(Pete graciously agreed to share this haul with you, since I’m still struggling with the effects of my accident on the 11th; nothing fancy here, no intro, no editing – no can do – but it at least shows all the great deals that we got on our “field trip” to Ollie’s in the morning!)
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GUEST POST from Don – Shoeless +
SHOELESS + Now that I’m of “age” I can recount my youth with some degree of humor. On summer days, if not riding a bike or traipsing across pastures avoiding cow pies, we often went shoeless. By the time supper was on the table we had more soil on our feet than we had in our …
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GUEST POST from Don – Not Worth Extra
NOT WORTH EXTRA The following is about how we THINK and how to change how we think. I will use money to illustrate. I’m working through this saying… “Some things are worth the extra they cost” Ask 50 people and you’ll get 50 answers. They’re all wrong, but they are adults and they have equity retirement investments and their …
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Picture Day – May 26, 2025 Edition
Since I didn’t get out at all last week the first set of photos are just ones I took from around the house. The last one I especially love; those of you who have followed my life for a while know that during the years we lived in the country we had a bird feeder …
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GUEST POST from Don – Wisdom Is Smart
WISDOM IS SMART I admit that sometimes I agree with what others write, perhaps not often. I saw an article by Darius Foroux “Lessons I Learned the Hard Way.” His lessons have been experienced by many and usually lead to failure. It isn’t that his ideas are wrong, they just aren’t terribly right. It is my wish to improve …
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GUEST POST from Don – Truly Basic
TRULY BASIC No frozen pizza or tater tots. No boxed mac and cheese. No steak or chops. Eating hamburger meals with no wine or alcoholic beverages. Making cookies instead of buying cookies. Canceling cable, and movie apps. No restaurants. No food delivery services. Now we are talking BASIC. No clothing or shoe (or purse) purchases, eliminating name brand phone services, no Uber, no …
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GUEST POST from Don – Ineffective Action +
INEFFECTIVE ACTION +(DOING “SOMETHING” ISN’T WORKING) Hey! We’ve all done it, right! A fly lands on the edge of the counter (its almost always an edge) and being a “professional” fly killer you swing your arm and slap the counter with your hand…and the fly is already gone. Instead of finding a flyswatter you try “something” less effective. …
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GUEST POST from Don – Cream of Something
“CREAM OF SOMETHING” That’s what a 106 year old nursing home resident called her lunch. When you’re 106 you should get a good lunch, don’t you think. Every meal should be presented as if it were her last. Nothing says, “You lived this long for nothing” like cream of something soup. I happen to now know several …
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GUEST POST from Don – The Upside +
THE UPSIDE + According to the numbers, foreign visitors to the US just FELL by 18.3% in March. Places which rely on foreign visitors will see a loss in revenue, of course. However, there is an incredible upside to this. In the last few years our National (and state) Park systems have been overwhelmed by the …
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