I realize there is nothing fun about a pandemic. There can however be blessing hidden in all the crises in our lives. Last Thanksgiving we had three families in our home for four days. We had five kids five and under. We drank most of our three month supply of juice and went through lots [...]
Money Saving Wednesday…Water woes
With the drought continuing in California, Texas, Florida and other places water is a real issue this spring. Today another water district in northern CA placed water restrictions on residents, and it’s still the rainy season. Residents are only allowed to water two days a week. That is barely enough to keep the landscaping alive, [...]
Answers to Questions
I have noticed that some of my email has been going to spam. I’m so sorry if you wrote and I never answered. Please try again. I do answer my email so if you haven’t heard from me in four or five days please send me another email. Time to answer a few more questions: [...]
Our General Store…Think Fruit
This morning I went through the Sunday paper and checked out all the ads and also all the coupons and came to a conclusion. It’s a bad week. The coupons were awful and the stores had the same old same old loss leaders on sale. Because fruit is so important in a well balanced diet [...]
Pandemic Prep…Human Waste
I know this is not a glamorous subject and probably one that none of us want to deal with but the fact remains that during an emergency and in particular, today, during a pandemic, there is a real possibility community waste facilities will be impacted as workers are not able to report for work. Short [...]
February 28, 2009 




