Posts Tagged Florida

  • Sunday, Icy Sunday Sunday, Icy Sunday

    Temperatures in the 20's this morning across Central Florida. This has been a cold weather record-breaking week in the Sunshine state. And in my life-long Florida resident memory, I don't recall as long a stretch of cold weather as we've had so far in 2010! Whodathunk I would actually need my near-f...

  • Newest Growl & Snarl Newest Growl & Snarl

    The kids continue their daily love fest. And I seriously mean, daily! And this is how the day ends....

  • My B'day Shopping Spree My B’day Shopping Spree

     I have an unofficial tradition I impose on myself every birthday weekend.  It's been more of a tradition in the past decade or so, but I honor it nonetheless and it involves self indulgence and total "me" time. I shop. I shop all day. I go to stores I may not visit for another year and just have...

  • It Pays to Shop Around It Pays to Shop Around

    I wanted a dinette set for my breakfast nook in the kitchen.  I kinda knew what I wanted - a tall-boy set with comfortable chairs.  For weeks I had been scouring the circular ads in the paper hoping something would catch my eye and also give me an idea of what items like that are costing these day...

  • Lightning Danger Lightning Danger

    Florida Lightning! [caption id="attachment_556" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Photo from: Florida Southwest River Water Management District"][/caption] Tonight on the news was a story about 2 people struck by lightning - while sitting outside on metal chairs watching the afternoon thu...