It's beautiful and deadly cold outside, -5 degrees up on our home front. Of course with the cold brings the car repair bills as I'm sure some of you know. In the beginning of December, right before christmas in fact, I had to get a new muffler and an oil change. Not that big of a deal but my very quiet Subaru sounded like I smuggled a bear in the ( Read more... )

I hope everyone had a happy new year. Mine went by quickly, and for the most part it was due to working 80+ hours from christmas to new years. I'm sure it will slow down a bit in the next coming weeks with all the rain we've been getting in northeast PA. Not good for the skiers and they're who we count on this time of year. Peak season and all that ( Read more... )

So we had a nice surprise waiting in our garden this more. Dad went out to water and he heard shrieks from my mom's asparagus plots. He quickly turned around came back in the house and stopped me dead in my tracks by handing my a pair of blue vinyl gloves and told me to get a box. So I did thinking he wanted me to pull weeds with him before I got ( Read more... )