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Kristinemery

Spring is season for sneezin’

Is it just me or is the spring allergy season starting early and intensely this year? Our warmer than normal winter gives pollen plenty of opportunity to pillage our senses this spring and last week was probably the worst case of spring allergy symptoms I’ve ever had. I’ve read that warm ...

My coffee pot is going to pot

I’m having issues – rather, my coffee pot is having issues. I broke the glass carafe one day while hurrying to rinse it out before making coffee to drink in the car en route to work. I bought what was labeled a “universal replacement carafe” that allegedly fit our coffee maker. It ...

Am I shopping like Goldilocks?

I really need to stop watching HGTV. It gives me way too many ideas and prompts me to be overly ambitious when it comes to home projects. I can’t resist, though, and channel my inner Joanna Gaines from “Fixer Upper” every chance I get. The most recent incident found me once again ...

From the 60s to frigid and back again

Christmas Day’s high of 60 degrees in Pittsburgh put us in the record books with the sixth warmest Christmas for Pittsburgh since records started being kept back in 1871. And 2021 ranks eighth with a high of 58 degrees. The warmest was 67 degrees, set back in 1895. Last year is on track ...

Are you keeping your resolutions?

We’re more than halfway through January and it finally feels like winter with Arctic air firmly in place all week. That’s not boding well for my workout goals since the cold air causes me to just want to curl up under a blanket rather than do any type of exercise … well, other than ...

What a way to start the new year

Everything was going so well. I hadn't been sick the entire year with anything, fortunately. I managed to get Christmas Day off from work and spent a wonderful day with my family. I had to work the rest of the week, but my husband didn't and opted for a fun, last-minute trip to the West ...