There used to be a little card and gift shop around the corner from my home. A friend of mine worked there on weekends. She loved to tell stories about working on the day before, or the day of, a holiday like Valentine's Day. The store would be packed with people--and ninety-nine percent of them Continue Reading
ArchivesFebruary, 2009
11FebA Little Something Sparkly
Hint, hint: Valentine's Day is coming up! My first-grader has been busily preparing for Valentine's Day for a full week already. One day last week he came home with a huge piece of pink paper in his schoolbag. As he opened it up to show off his creation, red glitter showered all over my feet Continue Reading
10FebAbolish Out-of-Season Candy Now!
My name is Barb, and I'm a candy-holic. I like most types of candy, except for those sour-patch things that my kids enjoy. Just thinking about them makes my cheeks pucker. I like my candy sweet. My all-time favorite candy bar is the Milky Way. I come by this addiction honestly; my grandmother used to Continue Reading
09FebMonday's Holidays!
We're back again with another edition of Weird Holiday Monday, 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 holidays like Presidents’ Day or Valentine’s Day. Everyone already knows about those. These are Continue Reading
06FebMaterial Girl
My daughter has a real talent for creating fake laundry. She looks at something, thinks about wearing it, and then leaves it on the floor for a while until she puts it in the hamper and I wash it. (I don't wash anything that isn't put in the hamper.) When I fold the clean laundry Continue Reading
05FebTrendy Fiction
I've mentioned before that I love to read. In fact, last year I read 97 books (yes, I counted!) But I don't judge a book based on its New York Times Bestseller List status. I'm always happy to get book recommendations from friends and relatives, and I follow up on those, looking for the books Continue Reading
04FebComputers in Schools--the Downside
My son's high school has a new program where each student rents a tablet PC and uses it during their high-school years to take notes, email assignments to teachers, and write papers. That's the idea, anyway. Because these PCs are automatically connected to the internet while in the school building, the students have found ways Continue Reading
03FebWrite This Way
One of my very favorite summer jobs was in a stationery store. This is before the big-box office supply stores came into existence, but we packed a good selection of inventory into a small shopping-center spot, attracting business customers as well as people shopping for school supplies or items for personal use. I think I Continue Reading
02FebMonday's Holidays!
Welcome to a new feature here at the Ultimate Coupons Blog: Monday's Holidays! 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. Now this list isn't going to include holidays like Presidents' Day or Valentine's Day. Everyone already Continue Reading