Monthly Archives: February 2006
In the politics of shopping, I’m a loyalist
In the retail world, if you make me happy, I’m a customer for life. If not, I’m gone. I realized recently how extreme my loyal consumer ways have gotten. For two months, my husband and I lived apart, to accomodate … Continue reading
A Room with a View
Don’t get jealous, but this is the view from my home office. When there were the first murmurings of moving away from St. Louis, we thought we’d move West, not Southeast. The East coast has trees like these (I’ve counted … Continue reading
Traveling Target
Last week, I traveled to St. Louis. My bag took a trip to Indianapolis. I arrived in STL at 7:30 pm sans bag and quickly realized my jeans, sweater and traveling clogs weren’t going to cut it for my day … Continue reading
Vanilla J
My daughter’s Girl Scout troop spent the better part of a weekend selling (addictive) cookies outside the Wal-Mart store. It was very cute, as the girls had made up a jingle about the cookies to the tune of Mary Had … Continue reading
Cuppa Joe
It’s snowing here, today. A good day for a hot cup of coffee and a good crockpot dinner. The other morning my daughter wanted to treat me, so she asked if I would like a cup of hot chocolate or … Continue reading








