February 2010

My New Favorite

February 20, 2010 me

Photo:: :: :: Lydia and Asa making pretzels. Bloggy Advice:: :: :: Blog Advertising as an Income Stream by Mandi at Organizing Your Way {this is actually a week long series. good stuff.} Olympic Post:: :: :: Potentiality from Leigh at Impress Your Kids Etsy Find That Makes Me Wonder if Etsy Should Be Choosier:: [...]

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Zing, Zang, Zoom! Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Cirucs Comes To Atlanta

February 19, 2010 review

Did you hear about the Ringling Brothers Circus zebra that took a walk down the streets of downtown Atlanta yesterday? No, that wasn’t a lead in to a joke. Apparently he escaped from the circus and the police had to chase him down! Wouldn’t you have loved to be the one who called that in? [...]

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American Girl Bistro & Storytime

February 18, 2010 parenting

Vanessa and I took the kids to story time at the American Girl Bistro & Store today. I’ll entertain you with some camera phone pictures from the event… We were served on “real” plates: caramel apple and goldfish. Swanky. We even got our own sparkly pink lemonade! The dolls our girls got to “babysit”. Yes, [...]

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Lost Season 6 Episode 4 The Substitute

February 17, 2010 lost recap

Usually, when I watch LOST I know I’m going to write a recap about it. I have a don’t-forget-about-that eye going in. Last night about 20 minutes in I said, “Oh, I just remembered, I’m going to recap this tomorrow.” I think it’s because I have NO IDEA what is going on in this final [...]

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Retro Photo: My Great Grandfather’s Handwriting

February 17, 2010 me

As I was looking through some pictures to scan today I found this letter from my Great-Grandfather to my Grandmother. The letter is not very interesting, it talks about his day, his Christmas and yes, even mentions me as a little baby. I could look at this all day: the stamp, the postmark, his handwriting, [...]

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Top Ten {Tuesday}: Audio Books

February 15, 2010 me

I know I’ve done a Top Ten Audio Books before but this list has a few differences because Lydia and I have discovered AUDIO PICTURE BOOKS! At our library, we have little plastic bags with a picture book AND the audio CD. It’s the type with a tone or sound that cues you to turn [...]

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Dreams, High School and Facebook

February 15, 2010 me

I had the craziest dream the other night. I was at a Disney Conference with my friend, Suzannah. Only it wasn’t really Suzannah, it was also my roommate from college. But she was really Suzannah, too. Anyway, as I was working the room (well, that’s what I was doing!) two guys at the back of [...]

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