‘The Best of…’ Archive

Rid Your House of ANTS June 14, 2013 No Comments

It’s summer! Ants are moving in! Ants appeared this week on my kitchen counter. In fact, I found a few in the pantry, too. ACK! Simultaenously, I found a homemade recipe to rid my house of ants. I was skeptical about it working but wanted to give it a try. I made the recipe-to-rid-my-house-of-ants yesterday. [...]

20 Tips to Help Parents June 13, 2013 2 Comments

Raising children is a big job. The tips, whether raising children now or thinking back to when yours were young, are stellar and point out how crucial a bit of common sense and humor are to save your sanity!  Come to think of it, it helps in most aspects of life! I ran across these [...]

A Special Playhouse July 5, 2012 No Comments

Playhouses. Small, smart and fun. A friend of ours built this playhouse for his lucky granddaughter. Imagine the childhood memories that  will be created with friends over tea parties, sleep overs, spending active and leisurely hours doing what kids do best – PLAYING! Here’s to small and smart ideas that bring goodness to people’s lives. [...]

ReloMary and Ginger Zee Meet Over Moving Clouds June 4, 2012 No Comments

A huge and moving cloud formation over Mt. Lassen is how / why ReloMary met Ginger Zee. Does that surprise you? After all, she is the storm-chasing-Good-Morning-America meteorologist. Here’s a bit of background. I’m certain you’re dying to know how “ReloMary met Ginger Zee!”

  It’s all thanks to the whacky, wondering and powerful world of social [...]

Living in Close Proximity to the Good Things in Life May 21, 2012 No Comments

Living in close proximity of where and how we like to spend our time… There WAS a time when we had a lake cabin 3 hours away or we drove that far to get to our sailboat in the SF Bay Area. We had to think twice, well maybe 1.5 times, before loading up our [...]