I love winning stuff, and I was overjoyed when I clicked on the Tollipop blog last week and saw that I had won one of Kirsten’s great prints. The detail is just wonderful on her work, and I love the colors: It’s a great print and I can’t wait to hang it in our apartment. [...]
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Handy Switch = Fire Hazard
Posted in Home and Garden, Tom, tagged recall on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you remember seeing those infomercials for the “Handy Switch”? It’s a remote-control lightswitch that allows you to turn on any device that plugs into the wall outlet. There’s no lightswitch in our bedroom so we bought one to turn the lights on when you enter the room at night. It worked great and was [...]
Strawberry Picking!
Posted in Boston, Cooking and Baking, Home and Garden, Tom, tagged farm, strawberry on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend Kara and I went strawberry picking at Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon, MA. Saturday morning was about the only warm and sunny part of the weekend so we really lucked out. It cost $6 for each basket, which holds about 2.25 pounds, and we filled them both after about 30-40 minutes of picking.