Lately it seems like the most expensive place to buy things is the corner drug store. They have the pharmacy, of course, but they also have different departments within the store with over the counter medications and toiletries, beauty supplies, toys, camera film, groceries, greeting cards and a limited selection of household goods, like paper [...]

Trying Tex Mex

June 27th, 2009

Some of the so-called Mexican restaurants in the area are not authentic Mexican restaurants but are Tex Mex. The people who are really from Mexico know the difference, but I don’t know how to tell. I think the Tex Mex is what they mean when the food is based on certain Mexican dishes but has [...]

Names

June 21st, 2009

Today I had a spam email about baby names and even though I deleted it and went to a different web site, I though the idea of finding out what my name means was interesting. So, from the site called BabyNames.com, this is what I found out about Mindy:
The meaning of the name Mindy is [...]

Snoozed Through the Tonys

June 8th, 2009

Did you watch the Tonys Awards show last night? I saw a part of it and then fell asleep. I was glad to see that the play “Billy Elliot” won a lot of the awards, but it seemed a little lopsided when there are so many deserving plays and actors this year. I can’t help [...]

Toss the Diet Drinks

June 6th, 2009

Do you know that drinking zero-calorie diet drinks increases your hunger and cravings? The increased hunger causes increased caloric intake. I read about it online.
If you are getting frustrated with a weight-loss plan but still drinking diet drinks – this might be why your plan is not working out like you thought it would. If [...]