In observance of Memorial Day, and also because I need to take a mental health day, this blog will be (maybe, unless I change my mind, which I’ve been known to do sometimes, okay, I’ve been known to change my mind quite frequently) closed until Tuesday. Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend everyone, but don’t forget [...]

If you’re planning to relocate to, say, East Meadow, NY, and you’re in the market for a house, there is a two-story ranch-style house available that the real estate listing refers to as a “handyman’s special”. “Handyman’s special”  probably being the code word for ” The Money Pit”. However, what they aren’t advertising is the [...]

Have you ever wondered why your fingers get all wrinkled after they have been in water for a long period of time?  This condition is often referred to as water aging, or pruney fingers, not to be confused with the term bony fingers which is what you get from working your fingers to the bone — or [...]

These are some  photos of my flowers that my daughter Shannon gave me for Mother’s Day.  As you can tell from the photos, I don’t know squat about photo editing. However I did kind of like the way the different effects turned out.  I think the Sepia is my favorite look. This is the unedited [...]

In March of this year, I joined a blogging site called NaBloPoMo, and since that time I have written a post every day. The purpose of joining the site is to inspire bloggers to post to their blogs on a more regular basis. NaBloPoMo stands for National Blog Post Month. When you sign up there, [...]

My good friend Marvin from over at The Old Silly’s Free Spirit Blog sent an email on Saturday telling me that he couldn’t get his comment to post to my blog.  Now I’m wondering if any of the rest of  you have had the same  problem.  Marvin sent his comment to me via email and informed me that my comments dohickey wasn’t [...]

Welcome once again to the Sunday Kids’ Korner here at MMW.  I hope you enjoy the story this week.  Today’s story is titled: Whistle While You Wait Nine-year-old Amy Parker cupped her tongue against her teeth and blew sharply between the gap in her lips. An ear-piercing whistle echoed through the campground. Twelve-year-old Missy jumped three [...]

I’m really excited today! I’ve been given another award, this time from Argentum Vulgaris (AV) over at his blog titled Life Is Just Like That. Thanks so much for giving me this award, AV. You must have known that I didn’t have a clue as to what topic I was going to write about today. [...]

Beware of griping on Facebook; it’s two-faced Be careful what you write about on social networking sites, otherwise it can come back and bite you in the butt later, the same way it did to a A North Carolina waitress who posted a gripe on her Facebook page. It seems she received only a $5.00 [...]

A few years ago, I lost my most beloved little friend. He was a Pekingese named Gizzy. He was my shadow, my constant companion for many years. Gizzy was a lot more than just a pet. He was like my baby. He was just a little bitty thing when I got him and he never [...]