Nearly everyone agrees that money doesn't buy as much as it used to, no matter where you want to spend it. This is certainly true of the paper money that passes so quickly through one's hands. Inflation ( 通货膨胀 ) eats away at its buying power just as the steady appetite of wave...
and every major hotel was full. We managed to find a place to stay in the end, but we had to pay far more than we had budgeted, and ever since then, we have always booked ahead when visiting Singapore.
With only her archery skills to sustain her, Robin resigns herself to a life of exile. But she is not the only fugitive hiding in Sherwood Forest. When the other outlaws begin robbing from the local poor after a cruel winter, Robin knows she has to find a way to make it stop. After ...
Just move the crate further away every couple of nights. To the bedroom door, but still inside the room. Then outside the bedroom door, to the top of stairs, etc. until they are eventually where you want them to sleep. If you’re still considering which crate(s) to buy, we...
People who assume everybody has kids may think you have buckets of money and endless freedom to live as perpetual children. That’s so not true. Kids or not, we are adults with adult responsibilities. Do you find yourself justifying, defending, explaining, often to folks who don’t get it...
Elms may also harboraphidswhich produce “honeydew,” nearly painting my white house a sticky black.European elm scalealso contributes to the annoying honeydew and can debilitate a tree. Another pest, which chews holes through elm leaves, giving them a lacy look, is theelm leaf beetle. My ...
It's kind of an eerie thing when a 'landmark' of sorts that you've seen a hundred times and expect to see again is suddenly gone.
I feel much more relaxed about the whole puppy business. We’re falling into a routine. I feed them breakfast, take them out, stash them in the laundry room while I shower and have my breakfast, then we all dash down the hall to my office, where they munch their rawhide chews and fa...
Brian Walker chews pens.He bites them so hard that his boss has warned him to stop or buy his own.Katie’s weakness is more acceptable—she is unable to walk past a cake shop without overeating.Sophia Cartier finds her cigarette habit a headache,while Alice’s thumb-sucking drives her boy...