ArchivesFebruary, 2009

Tonight my younger son's Cub Scout pack will hold its annual Pinewood Derby.  Even if you're not involved in Scouting, you've probably heard of this event.  Cub Scouts (boys between the ages of 6 and 11) receive a car kit:  a block of wood, four nails and four wheels.  The wood has slits for the Continue Reading

One nice thing about traveling is the luxury of accommodations that are different from home.  Who can resist a large, comfortable bed with a thick duvet, tons of pillows and a signature hotel bathrobe?  It's so relaxing to walk into a spotless hotel room.  Nothing is out of place.  The bed is perfectly made--and you Continue Reading

Last weekend we visited Providence to watch a basketball game.  Notre Dame was playing Providence College in their only meeting this season.  Neither team has had a stellar season, but that really didn't matter to me.  It was a Notre Dame game, and that's my school--my team.  My team did not disappoint.  Taking the lead Continue Reading

Once again it’s time for Weird Holiday Monday.  Monday doesn't have to be a bad day.  Here at Ultimate Coupons we devote every Monday to bringing you some of the best of the holidays for the coming days, week, or month.  This list isn’t going to include famous holidays like Presidents’ Day or Groundhog Day.  Continue Reading

Small electronic gadgets have really changed the way my family travels. This weekend we're headed to New England to visit my uncle and to see a Notre Dame basketball game.  You can't get tickets to games when ND plays in my area, but it was no big deal to get these.  It's about a 5-hour Continue Reading

My senior year in high school, I worked in a bakery after school and on weekends.  That had to be the most fabulous job ever.  I've always loved breads, cookies, donuts and other baked goods, so what better place for me to work than a bakery where we were permitted to eat "whatever" we wanted Continue Reading

I taught myself to play guitar when I was a sophomore in high school, so I'm happy that my kids have started showing an interest in learning to play instruments as well.  In addition to my acoustic-electric guitar, we have one electric guitar, one acoustic guitar, one banjo and one "starter" guitar in the house.  Continue Reading

I have a very vivid memory of the day my daughter, about age 10 at the time, came downstairs announcing rather sadly, "James Bob died."  I asked who James Bob was. "He's the bug that was living in my light. I was trying to keep him alive by not turning the light on." (And all Continue Reading

Once again it's time for Weird Holiday Monday.  Here at Ultimate Coupons we're working to end that bad association with Mondays by bringing you some of the best of the holidays for the coming days, week, or month.  This list isn’t going to include famous holidays like Presidents’ Day or Groundhog Day.  Everyone already knows Continue Reading

It's Friday the 13th!  So is today a lucky day? Stevie Wonder sang about days like this in his song "Superstition":  Very superstitious, writings on the wall, Very superstitious, ladders 'bout to fall, Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past. So whether you're Continue Reading