- Bargain books September 8, 2010It’s time for the cash registers to ring as college students buy their books. I found a website that I used a lot in finding textbooks for my stepdaughter’s classes. www.abebooks.com offers a great chance for price checks. I’ve also used to to find bargain basement prices on books that I’ve loved and lost or [...] […]Emily
- More back to school bucks July 25, 2010For anyone who hasn’t discovered it, Plato’s Closet is a great way to quickly clean out the teenager’s closet and pocket some cash. Located at 2220 Nicholasville Road in Lexington, it takes namebrand clothing and turns over the cash. The store is floor to ceiling with jeans, so your teenager probably will quickly spend any [...] […]Emily
- Nursing home costs and a book recommendation June 30, 2010I’ve been at the hospital a lot lately because my mom had a heart attack. She was on a ventilator and my vocabulary now includes words like exacerbate. I don’t even want to guess what the bill for the hospital stay will be. Even though we never wanted my mom to live in a nursing [...] […]Emily
- Hitting the (back) road June 20, 2010I just returned from a trip for a friend’s wedding in Louisiana. Some of you may know Liz Maples, who used to work as a reporter at The Advocate. My husband prefers the backroads, so with our trusty atlas aboard, we set out on the 900-mile journey. We wound up in Natchez, Miss., for the night [...] […]Emily
- Prizes to win June 3, 2010That cute green truck is coming to this area. Just got this email from Windstream about the Windstream Lifetime Tour coming to Somerset and Campbellsville. Here is the scoop: Windstream team will bring its iconic 1953 green pickup and a free barbeque to the Windstream Retail Store on North Main Street in Somerset 11 am. to [...] […]Emily
- Kicking wall May 29, 2010We joke that we have a drive-in movie theater in our front yard. My husband build an 8-foot tall by 24-foot wide wall for our son to kick soccer against. It’s painted white and we really need to test its usefulness as a screen. On the to-do list. But in the meantime, I spent a little while [...] […]Emily
- Coupon swap shop May 29, 2010I just wanted to give a heads up about a coupon swap event. Sharon Williams, who blogs about great ways to save money at www.reallifedeals.com is hosting this at 5:30 p.m. June 8 at The Advocate-Messenger. Bring coupons to swap even the expired ones to send to military families. She is a wealth of information about [...] […]Emily
- Strawberries coming out my ears May 13, 2010My little red hen self surfaced the other night as I was picking strawberries. Every leaf I pulled up revealed a ripe, red berry. “All this from 10 plants,” I thought as I went to grab another container. These Little Shop of Horror wannabes reached out shoot after shoot of vines. Their beauty was just [...] […]Emily
- The scoop on cheap ice cream April 26, 2010I just got a Facebook invite to 31-cent scoop night at Baskin Robbins. And to put a cherry on top, the Paul Childers band is playing. I’ve been wanting to hear this teenage musician from Lebanon for awhile. I understand he is an amazing guitarist and if you like Stevie Ray Vaughan, you’re in luck. The [...] […]Emily
- Adding to the moonlight April 23, 2010I live out in the country where it’s very dark. Rather than trip and stumble, I like to invest in a few solar-powered garden lights. When these handy lights first came out, I remember expecting to pay about $15 each. Last summer, I invested in some plain jane ones at Walmart that sold for about [...] […]Emily
Call in the pros
April 7th, 2010 | 
Author: OK, we had to call in a professional installer for our Skyway Internet service. Don’t ask me how it works. I’m on vacation. Even the professional, who had to be imported from Grayson and drive 2 1/2 hours, was bamfoozled. He said it was one of the hardest intallations he had encountered and that we would only have a moderate connection. He also said Skyway is not his favorite network.
As soon as his scampered on his way, I open our Web site and see where Broadband is coming to Forkland, the area of western Boyle County where I live. That just figures.
I mean, if I buy a Toyota, every car the company ever made gets recalled. If I go to the time and expense to try to improve my Internet service, the county decides to step in and offer it.
Oh well, as I posted in our Web site’s comment section, I am happy about Broadband coming, but I am not holding my breath.
I return home soon and it should be interesting to see what a moderate connection means.
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So tell us – how is the world of high speed out in the Forklands? Have you got to try it yet? I agree though – do not hold your breath on the high speed otherwise getting there anytime soon. In VA I was told it was coming in the next six months in the mountains (for four years).