Archive for May, 2012

May 06, 2012

Garage sale day….

It was cold at 7AM Saturday as we set up and the wind off the lake was miserable.  Fortunately the rain held off.  Holiday Park Resort hosts several garage sales through the summer and does extensive advertising which brings in a good number of lookers as well as buyers!!  Perfect opportunity for us to lighten […]

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May 05, 2012

People….

…knock, knock!! Colin who’s there……oh umm do we know them…..I remember…. that couple from Ramona, California.  They live in Kamloops and spent last night here in Holiday Park.  They had no problems crossing into Canada but oh why oh why is it so cold!  Sorry folks….perhaps even a touch of frost tonight. When they realized […]

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May 04, 2012

What type are you?

Are you a saver or a bottom line spender? When I buy something on sale I like to say ” I saved so much on this item and now we are ahead so many dollars?” Colin prefers to say “that cost us so many dollars….bottom line”. For instance with the sale of the house I […]

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May 03, 2012

True Confessions…..

…when we first moved to Kelowna we sold a ton of stuff….I mean a ton.  There are two items that we regretted. The first is our beautiful Italian heron statue that was a deal breaker…the fellow would only pay us the thousands we were asking for our 4 poster solid oak bedroom set if we […]

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May 02, 2012

Minimum wage???

What is the minimum wage where you live?  I am curious what that wage is, whether you live in the US, Mexico, Europe or Canada.  It will be different in each Province and State….. Do you think that the minimum wage where you live is fair? Here is a news article re the minimum wage […]

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