Freaky Frugalite

I have discovered the joy of playing games again. I’ve been working very long hours for a few years now, and I think I was starting to break down a bit (not in a good way). So I have intentionally started to set aside a period of time, when I can, to just read a [...]

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 [...]

Dave Stotts from Drive Thru History has a new DVD series called “Holy Land.” So far, we have seen the first three episodes, and we LOVE THEM!!! We love history, and Dave makes it such fun to learn it. But he also covers lots of other stuff in the DVDs, like the current state of [...]

Monday came and went with a blink of an eye! Since it was a holiday, of sorts (Columbus Day), we took a day trip up to the High Peaks area of the Adirondack Mountain Range in New York State. Autumn is glowing in all its splendor there. I’ll have more photos and some interesting stories [...]

When visiting Blue Mountain Lake, NY, last week, we visited the Adirondack Museum, one of the largest museums in Upstate New York. It took us two days to get through! There, we learned just about everything there is to know about the Adirondack Park region. The museum had a section dedicated to Lake Placid, a [...]

It’s good to be back home, although I say that with mixed feelings. We spent a week in the Adirondack Mountains and IT WAS INCREDIBLE. If I could buy property up there, I SO would. I have never met anyone who visited the Adirondacks and didn’t gush and gush about how wonderful it is there. [...]

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Hiltons of Branson for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Got the summertime blues? Hey, how about a trip to Branson, Missouri! I have heard nothing but praise from the area. When we finally take our road trip, we are staying there for a [...]

I’m back! I told you I needed a vacation. On very short notice (but in the works for the past ten years), I finally got to visit my brother in Virginia. It was WONDERFUL!!! Oh, it is so good to be back home again (especially after a 10 hour drive, ugh), but we were so [...]

Oh, Lord willing, the plans we have this summer. It’s been a CAH-RAZY couple of years! We’ve renovated the living room, kitchen, dining room, experienced a dozen destructive floods, have been working our tails off the pay the debts…. I have promised the kids that any renovation projects will be small this year and that [...]

Our recent stay at a bed and breakfast gave me a hankering to hit the travel trails again. It was SO good to get away, but the time was much too short (just two days). Staying at a home is much, much more enjoyable than a hotel. I dislike hotels just because they seem a [...]