It’s a good time to be a Back to the Future fan. Not only is the movie celebrating the 30th anniversary of original theatrical release (on July 3, 1985!), 2015 IS the future! In Part II, they travel to October 21, 2015.

Which means, so like, you’re not kidding me! We are in the future.


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You may have heard about the new craze: adult coloring and adult coloring books! I have to say that when I was a child, I LOVED to color. So I was very excited to see more complex and detailed books being published and targeted towards grownups.

Back in March, I ordered Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Coloring Book and had to wait nearly a month ( Read more... )

With the Tampa Bay Lightning playing game one of the Stanely Cup Finals tomorrow night here on home ice in Tampa, it reminds me of the last time they made it this far: the 2004 Stanely Cup Finals. I was fortunate enough to go to one of the games (Game 5) to see a Finals game in person.


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…indoors, in a wind tunnel for my birthday that is!
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I was so excited last November when I heard Sarah McLachlan was coming back to the Tampa Bay Area - after nearly a decade absence! Even better, she was going to perform at Ruth Eckerd Hall. A wonderful, acoustically beautiful theater that seats just under 2,200 people. The last time I saw her was at the then-named Ice Palace (currently the Amelie ( Read more... )

My Nanny - my Mom’s Mother; my maternal grandmother - passed away this morning. She was 98. She had been suffering from dementia for years though so we’ve mourned her in spirit for a long time, today we mourn her in body as well.

Nanny was a widower. My grandfather was killed in a car accident when my mom was only 9 and she never remarried. Nanny ( Read more... )

I don’t run a lot of sales, coupon codes or discount codes very often. But in honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m making a limited-time exception!


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About once a week I head up to my Mom’s to help her with cleaning such as the vacuuming and mopping. She’s disabled and it’s hard for her and really wears her out. Since I work for myself I’ve got the time to help and I like going up and seeing her too.

Yesterday I went up for our planned cleaning day but when I got there she really wasn’t feeling ( Read more... )

Two things I’ve been slacking about by the end of 2013 were updating my blog and not only taking, but editing and sharing some of my photography.

Photography is a real passion of mine and I haven’t really been giving it a lot of time in general. Even when I DO take photos, rarely do I get around to reviewing or sharing them. Which is like half the ( Read more... )

2013 went out with a whoosh as it flew past me and my intentions of posting more frequently in the blog. The second half of November and all of December became unbelievably busy and there was simply no free time available for updating, despite the fact I really did intend to many times. So here’s a bit of a recap!
Shopapalooza 2013


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