We had an incredible time at Busch Gardens on Monday. My tip if you want to visit an amusement park is to go before most schools are out. We were able to ride with no wait, except for the first car on a ride. I lost count of how many times we rode each of…
I love dresses and am so glad that they are back in style. For a long time it was hard to find a dress as skirts were more popular. My favorite source for inexpensive but stylish dresses is Dress Barn. There’s not one where I live, but I make sure to shop at the one in…
Last Saturday my friend invited me over to pick strawberries in his garden. His garden is huge and is all organically grown. I picked two plastic Kroger bags full of berries and used them to make jam. I haven’t been too domestic lately and it felt good to spend a few hours in the kitchen. …
I celebrated my 42nd birthday on Thursday. It just so happened that Thursday was frog dissection day at school. After 20 years, frog dissection is not so gross to me. How about that bag of frogs? When work was over, the birthday fun began when Mr. SP and I headed to the lake for the…
The retirement party that I hosted last Thursday was a success. After nearly a week of on and off rain, we were lucky to have blue skies with big puffy clouds for the party with not a drop of rain in sight. I raced home after school to get everything prepped before my guests arrived. …
This weekend we made a long trip to Baltimore to buy a new toy for Mr SP. The trip was an easy drive until we encountered the DC and Baltimore Friday evening traffic. I wouldn’t fight that kind of traffic on a day to day basis for anything. Blah! We finally made it to our…
I noticed today that my neighbor had three boxes at the end of his driveway with a note saying “Help Yourself.” I couldn’t get over there fast enough to see what treasures might be in the boxes. Each box was full of old bottles, many of them old liquor bottles. I don’t need any bottles. …
Another Friday is here! Hip-Hip-Hurray! I hope that everyone has taken time to do some exercise this week. With the Blogger glitches last week, you may have missed my “Week Nine” post featuring a great calf stretching device. If you missed it, you can read it here. This week I’m sharing one of my very favorite core exercises. …
Today is day ten in the count down until school ends. Nine more days until I am free to do as I please. One thing that I’m really looking forward to is having more time to read. I made a trip to Sam’s the other day to buy supplies for the retirement party that I’m…
My friend is in the process of selling her mom’s home and asked me to help her take some things to the dump yesterday. There were some treasures in her dump pile that made it home with me. My favorite is this old tea cart. I think it would be great to use for parties…
Are you good at planning parties? Do you enjoy the process? I like planning a party but the ones I have are nothing like some I see on blogs. While I would love to make all sorts of cute decorations to go with a theme, I know that I won’t be able to accomplish that,…
Last weekend Mama and I were in an antique shop in Staunton when I spied something that made my heart pitter patter just a bit – a Christmas themed punch sets from the 1950’s for only $10.00! The cups say “Egg Nog” on one side and “Jingle Bells” on the other. This makes my third…