1\. Call up your local PetSmart store and visit its adoption area. 2\. Make it to the adoption area at least two days before the adoption event. You can also register for events here: https://www.petstore.com/events/ 3\. Complete your adoption application. 4\. Call your local PetSm...
I was on the Local Host Committee of that conference last week, which meant a national stage for the day job. It was a great experience. I’m looking forward to other opportunities. Unfortunately, that experience was marred by drama in the non-profit side of my life. I was not part of...
For now I just have a few faux plants, also from the same stop at IKEA. The local nurseries should begin offering herb starts within the next few weeks, but until then the fake stuff provides a bit of greenery. Unfortunately I didn’t have enough to fill the large containers in the mi...
I got to learn a bit more about this local business and the woman who leads it. Plus I got to take home a beautiful arrangement of local blooms with a full belly, plus a yummy truffle that I saved to enjoy the next day. If you get a chance to enjoy the tour I highly recommend i...
I haven’t been having much luck on the local buy/sell pages or Craigslist so I was stunned when I happened upon a post for a wooden bench for $40 and NO ONE had claimed it yet. I immediately commented that I’d come get it that evening or could send the hubs that afternoon. ...
Thrifter’s Rock, located half-way between Wasilla and Palmer has been a favorite of mine for a while now. Run by a local church to support their missionaries, they have amazing sales and a pretty good rotating inventory. Just 10 minutes from our house, they are always a first choice ...
for Christmas – one for $40 at Target and another for $40 at Pier 1, plus I won a second $35 Target gift card in a local contest. So I have a bit of a reserve I can utilize if I just need to go browsing. The hubs and I also got a $100 gift card to Home Depot for ...
ones were set up to display a variety of alpine plants, which I thought was interesting given we have so many of those varieties just above our home on the mountain and they are a specialty garden item in the local nurseries for those who have the set up or right micro climate for ...