May 2010

How to Rescue a Scorched Pan—Easy!

May 26, 2010

I did it again. Yesterday morning I burned a layer of polenta to the bottom of my favorite saucepan. Again. Gotta stay away from the computer while food is on the stove! This is a venerable, beloved, and very expensive pan. It must be saved. Luckily, I stumbled across an easy fix, one that requires [...]

Read the full article →

Police Presence and Property Values

May 25, 2010

Ever wonder whether frequent cop helicopter buzzing affects the property values in your neighborhood? About ten minutes ago one of the cop copters came blasting in, low enough to rattle the windows in the house, and started circling about three lots to the west of me. This is a not-infrequent occurrence here, because my part [...]

Read the full article →

A PF Blogger’s Glass Ceiling?

May 25, 2010

A group of women bloggers I recently fell in with subscribes to the idea that a blogger’s glass ceiling holds women writers back from the big time in the PF blogging world. How big the  PF “big time” is remains to be seen. We know several male bloggers—Trent Hamm at The Simple Dollar and J.D. [...]

Read the full article →

Carnival of Money Stories

May 24, 2010

Hurrah! Time for this week’s Carnival of Money Stories! Funny hasn’t hosted a carnival for quite a while, since teaching can make life a little hectic, and it’s hard to predict when those hectic periods will happen. So I was pleased to finally have an opportunity to read such a wide variety of interesting and [...]

Read the full article →

Choir Is Over…

May 23, 2010

Today was the choir’s last performance before its summer hiatus. {sigh} Everyone else, I expect, is happy for a break—especially the paid staff, who take the term “hard-working” to a whole new level of meaning. But I’ll miss it. When you don’t have much of a life, you tend to get invested in an activity [...]

Read the full article →

The Ultimate Church Potluck Dish

May 22, 2010

Sooo…. The instant the sign-up sheet for the end-of-year choir party surfaced, I shot over like a rocket to get my name in first, so as not to be cut off at the pass in my quest to volunteer to bring my favorite amazingly cheap but amazingly delicious dish, potatoes au gratin. Never sign up [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →