Dreadful Penny

Is it worth the time to shop sales and use coupons? Trent over at The Simple Dollar mentions that he’s often met with scorn when he posts specific frugality tips — “I’m not wasting my time to save $2!” — and when Cathy of Chief Family Officer wrote a guest post about the Drugstore Game […]

I am. Or at least, I was. This is Kid Dreadful’s last week of school; he’ll be spending part of the summer elsewhere and when he’s home, we’ll drive each other nuts if we’re stuck here and bored all day. So, I’ve been thinking of seizing the opportunity to earn money toward […]

Hasek expected to retire at 11 am press conference . Please? Pretty pretty please?
I don’t mean to be down on a Red Wings player and Hasek was an excellent goalie most of the time he was in Buffalo, but he left under lousy circumstances. He had a few bad games and started whining […]

It was over 90 degrees as we made our way back to the car after the Friday parade. We spent more than 3.5 hours out in that heat — my husband wearing a long-sleeved polyester Yzerman jersey, no less — surrounded by over a million other fans. Is it any surprise that I […]

It was hot, it was crowded, and it was terrific! We settled in our folding chairs near the corner of Woodward and John R before 9:00 am. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of the street to appreciate the female flasher in an apartment above, but we had a great view of […]

Years ago, I decided to live to be 120. Let’s ignore the fact that I was severely obese and on three medications for high blood pressure at the time, mmm-kay? And that I’ve only had one grandparent make it past 90. And that my parents are rather unhealthy in their 60s. […]

It got tense at the end, but woo! Our neighborhood erupted with cheers and fireworks as time ran out and the Red Wings took the championship.
Congrats to Henrik Zetterberg, winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy. And yay! There’ll be a Newfoundlander on the Cup from now on. Congrats, Danny. An […]

Wow, CNN is particularly late to the party on this. They’re just reporting now on Salary.com’s annual silly announcement (released near Mother’s Day) that the appropriate salary for a housewife would be X. This year, X = $117,000.
I don’t have a job. That is, I do not have an employer who pays me […]

Holy Himalayan handmaidens, what a game. We finally shut off the lights and tried to get some sleep around 1:15 this morning, but my dreams were full of hockey.
Bottom line from my point of view: you can only serve up bullshit penalties to the Red Wings for so long before the Penguins find a […]

We saw them on Friday night at the Royal Oak Music Theatre and they were awesome.
I’ve been a KITH fan from way back; I used to watch their show on CBC while I was in college and later on HBO. I’m kooky for absurdist humor (Flight of the Conchords, anyone?), and growing up near […]