May 29
Posted by: Marilyn in: Around Here, General Living, Little Things
Over the past week or so, there have been a few times when the school bus has driven through a “stinky” pocket of air. Last week it was a pocket of the odor of fertilizer, today it was a dead skunk in the road. It has been so funny to observe the reactions of the [...]
May 27
Posted by: Marilyn in: Business, General Living, Home Improvement, Product Reviews, Technology
There is some layover time between school bus runs, and the bus drivers sometimes congregate and chat for a few minutes during the layover. Such was the case today, and as I joined the group one of the ladies was talking about decorating her new house. She was complaining about how hot her house was [...]
This afternoon I was driving the school kids home on the bus. The day was very warm, so the windows were down. I really could not see the farmland we were driving past, but I could certainly smell the odor of chicken manure fertilizer on the breeze! The kids were all complaining “what’s that smell?” [...]
May 24
Posted by: Marilyn in: Family, General Living, Product Reviews
I generally like to make as many Christmas presents as I can for the people on my gift list, but there are some people that simply don’t appreciate hand made items. So I don’t want to waste my time making really nice things for them if they would rather have something “store bought.” I like [...]
It was so weird - a few minutes after writing my post last night about home security, a car we didn’t recognize pulled up our driveway. It made my hubby and I both a little bit nervous. We weren’t expecting any kind of company, and it was after 8pm. We’re usually in bed starting to [...]