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Finding That Perfect Tree
Monday, November 30, 2009 10:52AM
Last year, we covered the simple pleasures of cutting your own Christmas tree. Well, once again, while many of you spent Black Friday subtly elbowing other members of a bargainthirsty holiday horde in a mall, outlet center or shopping plaza of your choice, my wife and I trekked out into a field in search of the perfect Christmas tree. Finding the tree and cutting it down was the easy part. Relatively speaking. Getting it into the stand? Not so much. Nothing that a few choice curses, a hack saw and a trip to our local Ace Hardware couldn't fix, though. Really, can't most problems be solved that way? I always buy my Christmas trees at McCurdy's in Dillsburg, but this year, I came across a very handy online resource called the Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Map. Full Article » -
Thoughts for the Holiday Shopping Season
Monday, November 10, 2008 10:57AM
This is the time of year when our family starts compiling wish lists to share, to ensure that we all get what we want for Christmas. Initially, I rejected this idea as completely missing the spirit of the season. I mean, if you don't know your family members well enough to buy them something appropriate (and be considerate enough to include a gift receipt just in case you are wrong), then why bother shopping for them at all? Let's all write each other checks and be done with it. After I got married, however, and admittedly didn't know the in-laws as well as my own family, I gave in. After all, I'm a list-maker who's happy to cross things off and feel a sense of accomplishment. Plus, the recipients seem to be happy (albeit, not surprised) with their loot.
Last year, we tightened the reins, after taking a guilt-ridden look around the living room at presents stacked five feet high, from wall to wall. We do not NEED all this stuff, and as much as I love to shop for my loved ones, it feels downright wrong to consume so much crap. I emailed all the family and set our limit at $50 per person. Everyone was agreeable and we're sticking to it again this year.
Multiply $50 times all those relatives and a few choice friends, and I'm still spending a nice chunk of change. So I got to thinking about where to spend my money (lists notwithstanding). With the "current economic conditions," it seems to me that WHERE we shop can really impact our region. Follow along with my rudimentary thinking and bring forth your commentary!
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Golfers’ Glee
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:34AM
Hi, Dori here with a golf anecdote for you avid links lovers out there. I hardly qualify as a golfer, but I have tried my hand at the game. When I was growing up here, my parents belonged to Blue Mountain Golf Club, so that's where I used to make my feeble attempts at playing. If I were not so competitive about it and, in the words of my husband, could just enjoy playing badly, I might still be taking my swings. But this course is not really a learner's course. It's on the side of a mountain, with narrow, unforgiving fairways, and should you miss the fairway, roughs that are really, really rough. Like copperhead snake rough.
Last weekend, my sister was bringing her new beau home to meet the family. It was decided that the boys could bond over golf, so my dad started calling around for a tee time. (The parents now play more than ever and have long since decided they would rather play many courses than belong to one.) Anyway, the old standby Dauphin Highlands was booked for an event on Saturday, so Dad called Felicita (formerly Blue Mountain) and found that rates were discounted the later you started so he could get the foursome on for $39 each at 1:00pm. This, he decided, was an acceptable price to play this course, considering new boy might not be (a) good at golf or (b) worth the investment. What can I say? This is my dad. Full Article » -
Central PA Outdoor Swimming Guide for Daytrippers
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 10:40AM
I don't know about you, but when it's hot and humid outside, I'm looking for water. Specifically, iced, cold drinking water by a nice, big swimming pool. Last year, we joined one of the community clubs, but with both my husband and me working, we hardly ever went. We decided not to fork over the cash for it this year. But, you see, my son is a fish out of water. He is never so happy as he is when he's wet (not the diaper-variety wet, but virtually any other kind of wet—hoses, sprinklers, baths, showers, pools, you name it).
So, last week, feeling like a bad mom for choosing to save $250 over his supreme happiness, I started conniving—whom I could impose upon who has a pool? My aunt and uncle—maybe. My friend three hours away in New Jersey—nah. The neighbor up the street who's friends with our friends—too desperate. Then it occurred to me that maybe some pools offer daily admission to non-members. I was on a mission. Lucky for you, I am generously sharing my findings below, and Justin has been kind enough to add all of these places as Spotobe locations.
We ended up checking out the pool at Little Buffalo last weekend and found it to be quite lovely with attentive lifeguards and very reasonable prices at the snack bar. This weekend...haven't decided yet. Have fun exploring your options! (Just in case you're wondering, I snapped this photo, so you won't find me in it, just the husband and my fish.) Full Article »
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