I am very close to being caught up now – I think the only thing left is to run through the highlights of what the family has been doing over the past few months . . .   This was at the end of October – Emily wanted to do a 5K (walk, not run).  She and I...

For those of you who took the time to vote for Connie Williams’ grandpuppy last week – the results came in a few hours ago and “Baby” was a runaway winner – thanks! Meanwhile, an update on some of the pets in my household . . . This was Nala around the holidays,...

January was awful in Ohio – I don’t think even the snowbunnies like temperatures below zero, and we had them on eight different days during the month.  Thankfully, on two of them I was in Grapevine, Texas . . .   It was single digits when I left Dayton – and...

Before the Florida show in New Port Richey, I escaped Winter in Ohio for our annual visit to Lawrenceville, Georgia (just northeast of Atlanta).  But I took a lot of Ohio Winter with me – our white truck was coated with frozen gray road slop when I left, and even...

Saw a note on my Facebook feed last night from Connie Williams – it started with “Please vote for my son’s dog…”  Which immediately caught my attention, because I knew/know both. And many of you know Connie – the success of her Stampaway USA convention in...

Many of you know that our friend Kathy Krivitski (Seaside Stampin’ Ink) has had a lot of medical issues over the past few years.  I got an e-mail a couple of weeks ago from a lady who remembered the prayer warriors on this blog who have taken such good care of my...

I have not done a thing on this blog for more than two months.  It’s not that I haven’t had anything to share.  Quite the contrary – I have had lots of stories from work and family (and dog).  Something would happen and I just knew that it belonged...

I have promised a story about our first booth and our first convention experience ever since I started this blog almost nine years ago . . . but kept thinking I would find more of the pictures I took – keeping in mind that at this point I was still taking pictures...

I didn’t realize until yesterday that I neglected to put a note on this blog about our annual sale – and today is the last day!  So if you haven’t seen this yet, you have until I get up on Thursday morning and click all of the appropriate buttons to turn it off...

Tough choices every year – the locals get really creative when we have our annual “Make Your Own Coupon” Contest.  And the best part for me is that I am not one of the judges – I merely take pictures and report the results.  I also don’t know what the prizes...