Uncle’s Story Part 2: Digging out of Poverty

August 9, 2011

Tweet Today, I’ll be sharing the second part of my uncle’s story.  If you missed, Part 1 you can read it here.  Once my uncle was scooped up by the red cross and resettled in the US, he started to rebuild his life with his new bride Sophie.   The two of them worked about 10 […]

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My Uncle’s Story: Love During War

August 3, 2011

Tweet I think it’s about time to tell the story of my Uncle.  I think this will turn into multiple posts. I hope you enjoy it. Part 1: Being Taken Away to the Slave Labor Camp Just over 5 years ago, my dear uncle died of cancer at the age of 84. If I could choose […]

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The 7 Links Project

August 1, 2011

Tweet I was tagged by Sandy from Yes I’m Cheap to participate in a meme called My 7 Links Project.  According to Young and Thrifty, “this project got started by Katie from Trip Base.  The purpose of it is to get the blogger to reflect upon some posts (aka dig up posts from the past) […]

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You’re Not in Limbo, You’re Living Right Now

July 29, 2011

Tweet At some undetermined point in life once I was out of college I realized that I was perpetually in limbo.  Over the years, this had become my mental state of choice.  It was fueled by ambition and the desire to make a better life for myself.   In high school I was in limbo until […]

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The story that made me save for retirement

July 25, 2011

Tweet The other day Crystal from BFS was sharing her experience volunteering for meals on wheels and it suddenly reminded me of a story of my own.  Basically for Crystal, seeing people relying on meals on wheels for nutritious yet not so palatable food is a big motivator for her to save for retirement. I […]

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Favorites the Enjoying Summer Edition

July 23, 2011

Tweet As usually, I’m long overdue to do a round up, but I have been working on it for a while.  This past week, I decided to go into town for our 3rd Thursday event.  They close off our downtown have lots of street vendors and live performers.  Some are really great, and some are […]

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Second Hand Buying: The Chess Set Continued

July 22, 2011

Tweet So after my little rant the other day, I thought I’d update you on my little craig’s list adventure.   Mr. Chess set guy did come back to me with a price that was $5 lower than his original offer. Due to sheer laziness (he was in town and the others were a drive), I […]

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Inept Craig’s List Sellers

July 19, 2011

Tweet The past few weeks I’ve been on the hunt for several second hand items.  I’m currently on the lookout for a food processor, a chess set and some pre-finished hardwood floor remnants (for a tiny hallway area and small room).   Lately I have been extremely amazed at the total lack of price awareness […]

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Today My Blog is 1

July 14, 2011

Tweet Wow.  I can’t believe it’s already been a year.  How did that happen?  Coincidentally one of my daily blog favorites Grumpy Rumblings has also turned one today too.  I know we started blogging about the same time, but I didn’t realize it was on the exact same day.  Great minds think alike, I guess.  […]

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Adventures in Canoeing

July 12, 2011

Tweet My husband is a big fisherman and last year he decided we need a canoe so that he could fish the local ponds here and in his hometown which we often frequent in the summer. I scored a great deal on an old town canoe on craigslist for $150 and we haven’t looked back.   […]

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