Withdrawing From a Coupon Haze

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. I’m going through withdrawal. It’s not about smoking, or, heaven forbid, something more sinister, although sometimes it feels like it. It’s about coupons. For weeks—scratch that—months, leading up to Christmas, I was a coupon-clipping maniac. I scoured the newspaper, mail, internet, you name it, for any little scrap of paper that promised an additional discount on [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:34-04:00January 8th, 2013|0 Comments

A Giggle for You!

A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started."   Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?"   The little silver-haired lady says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster."   Her neighbor decides to go over and help with the puzzle. She lets him in and shows him [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:36-04:00January 5th, 2013|0 Comments

A New Year’s Non-Resolution

By: Mary Fran Bontempo It’ resolution time again. You know, the annual New Year’s ritual whereby we all promise we’ll eat better, exercise more, be better people—in other words, lie to ourselves until February, when we’ll give up the whole charade as a lost cause, plop ourselves in front of the TV and eat a half gallon of ice cream while watching a Honey Boo Boo marathon on TLC.Unless….Unless this year is different. [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:39-04:00January 1st, 2013|0 Comments

Kitchen Traditions

by Chrysa SmithAround this time of year, you hear people talk about their grandma's recipe, a family favorite or a time-honored tradition. And it got me to thinking about myself and my family. Exactly what are our traditions?Sure, we do a roast, bake some cookies, but there's no 'specialty' of the season. In fact, as goes my personality, I like to shake it up a bit---consciously not repeating the same dishes year-after-year. And [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:42-04:00December 27th, 2012|1 Comment
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