Our Tribeca is nearly a year old and I wanted to give you an update. First, I have to say overall I love it but there are a few little things I wish I had known before I purchased it. Okay, so the third row seating is tight; to be fair, we never use it anyway. If [...]

I’ve been watching the commercials and they make this look so good, I just had to try it.  Of course I want the Dyson DC41 Animal but the one I want costs $599.00 and that’s a lot for a vacuum. The Shark Navigator Lift-Away sells for $179.99 – a little more than I wanted to pay - but I [...]

SOS Online Backup? You’ll be screaming “SOS”, all right. 15 months ago today I signed up for the SOS Online Backup “reseller” service. The price was fair

Charging you extra to pay your bills? First congress effectively causes banks to charge you a fee to have an account…

We did our homework and shopped around our local area. We checked online to see what was available, we compared prices and quality, until we finally found what we were looking for. We try to shop locally as often as we can, to support our locally owned businesses. It helps keep our money, in our community. We stopped in to shop…

Have you noticed that grocery shopping is getting to be more and more of a challenge and it seems to be taking longer and longer to get it done. For instance, have you been to the packaged meat section recently? I can’t believe how long it took us to select packaged lunch-meats, it was simply [...]

If you are out enjoying yourself, really enjoying yourself this weekend, consider yourself blessed. We didn’t even make it to the “holiday” part of the weekend before disaster struck and and shattered our dreams of spending the holiday with our family. [Read about it here.] Almost everyone I know is having a rough time this [...]

I must admit as I sit here writing that I’m heartbroken over officially being kicked out of Amazon.com’s affiliate program today. Governor Jerry Brown, in his infinite wisdom, has declared war, not only on Amazon.com but on mom and pop businesses as a whole. I’d like to know where Gov. Brown got his economics degree? [...]

I can’t prove it but I’d all but swear on a Bible that something is very fishy and downright wrong at the major financial company who is financing our new Subaru Tribeca. We were just charged a $15.00 late fee because our car payment didn’t go through our credit union account. Guess why? The last [...]

The March 11th earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan has California residents feeling more than a little vulnerable. I am willing to bet that more generators were sold this year than the last five years combined. I’m starting to have clients, friends and even family members sharing information on food storage and disaster preparation. It’s [...]

A beautiful spring day is perfect for mini golf, go carts and bumper boats, so we met up with friends at Boomers in Modesto, CA to let the kids play together for an afternoon. The first thing I noticed were the prices. Wow, I recall taking my son to a similar place in Sacramento (Scandia) [...]

So let me get this straight. My “overnight” order is being delayed up to a full week because they want me to fax a copy of my utility bill? As a victim of ID theft, this terrifies me.

Talk about frustrating. The Tribeca Navigation System has some very nifty features. It tracks your mileage, gas usage, provides a calculator and instantly displays your fuel consumption in real-time. It even helps you track oil changes and regular maintenance. I haven’t even discovered all the features yet. The Rearview Camera displays in the more than [...]

I would love to be able to write a totally unbiased review of our 2011 Subaru Tribeca, but who am I kidding? I’ve wanted to own a Tribeca since the first time I saw a Tribeca commercial over ten years ago. Our last vehicle was a 1999 Subaru Outback that has served us well and [...]