Monthly Archives: September 2006

Chicago Trip 2006

September 28, 2006

It was a whirlwind trip to the windy city. It has become a yearly tradition to travel toChicago with friends, Val & Kim, and visit the American Girl Place. This year, we also had the added pleasure of visiting the Field Museum and seeing the King Tut exhibit. We took off on Friday morning around 10am and drove straight through to Chicago. Okay, not straight through. There are approximately 6 Starbucks between us and Chicago and my lifetime membership requires me to stop at all of them. When we arrived at our hotel…

Who Are These People?

September 26, 2006

By Karen

You ever notice those commercials trying to sell you a product that is supposed to be easier to use than what you currently use? I saw this new Oxiclean Ball commercial where seemingly normal people try in vain to measure their liquid detergent. Since this is such a difficult task, they end up pouring detergent all over their hand and onto the machine. Or you see some other poor soul trying to measure their powdered detergent only to have a seizure and fling detergent everywhere. Who are these people? Does…

Millions and Millions of Pets

September 18, 2006

By Karen

I don’t know anyone who owns a dog or cat that hasn’t had a flea or two. However, this was apparently a bad year for fleas… or good depending on how you look at it. If I were trying to breed fleas and sell them on ebay I would be rich by now. Hey, is there a fleabay? And then there were 1,587,457 Some of you may know that I help find homes for the occasional cat, dog, puppy or kitten. My sister, Dorothy, does this kind of thing a…