Here it is the end of September and once again it's time for PJ's photo challenge. This month's prompt was Road Trip. And, I went exactly one place this month outside of my normal routine so the decision was easy. A high school friend of Entrepreneur from California took a "road trip" to Missouri (by … Continue reading September Photo Challenge: Road Trip
Respected women, part 2
On September 15th, I wrote a post about my maternal grandmother and how I respected her efforts in raising a family during the Great Depression. On the other side of Missouri, there was another woman who was doing the same thing. She is my paternal grandmother and lived outside of St. Louis in the Wentzville … Continue reading Respected women, part 2
Respected women, part 1
Life is hard now. Inflation is nowhere under control, supply chains are still messed up and with the current financial and political situation in our country, people are struggling on all fronts. According to Bloomberg.com, 20 million Americans cannot pay their utility bills and the amount they owe has doubled since before the pandemic. That's … Continue reading Respected women, part 1
There’s a (deleted) app for that
Six months ago, Entrepreneur signed me up for our auto insurance's safe driver app. The carrot was if I "proved" I was a safe driver, there would be a discount on our renewal premium in September. I was less than thrilled but agreed to try it for six months. Notice, HE didn't offer to put … Continue reading There’s a (deleted) app for that
August photo challenge: Pooch
PJ's photo prompt for August was Pooch. Given that he recently added a fur baby to his family, this makes sense so I imagine there will be a lot of pooch pup photos this month. I wanted to try and come up with at least one non-pooch pup idea and it took a little thinking … Continue reading August photo challenge: Pooch
Peripheral Perceptions 