Posts Tagged Joanne

Anatomy of an oh-so-good splurge in fragile times

Meet Jim Breitinger, Alison Hinson and Joanne Cleaver. Their lives are different but they've got one thing in common as they navigate the fragile economy: an oh-so-good splurge. (NOTE: The fridge, OK; doggie day care? Wtf? But that's just me.)

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Many people still have no power (The Beaver County Times)

Joanne Weber lost power at her home in Independence Township early Saturday and was still waiting for it to be restored Tuesday afternoon. After losing power around 1 a.m. Saturday, Weber, 57, of 463 Service Creek Road, used a kerosene heater to fight the cold.

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9-WEEK CHECK IN

We’re in the single digits now, ladies and gentlemen. I managed to finish a few more holiday items last week, despite a million other things going on. (Including a bake sale, for which I made a few of these cupcakes. Ya, they were a hit.) I finished cookie dough! oh yes. I also made too many trips to Michael’s and Joanne’s and was very creative about arranging the trips so I could use Joanne’s coupons at Michael’s and the Michael’s coupons from the register at Joanne’s. Exhausting, I know.

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