Aug

7

Bury Me in the Backyard with the Family Pets

Posted by Pennie

August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I just heard the latest “poor economy” news - it seems some people are unable to afford a funeral for their newly-deceased loved ones and are either not claiming them if they die away from home somewhere (I guess a hospital even would work) while some are even signing releases which then require the county [...]

Mar

30

Another Day at the Beach

Posted by Pennie

March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

You may recall I posted about our visit to the beach last week. However, we did not see this at the beach where we were, but I thought it was rather interesting so you get to see it without even having to go to the beach!

I cannot even begin to imagine being able to do [...]

Feb

13

Paraskevidekatriaphobics–Huh?

Posted by Pennie

February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Well, Empty Nesters, are you a Paraskevidekatriaphobic? If you are, today was probably not a great day for you. Paraskevidekatriaphobics is a morbid or irrational fear of Friday the 13th. Who’da thunk it?
Well if you have this, you’re apparently not alone, since it is estimated that between $800 and $900 million in business is lost [...]

Feb

2

A Groundhog’s Empty Nest

Posted by Pennie

February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Well, it seems Punxsutawney Phil left his little nest this morning and saw his shadow thus establishing the fact that there will indeed be (at least) six more weeks of winter. The picture above is “a groundhog” but I’m not sure that it is “the groundhog”. I suppose, however, that “any groundhog” who came out [...]

Jan

28

Things That Make Me Go GRRRR!!

Posted by Pennie

January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

There are some things that really bug me so I thought I would share them with my empty nest readers so maybe you will be bugged too!
1. People who go through the door into a store and then STOP! What are they doing? Looking at their list? Deciding which way to go? Talking to their [...]

Jan

4

The A to Z on Beauty

Posted by Pennie

January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I was just reading a little free magazine that’s distributed in our city. There was an article in it with tips to help busy women look their best. I think it would work for busy men too. These publishers shouldn’t really discriminate when telling us we look bad. Equal opportunity and all that. Anyway, the tips were listed [...]

Dec

8

Fat Granny

Posted by Pennie

December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Two Christmas parties in two days and although I had sooo much fun at each of them, I still feel like I must’ve gained 20 pounds. We had snacks and salad and spaghetti with Italian bread and then cake and ice cream at the one last night.
Tonight we had snacks, salad, two kinds of meatballs, [...]

Nov

8

15 Reasons to Have a Dog in Your Empty Nest

Posted by Pennie

November 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

A lot of us empty nesters get dogs to help refill our nests and eventually they almost become like children to us. And why not? We feed them, take care of their every need and just like our children, they worship us and believe we can do no wrong. Now let’s look at the differences [...]

Dec

6

Funny Wii Videos

Posted by maureen

December 6, 2007 | 2 Comments

If, like me, you’re looking for a Nintendo Wii for Christmas, you will probably be disappointed. Of course, there are always the online stores and auction sites if you don’t mind paying through the noise
Nintendo Wii’s success has put it past the Xbox 360 in sales and the recently added Metroid Prime 3 and Super [...]

Nov

5

Kids Are Funny

Posted by maureen

November 5, 2007 | 1 Comment

It’s a pity that I wasn’t able to capture all the funny moments I had with the kids. All those times when they did the unexpected and had us in  fits of laughter. The times when you should have been angry but it was so darn funny. And of course they all have a way [...]

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