Pay it forward – the polite, catch-term came to life a few years back in Hollywood. It involves taking a gesture or kind deed you receive from someone and giving (paying it forward) it to someone else.

Over the next couple of weeks, students throughout the Yakima Valley will all be back in school. It’ll be an exciting time for students who are looking to the future, and a time full of regret for the loss of summer as well.

Life on the Satus is going well. Things are finding their place to call home, boxes are being emptied or being gone through before going into the storage unit.

Hot summer nights in the Yakima Valley can lead to crazy and amazing sights. Last week, I experienced two pretty bizarre sights.

Been hearing a lot lately about “financial literacy” but I got an email recently that confused me a bit.

The best day I have had in a long time was this past Saturday.  A very rare, complete day off.

I’ve got a great garden this year.  Every year I keep promising myself that this is the year, this time I won’t kill it, this time I’ll be sure to actually plant one . . . and so far everything looks good.

It took awhile to get here, but here we are in the early part of July, and we’ve finally been hit with the summer’s first serious heat wave. Temperatures across the Yakima Valley hit the 100-degree mark over this past weekend.

I hate upgrades. They ought to have a different name. Upgrade suggests an improvement, and that is hardly ever the case. Maybe downgrades. Offgrades. Ingrades. Backgrades. Nongrades.

We are still working on the last part of our move. It’s the little things that take the most time. The cleanup of the town house is moving right along. Because we are still sleeping there, it’s hard to figure out what to take to mom’s and what we may still use. I am taking a few more kitchen items my retired chef can’t live without, but mostly just our stuff from the bedroom.