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We watched the telly over thanksgiving and Christmas commercials were all over. This year McDonald's is going strong with the promo of their gift card the Arch card. It's hard to find a company that doesn't offer some kind of gift card or a shopper that more »

I was quite content to use my name as the name of the my blog but with people asking what my blog is called I guess I need a name. Writers of fiction and poetry occasionally have episodes of writer's block whe more »

I confess. Although I may seem normal I really am a obsessive glutton in several ways. I'm a pack rat and a collector of many things it seems. For one I have several chess sets stashed away in the garage in case I might need them or someone else might. more »

Today I played a round of disc golf and discussed some of the events that are coming up in the next two months. The disc golf course at Lindsey Park in Tyler Texas will be the site for the Piney Woods Open and the local Ice Bowl. more »

I started our first fireplace fire this year. After hauling the wood inside lighting some of the solid fuel from last year and placing a few logs on top the fire was going. All the time our cats were wondering what I was doing but when the fire starte more »

I bought a CD over the weekend at Best Buy and as I checked out the cashier asked if I had some kind of Best Buy discount card. The last time I was at PetSmart they asked about a Pet Perks card and every week I have to hand the Brookshire's partner my T more »

You might think the title says how I feel about home schooling but you would be wrong. I'm an avid proponent of home schooling and parents' right (or responsibility) to home school. You might think that to be radical but it is a lot more natural than se more »