Once we decided to move to the island of Nevis in the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis we had a long list of to-dos before we could go. Here are some of the more difficult steps. Buy a new homePrepare our home for saleSell our homeDecide what to take with usFind a moving companySell the … [Read more...]
Selling My Amazon Business
I started my business because I wanted to build something valuable. I sold it because it was time to build something else. I loved the challenge of creating, then growing something scratch. Although my Amazon business remained small (about $100K annual sales), it was fun to carefully select … [Read more...]
Remembering Dad with Ice Box Cookies
My Mom made Ice Box Cookies* her own, special cookies that all of us kids remember. My Dad liked them too... I remember Dad taking me to Saginaw to see the eye doctor. I was about 7 and that was a longish trip at the time, about an hour. Mom packed Ice Box Cookies in a coffee tin for us to … [Read more...]
Grazing My Way Through Kalamazoo: Visiting Family Guest Post by Deidra
My daughter Deidra surprised me with this blog post. It's all about family. ************************************************************************************************** Summer is an interesting time. We seem to have more time for some things while others fall by the wayside. Visiting my … [Read more...]
Cats Get In the Act – George Helps Me Photograph
I was photographing new products to list on Amazon this morning and George decided to get in the act. I prop my Michigan Mapleworks boards against the banister spindles where they are just the right height and have good light. George likes to peek around and help. Sometimes he's gotten his … [Read more...]
Whose Bed Is This, Anyway?
I make my bed everyday, truly, I do. Every day. Most days you wouldn't know it from looking at the mess. Dave's cat Monica likes to burrow under the bedspread which pulls it around and leaves a bunch of wrinkles when she leaves. Marvin likes to sit on my pillow. She sits on my pillow during … [Read more...]
How to Save Money the Non-Glamorous Way
We've all read articles about how to save money by re-negotiating our cable rates, phone rates, internet rates. Dave does this for us. Every year or so he contacts whomever provides our internet, whether cable or phone and asks for their best deal. He saves us money every year with this … [Read more...]
Does Anyone Else Detest Computers?
I work with the darn thing all day; it is closer than the coffee pot or my pillow but I have a like/hate relationship with my laptop. When it works I like it just fine but when it doesn't... Well, let's just say it makes the week pretty awful. Last Tuesday afternoon my poor laptop stopped up. … [Read more...]
It’s Been A Rainy Summer – And A Buggy One!
We have had great summer weather this year, with only a few days of I'm-dying-it's-hot but it has been wet. That means bugs, mosquitoes and flies. I've had to wear bug repellent to garden and even to go for a walk. This week it's been very hot, high 80s and into the 90s, and I have walked early … [Read more...]
Shall I Get Rich, Subscribe, Eat Weird Stuff, Get Out of Jail or Find a New Friend Today?
So many people are so very kind, so generous to share their good fortune and best ideas with me. Mr. Jami from Ghana wants to share 16 million $$ with me. The New York Times wants me to subscribe. The supplement people want me to eat better, the drug folks want to cure toenail fungus but the … [Read more...]