My mom’s good friend & co-worker’s house burned down yesterday. The family of five lost everything, including their 2 beloved dogs, and now the only things they own are what they had with them at the time. I am adding a donate button to this post to start up a collection to help them get [...]

We did it. We sold the Jeep. We traded the truck. We downsized to one vehicle that meets all our needs, and we managed to lower the monthly payment. We met all the goals we set, and came out on top. Meet our Ford Escape.

I sold my Jeep tonight. It’s a little wierd that it’s gone and no longer in the driveway, but it went to a good home. A 14 year old boy (accompanied by his licensed father) came to pick it up. He had saved up his lawn mowing money to buy a car…a whole year and [...]

Guess What!? Chef Jay finally has his own blog. Check it out >

This independence day weekend we stuck close to home. Jay did a trial run at a new event space to test the usability of the area for cooking. He made a YUMMY meal of chilled cucumber soup, coriander rubbed chicken with a fig compote, atop some curry couscous. It was beyond delicious. The owner is [...]