Rinty, the cheddar with apple and chili sounds fabulous! The distribution of your garden bounty is making me laugh, as I remember my dad loading up paper grocery bags of tomatoes, peppers and yellow crookneck squash to leave on doorsteps early in the mornings. I have been puttering productively toda...

We have life insurance on each other for a couple of reasons: Our house is not yet paid off, though will be in two years; should he die before me, I will need extra income until I retire; should I die before him, he will need to hire a helluva good housekeeping service. :-D Our cremations are alread...

Janet, sending hugs to you and Teddi. (((HUGS))) Penny, I hope your ear feels better soon. Maggie, I too am interested in your essential oil. The arthritis in my knee is really bothering me. My sweet little single mom friend lost her job yesterday because she was late to work. She had been really st...

Clem, We have Roku and love it. We watch Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime programming on it as paid services. We temporarily have CBS All Access until we catch up on a couple of shows. We never run out of stuff to watch and get a much better class of entertainment for around $35 a month. We can't go t...

I don't tire of my style because it's eclectic. We received a lot of hand-me-down furniture from the estate of DH's parents that dated from the 1920s to the 1980s and it fit right in with our stuff. The theme we have going, such as it is, is Mission Lite plus some antiques plus some clean lines of m...

I have spent countless hours this spring and summer helping a homeless man with no income and no health insurance try to get the care he needs. I've used every frugal trick I can think of to help keep him properly nourished, clothed, clean, and feeling that he matters. But this I cannot change: He's...