nightbeat last night husband and i went to nightbeat with the in-laws, jon’s cousin lee, and jon’s aunt and uncle erv & deb. it’s the annual performance and competition of drum and bugle corps from all over the country. jon’s cousin dana plays trumpet and has been touring with the carolina crown for 2 summers…

once upon a time…. m asked how husband and i met. and you know, i don’t think i’ve ever written about that in this blog. so here we go: about 5 years ago 5 of my friends and i decided to go on a cruise. amy, landon, marc, kevin, jackie, & me. at the time…

let the festivities begin! saturday husband’s parents came over for some window fixin and steak grillin. jon’s dad helped him replace the window pane he smashed. then we went to the grocery store for some steaks, corn, cucumbers & baked beans for dinner. we stopped by the fresh market so i could pick out a…

back in the cone nelson’s back in the cone again. he has this scrape on his arm that he keeps messing with, so friday we had to get a new collar for him to wear again. this one has a “pleather” comfort neck. swanky.

prezzies!! didja notice i’m ad free now? guess what? peppermint tina had blogger remove my ad as a present to me! how sweet is that?? thank you p. tina!

blogger meet up i went to lunch today with natalie ! yep, we finally met in person. in case you don’t know natalie let me tell you where she came from. i’ve been reading jenny’s blog for a while. she works for kodak where natalie used to work. jenny had natalie’s blog linked on hers.…

new feature! swiped this from peppermint tina: cool new guestmap. it’s so cute! go sign it!

****warning! following story and related pictures are NOT for the squeamish*** …and i wasn’t even drunk is what husband said after an unfortunate accident the other night. he was trying to fix the sash of our window. little background: old house, double hung windows, top sash in office hanging down a little. so he was…

coming soon… greta suggested that i post recipes somewhere on my blog. so i’m going to do that here. come back and see what’s cooking!

and here i thought i had good taste in music i own 10 of the albums on the list of the top 100 albums you should remove from your collection immediately. and i used to own 3 or 4 others before selling them back to those cd stores that buy used cds. i guess being…