My niece asked me to send some photos of our ancestors from 1910 and 1920 to share with her book club. Of course, I said, and the memories began to flow. How are you doing organizing your family historical photos? Do you have them in notebooks? Are they scanned? I... Read more →

It’s fun to grow organic vegetables. My mom usually had a huge garden when we lived on apple ranches. The fresh corn and strawberries were amazing. My dad took over the gardening when they retired. The garden was smaller behind their home in the city. The zucchinis were amazing. My... Read more →

When I was at Trader Joe’s Monday, someone put a piece of paper on my windshield shaped like a poop emoji. I couldn’t believe it. On the back it said I was shitty at parking. When I drove up to park, there were two large SUVs. The one on the left was parked on the line. I intentionally parked at a distance from the improperly parked SUV. Read more →

For the last few weeks, I’ve been working on organizing my historical family photos. About 10 years ago, I had around 200 photos scanned. I named and dated about a third of them. The rest are numbered. I paused the project until I could buy a good scanner so I could scan the rest of the photos myself. Now, I need to name those and scan others. Read more →

Does it matter that there are too many residential real estate agents? Yes, says a consumer group. More than 1.5 million residential agents, including brokers, compete for home sales usually totaling 5 to 6 million annually. The plethora of real estate agents comes with costs, according to a study by the Consumer Federation of America, that include: Read more →

Over the years, I’ve seen hundreds, maybe even thousands, of ads on Facebook. To me, it doesn’t seem like a very good place to be placing orders. You have no idea about the reputation of the companies. In the spring, I succumbed. I ordered a “jacket” for my sister for her birthday. I also ordered one for me. The ad said orders would be received promptly. Read more →

Although Mother’s Day is highly commercialized, I like remembering my mom on this special day and I enjoy visiting with my daughters over WhatsApp. Maybe next year, I’ll be able to travel to Spain again in May. Since my birthday is May 4 and my daughter’s is May 23, we have so much fun celebrating our birthdays plus Mother’s Day in May in Spain. Read more →

I love Ireland. I was so fortunate to travel there with my daughter Lisa in 2016. So, I decided a good way to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day Friday is to post some of the photos from our trip. We were fortunate to meet with some of my grandmother Laura Baylee Slingsby’s relatives. Laura was born in 1877 and died in 1939. Read more →

In the past several years, I haven’t had many trick-or-treaters. We’ll see what happens tonight. I’m not in much of a holiday-celebratory mood. Typepad, the platform for my blog, has been migrating data all weekend, so I haven’t been able to post anything or see how many page views I have. Read more →

It’s difficult to figure out what to write about here. The death of Queen Elizabeth II? Or the death of my daughter-in-law’s father George Waegell? Or getting together with my high school friends and remembering those days so many years ago. Thankfully, my blogging friends helped solved my dilemma ... Read more →