LA to Boston – Road Trip Tales #1

Just as a quick intro…. I was cleaning out the cellar (at least taking a nick at the pile of rubble that is mine) and came across an old Road Trip Journal! Back in 1984 (that’s 28 years ago!-YIKES!) my youngest sister who had been living in southern California for a few years, had decided [...]

Here’s One Cage You Can Rattle!

I just wrote a post this past weekend about my battle with unwanted little varmits sneaking about my floorboards. My solution was to put out an effective little trap that guaranteed a “SNAP!” solution. And it worked. The one nasty varmit has been disappeared. However, a reader sent me some photos of her alternative method [...]

How Do You Get Rid of Unwanted Visitors?

That headline might have you thinking back to that last horrible weekend when your drunk cousin Charlie put the cat in the trashbag just before you headed to the dump. But no, that’s not the kind of unwanted visitors I’m talking about. I’ve been invaded once again by little four legged creatures who belong outdoors [...]

I Don’t Have Enough Hair To Pull Out!!!

…to match my frustration today. I am in technological HELL! Been working for three days on a project that just can’t be fixed. I’ve got tech support on the line, tech articles open on my desk, self-help druids roaming in the woods behind the office!!!! And my hair falling out in patches… bright golden patches [...]

It’s May 1st Tra La!… And I’m Humming Tunes From Camelot!

I can’t get the voice out of my head. “It’s May! It’s May! The Lusty Month of May!…” tra la la… Julie Andrews running through make believe fields of flowers in the broadway musical… years ago. Gawd. Too long ago. I was a kid in high school when I borrowed that LP! from the Library’s [...]