You have until midnight tonight to enter the giveaway for delicious brownies and eye salve (not so delicious) shipped straight to you (unless you live near me and then I’ll just drive them over.)   Go here to enter. Good luck! By Hildie | Filed under Uncategorized Add a Comment… Read More

This week for Chocolate Awareness we’re going to check out this candy bar by Perla Chocolates called No.5 (a.k.a. Milk Chocolate with roasted almonds). Mister brought this one home for me from Whole Foods because he thought I’d like the wrapper and he was right on. Look how gorgeous it… Read More

–Don’t wash all your bras at the same time. They take a lot longer to dry than you think! (Didn’t I learn this back in middle school? Guess not.) Sorry everybody at SuperTarget for hanging free and loose! –Don’t be so picky about your bras because then you won’t have… Read More

Thoughtful + funny + chocolate = the way to my heart I came home the other night to find this message on my bed spelled out in my favorite candy, Peanut Butter M&Ms.*   What did Mister spend?  $3.50 What did Mister earn? More brownie points that he knows what… Read More

Yes, that’s right I’m finally giving something away! Mostly because I cannot for the life of me think of anything to write. So here is what’s up for grabs: Your very own panful of cream cheese brownies handmade by me. I make kick-A brownies, in case you didn’t know. I… Read More

All right, all you 72 hour kit people!  How did it go last week?  At this point your kits should be done!  Yahoo!  Bring on the earthquake/wildfire/tsunami!  Just kidding.  Hopefully you will live an uneventful life free of power-outages and contaminated water supplies. So if you’ve done your kit, let… Read More

Hey lurker from New Jersey!  Who are you and why do you live in such a funny-sounding town? Every time I see the name Hopatcong I start saying it in my mind and can’t stop for an hour or two.  Is it some sort of wacky Indian name?   By… Read More

About your assignment to go to the camping/army surplus store for your 72-hour-kits before Monday. C’mon you guys, it’ll be fun.  If you’ve already gotten your stuff (do you even remember what it is?  Refresh your memory here), let me know. Also, Suburban Correspondent has been particularly funny this week.… Read More