Do you love shopping? Most of the time I do, but not this time of year.  I am not one of those people who enjoys the crazy rush of battling the crowds on Black Friday.  In fact, if I could stay out of all shopping malls from Halloween to New Years, I would.   My ideal holiday shopping trip consists of me, in my pj's, shopping online.  No crowds, no lines, no searching for a parking spot.  The ...

I'm not really sure when the garage got away from us. I think it was some time during the summer. We were busy enjoying the pool, basking in the sun, and trying to keep our plants alive during the worst drought we had ever seen.  At some point, the junk in the garage took advantage of our inattention and began multiplying.By the time fall rolled around, we tried to put the summer things away but ...

I like wine. In fact, I kind of love it. But do I actually know anything about wine? No, not really.  I can't tell you what wine pairs best with what meal and I probably don't use the right words to describe how it tastes, but I know what I like.  I'm actually pretty picky about which wines I like and which I don't.  When I find one I like, I write it down and tend to stick with my five or so ...

Hopefully, I won't get into trouble for admitting that I really don't like doing laundry. It really isn't much fun, is it?  Having a snazzy new washer and dryer sure do take a lot of the pain out of this particular chore, though.One of the things I can never figure out is where exactly all of the laundry comes from. It's just Jay, LJ, and I here.  Yet we produce TONS of laundry each week.  I can't ...

Remember those huge boom boxes from when we were kids?  (Okay, from when I was a kid...I may be dating myself here a bit -  think John Cusack in Say Anything.)  They were huge, clumsy, and the sound wasn't even very good. And did I mention they were huge??? Nothing symbolizes how far technology has come more for me than to look at the Soundfreaq Soundstep Recharge System in comparison to one of ...