Recent content by Ronni

It’s Devin’s birthday. I woke up feeling heavy, a low hum of some unnameable dread running through me. I stayed frenetically busy at work today, giving myself no time to feel. The drive home I played music loud enough to rock the car. I wanted to un-hear the thoughts ricocheting around in my...

All of the grandkids’ stuff is wrapped only, no matter its shape. The adults get either wrapped or bagged, depending on the item. My family knows not to throw away the tissue or bags. They shove the tissue in any available gift bag, and give them back to me. Wrap gets tossed, but the bow...

I was named after my paternal grandmother, who died after the birth of her son, my Dad.

I’ve never had Covid, nor the flu. Ron’s never had Covid. . We both opted for every vaccination available when Covid first hit. As I recall we each had three rounds back then. I get a flu shot every year, and other than soreness at the injection site I don’t have any other issues. This year at...

One of my clients buys and sell art as an Investment. In a casual conversation way back, he said he does all his negotiating through a gallery. He’s found that even with the gallery taking a percentage, he sells more faster than he does when he sells privately. The other thing he mentioned was...

Every year the Mike, owner of the company my son works for, hosts a lavish, quirky and very fun Christmas party for his employees. Open bar, tons of food, and during it he gives out awards and trophies, cash bonuses and such. Every single employee gets recognized in some way. It’s very cool! 💚...

Our credit scores fluctuate too. They're above 800 even when they drop, so we don’t worry about it. I have noticed that the fluctuations on my score are tied to how much I charge to my various cards even though they’re paid in full every month.

Not as cold as some of you, but still chilly. Some years we get no snow all winter, other times we’ll get 6-8 inches. Last last winter was one such time.

Household furniture items are ridiculously overpriced! That said, there are all kinds of seasonal or other sales that you can take advantage of that bring prices down considerably. We needed to replace our fridge so we went window shopping. We found a lovely Frigidaire 4 door, with ice and...

If I need to stretch hamburger meat, or if a recipe calls for a filler, instead of crackers or breadcrumbs I’ll use oatmeal. I keep my in-use SOS pad in the freezer so it doesn’t rust. When my plastic shower curtain liner starts getting dingy, I run it through the wash with my white towels...

Christmas is important to me, it’s my favorite time of the year, so I have a Christmas savings account into which a small amount is deposited automatically every month. By December I have my spending amount. I buy from wherever with the appropriate credit cards, then pay the cards off with the...

I get text messages about prescription refills/ready for pickup, but there’s only a couple and they’re both filled at my local pharmacy. Some of my friends get their prescriptions filled online, and from more than one online stores, so I can see how they could easily be taken by this kind of...

I was a surprise pregnancy to my folks, Mom was in her early 40’s, and they passed away before my older kids hit their teens. So I didn’t have that specific “sandwich” to which you refer. Rather I was caring for aging parents while also dealing with newborns through elementary school. Lots of...

I love this! ❤️

I’m very relieved! Not as much as Pepper though I’m sure! Please send her my fondest regards and best wishes for her recovery! ❤️‍🩹