Julia Has Been Busy Cooking Again

My friend and fellow blogger, Julia Sculthorpe, from https://retirementrvdream.com/ is a FABULOUS chef! She loves to cook all kinds of delicious, … Julia Has Been Busy Cooking Again

Bakewell Slices Made At Home

Bakewell slices or Bakewell tarts are very popular all throughout the UK. They were named after the Derbyshire town of Bakewell. The tart is a … Bakewell Slices Made At Home Jeanne was kind enough to bring this delicious tart to my dinner party.

Measurements for Hitching the RV

February 28, 2021 Bruce watched a Changing Lane video about hitching up a 5th wheel, which made him want to measure the truck and the hitch. He did several measurements and wrote them down. He can make sure the hitch is the right height. Bruce also did some percussive maintenance on the back of the […]

The Great Conjunction

December 22, 2020 Bruce and I were excited about the great conjunction. We lucked out, the sky was clear, so we could see Jupiter and Saturn appear so close together. The day before, it had been cloudy, so we weren’t sure we would be able to see it. Bruce got out his two telescopes and […]

Colorado Gives Day Success!

December 9, 2020 Yesterday, Colorado residents gave to the nonprofits they support. They raised a record $50,050,610 for local nonprofits! Last year, Colorado Gives Day raised a record of $39.6 million. From the press release fun facts: More than 225,440 donations were made to 2,828 organizations. Amounts ranged from $5 – $200,000. 23,214 donations were […]

Colorado Gives Day Is Here!

December 8, 2020 I am always excited when Colorado Gives Day arrives! All the money I have set aside per paycheck now goes to the five charities that I support. I give to Alzheimer’s Association, Friends of Foothills Animal Shelter, Rocky Mountain Public Media, Jefferson County Library Foundation and Angels with Paws as these mean […]

Nox’s Playmate

November 22, 2020 After having a lazy morning hanging out with Nox, checking post, catching up on email and comments, it warmed up enough to go outside and do some raking. Nox happily followed me outside. While I set up the bag for raking by inserting a stiff bit to plastic into the bag to […]

Promote Your Blog Here; Blog Party #4! — MadeByBernadine

Hello everybody! I recently got back into blogging so I thought what better way to promote this blog and help others than a blog party? Here are the rules: 1. Choose any one of your favorite blog posts from your own blog, all kinds of posts are welcome. (Anything inappropriate will be removed). You can […] […]

Fraud Trends

October 21, 2020 In my day job, I work as a Software Solutions Architect at a bank. I’d like to share with everyone an email that our fraud department sent to customers. I am going to change the bank name to bank and I am going to make other parts generic, but other than that, […]

ABA’s Education Campaign

October 5, 2020 In my day job, I am a Solutions Architect * who works at a bank. Since fraud is on the rise, I thought I would share information about the American Bankers Association (ABA) campaign to raise awareness of phishing scams as part of the national Cybersecurity Awareness month. The campaign is under […]