Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I know I’m probably preaching to the choir, but…. have you guys seen the exorbitant taxes on cell phones lately?! It. Is. INSANE. For three piddling phones. I pay upwards of $35 per month is TAXES. I just found out about another tax I pay– a “school district tax.” The tax system in this country [...]

I’ve always loved WordPress, always. I liked it’s flexibility, the challenge of learning how it works, the themes available, everything. Oh sure, it was quite the leap from Blogger (I was a devoted Blogger fan, before the company sold out to the Big G), but I was curious about how WP worked and so I [...]

Remember the good old days when all you had to do was type 140 characters or less? Ah, simplicity. Social networking has become such a chore. I think the social networking gurus such as Facebook, Google+ and the others have gotten a bit too big for their britches. They seem to change things, create *new* [...]

I’ve been slowly distancing myself from this blog, in case you haven’t noticed. The title “Mrs. Mecomber’s Scrapbook” doesn’t really evoke images of technology, which is what this blog eventually became. I chose the name years ago, when it was hosted on Blogger way back in 2007! I started it up as a test blog, [...]

Was it really only 14 years ago?! When I purchased my home?! It took me several years of exhausting legwork and nagging local real estate agents to get my home. They dragged their feet, I tell you what. Well, sure, I was picky but STILL. I remember driving around all the surrounding towns, looking for [...]

Oh spare me those stories of how we used to WALK 20 miles to school when we were kids– and UPHILL BOTH TIMES, even! lol Here’s a cute video I found of some little kids pondering the enigmatic memorabilia of…. two decades ago! Very cute! Yes, those were the days….