Jul

9

New Uses for Ketchup and Vinegar

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July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

Did you know you can clean copper pots just by rubbing them gently with ketchup and then washing away all that old nasty tarnish. Now this makes one wonder, what is ketchup doing to the inside of our tummies. I suppose at least we don’t have any tarnish in there.
If you have leg cramps, some [...]

May

17

Chinch Bugs, Go Away, Don’t Come Again Another Day

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May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I don’t know if Chinch Bugs are only in Florida, but I do know they ate a nice big chunk of our front yard. So now we’ve resodded it and then it has to be watered. Florida is finally starting to get a bit of rain but really not enough per day to give this [...]

Mar

31

Features of Our Ideal Retirement House, Part 2

Posted by Pennie

March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment

I found an old post back from March, 2007, done by my predecessor here and thought I might make a few comments on that. The post contains 11 things the author is looking for in a retirement home.
My retirement home is a manufactured house in Florida. We did put in mostly laminate floors that [...]

Mar

3

More Gadgets–magicJack Has Arrived

Posted by Pennie

March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

Well, we’ve purchased another gadget. This one is supposed to take a bit of a strain off the ole pocketbook and I think it really might. Imagine that!
This new gadget is called magicJack and you can see what all it does at www.magicjack.com. You plug your phone line into magicJack, then the magicJack plugs into a [...]

Jan

26

A Day Aside

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January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment

Do you ever have a day where you don’t do much, just be kind of lazy and enjoy the time off. Today was like that. Well, I should say the afternoon was like that. My husband was golfing so it was just me and the dogs. I messed on the computer a bit but not [...]

Jan

24

Buy Me Now or Buy Me Later

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January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Did you ever buy a fairly big ticket item and then have everyone and their dog tell you that you shouldn’t have bought it, you especially shouldn’t have bought it from that company, your old one would have probably lasted another 5 or 7 years?
We did. We live in Florida so we don’t have a [...]

Jan

14

Some Books to Fill the Cold Winter in Your Empty Nest

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January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Since winter is here and reading is always a great way to spend a cold winter’s night (there are other ways of course but you can only do that so much), I thought I would mention some books that I’ve read in the past that I’ve found to be very inspirational.
The first is The Lovely [...]

Dec

12

National Poinsettia Day

Posted by Pennie

December 12, 2008 | 1 Comment

In case you didn’t realize it, today is National Poinsettia Day! The person whom this plant is named for, Joel Roberts Poinsett, was the first U.S. Ambassador to Mexico when he initially saw these plants. The poinsettia is native to Mexico and there are at least 100 varieties in the world today. 
In 1825, he sent cuttings back to his [...]

Dec

5

Cold Weather Tips for a Healthy, Happy Winter

Posted by Pennie

December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Greetings, Those of the Empty Nest Persuasion!
Today I have some random tips I’ve seen here and there and some I’ve thought of on my own to help us all stay happy and healthy during the holidays and the cold winter. (NO, that is NOT me in the picture. I DO NOT shovel show!)
Since I live in Florida, [...]

Nov

26

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

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November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Happy Thanksgiving, Empty Nesters. Many of you will probably have fuller nests this weekend for which I’m sure you’ll be thankful. We’ll be thankful for the good food, our nice nests, our health and many other things. This is a good time to take stock of your life and stop to realize all the things we really [...]

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