Freaky Frugalite

As is my custom, I am late with the memes. I like this one because it’s short and sweet, so even if it’s late, I still like to do it. 1. Do you sleep with a night light on? No. I used to be terribly afraid of the dark as a kid (horror movies are [...]

Well, that IS a silly question. It’s a take-off on that old phrase from American Graffiti (what a stupid movie, by the way), “Where were you in ’62?” 1855 was the year my house was built. :D I have done extensive research on the property as well as the architectural style, because I am terribly [...]

“Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?” Jeremiah 23:19 I live in an area of New York State that was once called the “Burned-Over District.” Central and Western New York State were once the hotbeds of Christian revivals, brought about by the work [...]

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Hormel Foods. All opinions are 100% mine. Hello, I’m back. From a nostalgic trip down memory lane, you see. I just found out that Dinty Moore is 75 years old!!! As a kid, Dinty Moore Stew by hormel was my absolute favorite stuff to [...]

My title could also be: “What Happens When a People Forget Their History.” In Ancient Rome, shortly after the Flavian Emperors began their dynasty (circa A.D. 80), the Roman government began to come down very hard on other peoples. Whereas the Empire had once been quite tolerant of the nations they’d conquered, they now felt [...]

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. This is our favorite holiday. It is America’s very first holiday, when the Separatists (who had come from England to escape religious persecution) had a great feast and gave thanks to God for providing for them: for the abundant and [...]

That’s her. Her name is was Lydia. She was the sister of my great-great grandfather. That photo was taken probably sometime in the 1880 or so, when she was about 23 or 24 years old. I think about her sometimes. Today I was tooling around with Twitter, following more folks and checking out profiles and [...]

OMG!!! We love Dave Stotts. I mean it- we looooove him. That guy has made some of the greatest, funniest, most educational history DVDs evah! His DVDs are the few I will actually purchase, so you know we are nuts about them. We have all the older Drive Thru History DVDs, and we also have [...]

Wanna see some of the greatest films ever made, of all time? I am absolutely nuts about epic movies- those great, big, larger than life movies with a sweeping musical store, casts of thousands, and, most importantly, a solid plot with great acting. Here they are! Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). This is one [...]

Ana of Chica&Pumuckl tagged me with a picture meme! I am so excited, I haven’t done a meme in so long. I know some folks don’t like memes (they can be a chore sometimes), but I rather like them. So Ana, thank you for thinking of me. I’d been wanting to do a meme. Here [...]