A Few Tidbits on My Blog E-Mails, and a Few Others

   I'm sure you all have seen how horrible the posts arrive in your mailbox.  When they are written, they are formatted for the actual blog.  Then, somehow when they drift through email land, they arrive looking a bit stretched out and unruly.

    I don't know that there is anything I can do about that, if there is let me know.  I'm really sure that if I made it look nice for the email, then it would look horrible on the blog. 

    One item to note, the post arriving in your email has no advertising, no blog buttons, or links.
I haven't added any new links lately, I will as I do more blog posts, or if I come across something that I think is great. 

     We are still trying to figure out where to start on this damage to our house.  All the specifics will drive us nuts first though.  Buy a new tub while the bathroom is empty, or keep the old tub.  Putting in a tub is not easy work.  Especially when they weigh a ton. Plus, if we do put in a tub, then we will have to tile the wall around it.  You know how that goes, one job creates a million more. 

   I did find a way to organize my clothes.  13 gallon kitchen trash bags.  All the clothes from my closet fit into five of those.  I do have a dresser for my foldable clothes, and a tiny little bureau for underclothes and other things like that.  I think I could probably thin it down a bit more but I don't really want to get rid of good clothing.  I don't want to be spending money on anything new either.  My goal is to make some of my clothing, and I've got a lot of ideas.  I admit, I did get a shirt from the thrift store a couple weeks back.  I wasn't even looking at the clothing, barely anyway.  As my daughter walked up to pay for her purchases, the shirt was just right there in front of us.  We both noticed it, the size was right, and besides, she was paying.  I mean, $2.99 for a shirt isn't too bad.  Better than Macy's clearance racks.

   So, don't forget to check out your local thrift stores.  If you sew then it opens up an entire new area to look through for repurposing your clothing.  We found designer jeans with the most expensive pair at $20.  Considering that they are well over $100 new it was a good deal.  A brand new Goodwill Store not too far away just opened and hopefully it will come in handy. 

   Happy deal hunting this weekend, or beach bumming, or honey dooing. 

Many of our armed forces will be deploying in the next few weeks so I'd like to wish them well.