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 … [Read more...]
5 Great Winter Activities in the Poconos
The Poconos has a bunch of things to do whether you live here or vacation here. The Winter months especially offer a large variety of things to do.Here is my Top 5 list of of Winter things to do in the Poconos.Some of these are really obvious, and others are not so obvious, but all of them are a ton of fun! 1. Skiing/ Snowboarding This is probably the most obvious and a … [Read more...]
Oh Dear, we hit a Deer
A few weeks back we were on our way home from a trip up to the Scranton/Carbondale area when we hit a deer. Fortunately no one was hurt, except the deer, but we were all were pretty shook up from it and it reminded me just how unpredictable deer, and life, can be. We were on our way home, it was turning dusk but still plenty light out to see, and there it was, standing at … [Read more...]
Giant in Bartonsville Open
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 haven't seen at other local supermarkets), and is overall just more … [Read more...]
New Blog Theme
I thought with the changing seasons that I should take the time to update the theme - it is not one that I personally designed but rather a free one I grabbed from here: http://freebiesdock.com/freemium-wordpress-theme/ The banner is a picture that I took today December 5th, 2009 from my backyard. I love it when the snow is wet enough that it sticks to the trees! It makes … [Read more...]