Freaky Frugalite

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Ever hear of Whiteface Mountain? It’s in the Adirondack Mountain range. It’s also where the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics were held. I am madly in love with Whiteface Mountain. We went up to the summit last week. It’s the only ADK mountain you can drive up (near to) the summit. Franklin Delano Roosevelt apportioned [...]

…. big time…. *sigh*

Anybody remember that old folk song? I grew up with folk songs. While my peers were rocking to Jimi Hendrix or Donny Osmond, I was listening to Elizabeth Cotten, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger, and James Taylor. I later found out that Elizabeth Cotten lived in Syracuse in her later years — just a hop, skip, [...]

We traveled out to Auburn, NY, recently and had a little extra time before heading home. On a whim, we stopped at the William Seward Home and Historic Site in downtown. I knew very little about the man (something about Alaska and Abraham Lincoln?) but what I learned on the visit knocked my socks off. [...]

Today REALLY feels like a Monday. I’m tired, dragging my feet… not even my daughter’s super-high-powered-nuclear-explosion coffee is helping. Bleh. At least the Heat Wave #3 of the Summer has passed! There’s a pleasant breeze blowing in through OUR NEW WINDOWS!!!! It smells of pine. Ahhhhh. Livvy the Tabby-point Siamese Cat is snuggled up beside [...]

Quick question: Is “bull” in its vernacular form a “bad word”? So yesterday we went to West Point. New York. The Military Academy of the United States. Yes, where Robert E. Lee and Jeb Stewart and Ulyssess Grant and Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur went to school. I should clarify… we WANTED to go to [...]

I love my GPS. I really do. But some days…. POW, right in the kisser! I used to wrangle with paper maps. And once I opened one of those things, I could NEVER fold it back up. NEVER. It was like the Rubik’s Cube to me. HOW THE HECK DO YOU DO THIS, AGAIN?!?! In [...]

I have a GOOD excuse this time!! Really! We were traveling. Before I start the Meet Me on Monday, check out these photos! I am so excited, I can’t wait to blog about our trips on my travel blog, New York Traveler.net! We visited Howe Caverns in Cobleskill, NY. It was fabulous. Photo taking was [...]

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Hiltons of Branson for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. … to go on vacation than right after the CRAZY holidays. Oh yes! All that house cleaning wears on a lady, you see. Mom needs a break, too, away from all the cooking and [...]