Just writing those words makes my mouth water. Ackee and saltfish is the national dish of Jamaica. Throw in the rice and peas and I can hardly stand it. Jerk chicken at the Pork Pit in Mo Bay. Buffet at the WW in Ochie. I’m craving some good home cooking like my mother never cooked. I’ve […]
Here on the island we love our geckos. People who live in Florida, the Caribbean and other warm climates are very familiar with these little lizards. They are most everywhere down here. If you happen to be out on the lanai and see the leaves of one of your plants start moving, you don’t have fairies doing […]
Actually, I’m getting beautified vicariously. My sunny island is getting the makeover and very soon you will see the difference. Revka at RS Designs will be supplying the expertise. This makeover is the result of my contest win when Tiffany at Snapshots of Life was celebrating her one year blogoversary. This has been a little slow in […]
I read a post recently by Emily at Remodeling This Life about Tips for Making Thrift Shopping Thrifty. In that article she gives some hints for thrift shopping and says that it’s a running joke that she is the thrift shopping queen. While reading that it brought to mind my garage sale baby. No, I didn’t […]
While writing about the contest at Scribbit in which I entered my z-coil post, an embryo of another article was conceived. I began looking back at how shoes tell the story of my life. Like most other people, I was born barefoot. I know that at some point shortly after that those cute little feet were forced […]
The Carnival of Financial Goals is up over at Debt Free Revolution. I’ve entered my post 2008 Financial Goals Nearly Met. Check out the carnival for some good posts, and feel free to make nice comments about my post as well as the others. Thanks to all my readers. I appreciate you taking time out […]
I’m wondering why I never noticed that before. How many animals do you think Noah took on the ark? Bet you said two of each. I would have before this morning. I usually read the New Testament, but have recently been delving into Genesis. I’ve made it through Genesis 9 and have learned several new […]
There’s a lot of that going on lately. At least, that’s what it looks like in my shower. A coworker brought gifts of mud soap back from his holiday in the middle east. I finally got up the nerve to bathe in my mud. I opened the package and looked at it for awhile, wondering what […]
That’s a question we hear a lot when we’re out shopping for groceries. Increasingly, the reply is, “Neither. I have my own cloth bags.” The groceries are hopping on the bandwagon with this and selling reusable bags. I do most of my shopping at Publix as it’s just a few blocks from my home. They […]
I just read a post over at LivingAlmostLarge about downgrading your lifestyle. Have you been thinking about doing this? It could be for a variety of reasons – becoming more frugal so that you can pay off that mountain of debt, becoming more aware of the impact your lifestyle has on the environment, nearing retirement, choosing […]