Last Wednesday, Ginger Deaton did a make & take project in our classroom to show off the new Tim Holtz poinsettia die.  This was during the period where I was practically living at the store gathering orders from the Thanksgiving Weekend Sale.  About...

It has been two weeks since I last sat down to exercise my typing fingers.  It’s not that I didn’t have anything to say.  It’s more that I had more important things to do – namely filling your orders.  We got absolutely swamped with orders during our...

Last Friday and Saturday, we had our annual “Make Your Own Coupon” sale in our store – and we offered prizes for the best and/or most creative entries.  All of the entries were attached to a display board, so when the judges (and I was not one of them) made their...

Nala had her stitches removed yesterday, so the protective collar is no longer necessary.  And she is very happy.  So we felt it was only fair to share her joy with you – since we shared her pain last week.  I hope you all have a very Happy...

I hope you will share our new cat’s pain (literally and figuratively).  I shot this video with my cell phone on Monday, shortly after she started picking at her stitches and had to be fitted with a protective collar (the whining in the background is Zoe, who was...

When I looked at my e-mail on Saturday morning, I found one from Ginger Deaton reminding me that Sunday was Karen’s birthday.  That one has always been easy for me to remember since November 11 is also Veterans’ Day.  But the e-mail also informed me that...

I took a cute picture of Nala last night while Ryan was at work – texted it to him because I knew he would enjoy it, and I planned to use it on the blog today . . . Nala was spayed on Tuesday and is recovering nicely – and doesn’t seem terribly angry with me (I am the...

While I was doing “video practice” on Wednesday, Ginger Deaton told me about a Halloween card she had made.  Sounded interesting, so I told her to e-mail some pictures – even though it was going to be “after the fact” since Halloween had already passed.  And...

I spent the lunch hour today meeting with Pat Adams, Chris Mach and Lisa Nelson – all three teach classes at our store.  Gary had a idea recently and he wanted us to see if it is workable – when we have classes at the store, are you folks in the hinterlands...

It actually started with a phone call from Ryan on Wednesday evening.  I have received such calls before – he is a sucker for stray animals . . . “Dad?  What do you think about a new kitten?”  Apparently, a stray cat had made it’s way into Emily’s...