Halloween, Peter Pan, and Love Me Some Asheville

Halloween Went up to Shelby to hang out with my folks. I LOVE that they’re close enough now for us to just run up for a day or two whenever we want! Although I thought maybe they’d get less candy doing a trunk or treat than they would visiting a hundred houses. WRONG! Them folks [...]

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Bill Cosby and The Great Valley

Before you read this post you must, if you have not already heard it, go here and listen to Bill Cosby tell about chocolate cake for breakfast. I listened to this tonight with Andy and the kidlets. It was the first time I’d listened to any of Cosby’s material on parenting since becoming a parent, and [...]

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Indie Craft Parade and Girly Treasures

love the way little girls gather random items, put them in some sort of container and then carry it around everywhere they go. No less than five times in as many minutes, the box is opened and each of the various treasures within are laid out for admiration and inspection.  A miniature Tinker Bell figurine;  [...]

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Most Awesome Ikea Find

Okay, so don’t call me a hypocrite for going off on consumer America and then shopping at IKEA (aka. Stuff Mart).  I’m trying to AVOID moaning about things and not doing anything about it, so when I saw this little piece of wonderful (for only $9.99!) I just HAD to buy it.  Take that Waste [...]

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