Let me start this entry by stating that I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO "Pump Your Blood," the uber-cheesy (and educational!) song from Happy Days that Potsie came up with to help study for a test on the circulatory system. It's kind of the MOST ADDICTIVE thing ever, I hadn't heard it in years, and then I stumbled across an mp3 of it. I also found the ( Read more... )

Just got back from camping - it was a great weekend, even though the weather wasn't the nicest. It was nice having so much of the family all in one place, even though there were a few missing (I'm starting to realize that now that most of the cousins are all grown-up, spread out, and living their own lives, it's going to be increasingly difficult ( Read more... )

All this talk about the wonder that is Hussey's General Store somehow led to me stumbling upon a wonderful blog entitled, Only in Maine. It pretty much rocks my shorts... This great picture was on the sidebar, proving that if you want to travel the world, all you really have to do is come to Maine (because we have this thing for naming our small ( Read more... )

Just got back from Atlantic City this afternoon - it was a great mini-vacation, relaxing and fun at the same time. I came away with an extra $35 than when I arrived, so I suppose that's a good thing. I won $50 during my first minute of ever sitting down at a slot machine at this Press-Your-Luck themed one... I HAD to go to that one first, since the ( Read more... )

Beautiful day today!! Going out to dinner tonight at my FAVORITE RESTAURANT EVER, this place called Freedom Cafe that has the most incredible southern style food. It's the kind of meal that is worth getting pumped up for days in advance. Yesssss ( Read more... )

Spent the morning writing thank-you notes for grad gifts, and playing another game of Pop Culture Trivial Pursuit (apparently the fact that it is crazy-difficult didn't turn us off). There happened to be THREE L&S-related questions that came up, which is actually kind of strange given the very broad scope of the game (maybe because it takes us TWO ( Read more... )