Joy of Country Living

We went to Dallas last week – what an ordeal ! We had gone to see about buying a ‘new’ car – which we did. A friend (David) had told us about a place that basically sells wholesale but does sell to the public as well. They have an Internet site and sell about 150 [...]

Seems there’s been so much going on – don’t really know where to start. Had a wonderful weekend in the Austin area visiting Monica, Mark, Peyton (the adorable, perfect grandbaby), David’s brother Jack and his wife Jerry. Whenever we go back to a big city, it always amazes me how busy the traffic is; how [...]

Went to a Celebrating Home party last weekend and had a grand time. If you’ve not heard of Celebrating Home they sell decorator items, cooking items and – my favorite – pre-measured, packaged  food mixes…. with everything being presented  in a party atmosphere. The party was hosted by Nancy and Lori with Nancy’s daughter – Shalane  [...]

I can remember as a young child looking through the Sears catalog at my Aunt Francis’ house in Seguin. It was always a treat to get to look at all the pretty pictures and I spent many an hour pouring through it. However, catalog shopping was never part of my life until we moved to [...]

No – I’m not talking cars. I’m talking groceries. Since I only do major grocery shopping every 3 weeks or so, I tend to notice changes in prices more than if I shopped every week. That being said I was amazed to see how – in just a few weeks – prices had increased on [...]