I hope that everyone has enjoyed their holiday season so far, I know it’s a slight relief now that the majority of the hustle and bustle is over with. Although for those of us with kids we know the real relaxation begins when they’re back in school! My oldest son started Kindergarten this year – [...]
Last weekend we went out and got our Christmas tree at the Farmers Basket in Stroudsburg which is located directly to the left of Ritas Water Ice(which is closed for the season). Every year since I moved to the Poconos I have gotten my tree from there, initially simply because it was close to where [...]
In today’s world scandal and gossip seems to travel faster then the speed of light, and good news, well that can be hard to get a hold of sometimes.
Yesterday I received a check in the mail for $420 from my bank, it was an overage from them calculating my taxes because the Homestead Tax Relief Act had kicked in. Simply put, I finally got my “casino discount”. If your taxes are not escrowed in(mine are), or are already calculated with this discount(mine were not) then instead of a refund you would just not be paying that money up front. So next year, I will just pay that much less in taxes and might even get a greater discount depending on how the casino does.
So the question is, did you get a break this year? Are you eligible? And why is no one talking about this?!
The Giant in Bartonsville opened about a month ago and I have stopped by twice to check the place out. Many of the supermarkets in the Stroudsburg-ish area are older, smaller and have narrow isles. The new Giant has large isles, a wide selection of food(I picked up some tasty healthy frozen soups that I [...]
Monday was Columbus Day so we left work a little bit early to head out to do some pumpkin and apple picking. The problem is I really couldn’t find anywhere that had both available. PUMPKIN PICKING When “pumpkin picking” you really need to be sure that you read the fine print so that if you’re [...]
