Sometimes I get away with a casual, solid-color Target tee under a blazer for work or meetings. For my days off (and fun vacations), I like to go a little more creative. Years ago, I visited a cow farm in Vancouver that had the cutest t-shirts among other moo-related souvenirs…

Thanks to #shrinkflation, your dollar doesn’t stretch as widely as it used to be. We bought 2 pizzas and an avocado roll at California Pizza Kitchen last week and they cost $58. It was really hard to avoid comparing it with Domino’s or Papa John (which I preferred) or the…

Anyone who has experienced the plunge of the temperatures to the double-digit minus, multiple plane cancellations due to severe weather conditions, and non-stop heater operations know that the cold winters can sometimes deter daily life. And we haven’t even discussed the snow-raking and car windshield scraping we need to do…

“Winter is a season for recovery and preparation” — Paul Theroux. With that, let’s prepare to protect ourselves from the dry weather with these bestselling moisturizers: O’Keeffe’s Working Hands & Healthy Feet Cream are concentrated hand and foot creams that heal, relieve and repair extremely dry, cracked hands. Hypoallergenic — enjoy relief…

Any serious book lover can empathize with wanting to get so many books, but there’s no more room on the bookshelves. Fortunately, we have the modern, electronic option nowadays (such a space saver!). As much as I love my Kindle, I still prefer to read some in book form, particularly…

According to Amazon, our household has placed 102 orders to this time in 2022. We don’t have Prime, which means our purchases have been grouped together to qualify for free shipping over $25. I also prefer not to have too many cardboard boxes laying around. You know, save the environment…

Last week, both Amazon and Target ran exactly the same Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals: buy 2 get 3 select board games and puzzles. I was ecstatic. We play a lot of card and board games in our household. In fact, the living room book rack is sadly devoid of books…

With kids, our storage kids are getting tighter and tighter. Anybody can relate? About twice a year, we donate good condition clothes and shoes, and throw away even more things. We rarely buy books, preferring to borrow from our fantastic libraries, buy electronic versions, and for kids, subscribe to Get…

With kids, our storage kids are getting tighter and tighter. Anybody can relate? About twice a year, we donate good condition clothes and shoes, and throw away even more things. We rarely buy books, preferring to borrow from our fantastic libraries, buy electronic versions, and for kids, subscribe to Get…