If you don’t need a big pot of coffee in the morning, the Keurig Brewer is a great idea. You make just one cup at a time, and you can make a variety of flavored coffees, tea, and even hot cocoa. Unfortunately, those “Keurig K-cups” (usually) cost more than a 12 oz. bag of ground [...]
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Have Your Keurig and Save Money, Too
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged coffee, EZ-Cup, K-cups, Keurig on May 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Birth Order Book
Posted in Health, Miscellaneous, tagged baby of the family, birth, birth order, black sheep, book worm, family, family dynamics, kevin leman, personality, personality traits on February 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Are you the first born child in your family? The mysterious middle child? The entertaining baby of the family? A Lonely Only? Or perhaps the ultimate in birth order: The First Born Son? Years ago, my mom sent me a book about birth order. The section about three daughters and then a son exactly mirrored [...]
Telecommuting anyone?
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged green initiatives, pollution, telecommuting on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I drive a Prius. Go ahead, say it. Tree hugger! A while back, a coworker commented, “I bet you’re loving that Prius now that gas prices have started going back up.” I said, “Yeah, and it spits out fewer emissions, too.” He said, “You know the Earth is actually cooling, right?” He totally misses the [...]
Literacy
Posted in Miscellaneous, Writing, tagged learning, literacy, parenting, reading on February 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Quote from http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/mcintyre/blog/2012/01/send_me_a_man_who_reads.html “The idea that we have undergraduates who don’t read books distresses me. Of course, I know that they do read. … They read in print and electronically. They read articles. They read blog posts. They exchange these items on Facebook and elsewhere. But reading a book, even a popular novel, requires some [...]
Surviving College Past the Second Year
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged college on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This was a “Note” I posted on Facebook but decided to move it here so that my blog looks less sparse. ——————- Update, June 4, 2011 He survived his second year–yay! Home for the summer and working/going to summer school. Good to have at least one motivated child! —————— My son is in his second [...]
