a very interesting show that left my son wondering where we came from. We laughed and said knowing our luck we would be tied [...]

A short little ditty: Traditions

Sunday, 4 April 2010, 18:48 | Category : Home
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I used to think that traditions were things passed down from family member to family member, that I had somehow been nixed out of that because my family (mother, grandma, sister, aunts, uncle) had never been close, or celebrated together on holidays, or tried too.  Today is Easter, and although my family is not religious, [...]

When Teachers step over the line

Friday, 20 November 2009, 17:26 | Category : Home
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My one son is far from perfect, usually the class clown, but is shy and reserved, when confronted he will get an attitude and usually respond in one worded answers.  He is a good student though, even if he is lazy, maintaining a B average in school, his report card I just got was all [...]

No Choice Go Green

Friday, 6 November 2009, 23:07 | Category : Home
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I have always been one to be into the environment, and earth day, recycling and such but never so much as when this lovely economy of ours and unemployment hit my family.   I realized I had to cut costs somewhere, the electric bill. So we have decided to , very slowly, build our own solar [...]

Global Warming and the Global Seed Vault

Friday, 16 October 2009, 0:10 | Category : Home, This Just In
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Sitting in my garden, flower and vegetable, never did It once pass my thoughts, that my beefsteak tomatoes or my white sugar sweet corn, could be a thing of the past. The changing climates because of global warming, could essentially over time see the depletion of certain crops, vegetation, life saving vegetation, trees. Things that [...]

When life gives you lemons, make lemon shots

Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 3:16 | Category : Frugality Sucks, Home, This Just In
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Today is my daughters birthday.   It didn’t start out good.  Being last week my check that I did have got tied up with TD Bank, then when they got automatic deposit back online, my account was still screwed, so they said it may be 4 to 5 days before it is sorted. Granted I don’t [...]

TD Bank, this should open peoples eyes

Friday, 2 October 2009, 17:41 | Category : Bullshit, Home
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TD Bank was merely merging Commerce with TD Bank, a million companies have done this before,right? Simple, right? well looking through their history you will see that TD bank doesn’t seem to employ the brightest IT department. Lets take a walk back in time…..

TD Bank, America’s most convenient bank? Really?

Thursday, 1 October 2009, 16:36 | Category : Bullshit, Home
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Im not Trump by far, I live paycheck to paycheck, my family and I. But my money is just as important to me if not more important then somebody with money. This morning I log into the online banking system to see this

Some mellow spewing of thoughts

Monday, 28 September 2009, 3:07 | Category : Home, This Just In
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I’m so tired of finding things to blog about. Way I see it when you have to search for something, you shouldn’t be blogging about it. It should just come to you.  I was tired of seeing that stupid kempion blog post there so figured I would just vent some thoughts I have had of [...]

Some things you just cant forget

Friday, 11 September 2009, 22:15 | Category : Home
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As a child I would listen to war stories from my Uncle Pat, he was more my grandpa but all the kids in the neighborhood called him Uncle Pat and his wife Aunt Mae, they always made homemade ice cream in an old fashioned maker and he would listen to