Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: Time to Go

      We're outa here -- soon.

We need to be in Prescott, Arizona next Monday -- which means at least 2-3 days to get there. There's more sorting and packing to be done inside The Mama's house. Washing clothes (and donating extras from our wardrobes). Clearing out the freezers and refrigerator. 

     Work's ahead -- but we're looking at the end of our stay in Michigan. The hard part is saying 'so long for now' to people we have grown to love. Including our cousins, and the wonderful people at Casnovia's North Chester Baptist, our adopted church here. We will miss seeing them so often.

Cranes -- hundreds, thousands of them -- are headed to Lamar, CO's state park.

Patterns of Evidence -- a documentary series on the Jewish people's trip from Egypt back to the Promised Land. We just saw 'Exodus' and 'The Moses Controversy' -- and they were fascinating.

Jamie Curtis didn't hold her stomach in for this movie. Good for her!

   Tina Peters, a Colorado election official, gets arrested for messing with the election. (Yep folks, she's a Republican. Ouch.)

These stickers are showing up on gas pumps; Sluggy noticed this one. Only...it showed up MONTHS AGO, long before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. More about these here.

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I don't know about your neck of the woods, but diesel in Grand Rapids, MI is going for at least $5.39/gallon. That's up 80 cents/gallon more than it was two weeks ago.

A very funny speech to graduates, by the infamous Dave Barry.  

Creepy ideas...done well. Very well.

'Noble facts' about Have Gun, Will Travel.  (One of our favorite Westerns.)

My new favorite song, thanks to an Alexa commercial:  Boogie Nights, from 1976.

Ten weird facts about the 'cursed' crying-boy painting and its strange connection to fire.  Did you know its painter's house and studio burned down -- then he was killed in an auto accident?

Ten unsolved mysteries of the Covid 19 pandemic.   These are more than a bit unsettling.

The world's first pig heart transplant dies...months later. 

A New Jersey man finds a pearl in the clam he's eating -- it may be worth thousands.

Another funny 'webtoon' from the cartoonist who actually THINKS.  Seems especially fitting these past few weeks:

24 ways to vacation on a budget.  (From Making Sense of Cents)

Time to plant peas! 

The Carnival of Personal Finance -- an ongoing collection of financial helps.

The five-second rule for eating. In our house, it's more often the 30-second rule, but Ruby the dog (ever alert to dropsy) often makes that irrelevant.  (From Being Frugal)

'Money Diaries' from a Texan on disability -- the first one is here, and the extra is here. Once you read the courage and gutsy cheerfulness of this woman, you won't be griping about your own situation again. 

Planning on resigning your job? Here's an extremely helpful checklist.  (From Bitches Get Riches) They've also got a great post on how to start saving -- by saving small.

The Dollar Tree Meal Plan -- a budget based on this discount store...which is now $1.25, by the way.  (From the Budget Epicurean)

Hopefully spring is indeed on your doorstep. (Or, in the case of the Aussies, fall.) Have a good week.