When I found out we were having a girl, I was very excited to get started on the nursery. I’m not your typical girly-girl, and I knew I didn’t want to deck out the nursery in over the top girly decor and pinks. I’m a jeans, tank, sandals kind of girl…..

I can’t wait.

I became a doggy mama in February.  During a visit to the Anna Shelter, she caught my eye.  She looked so sad and timid and I thought maybe I could make a difference in her life. She is a German Shepard/lab mix.  She is a beautiful tan c…

The last stop on our round the world tour was Istanbul, one of the coolest cities and best countries in the world.

Big changes at the Erie Times-News.

I’m ready to move to Phoenix. I’ll trade scorpions for snow right about now.

To initiate using critical thinking, consider these 10 general guidelines as they apply to your training. “These guidelines are particularly helpful for novice trainers.1. Thinking should be conducted by the staff not by you.2. Opportunities to think m…

Shanghai is an amazing city. It always reminds me of New York, even the look and the feel of it.

Hot diggety dog!

Longtime Gannon fan John Deluca gave me the heads up on this insightful article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer titled “College athletes turn to transfers in search of playing time.” Are they talking about Gannon? Nope. It turns out that leaving a progra…

My mom has been an avid quilter my whole life.  She has always tried to get my sisters and me to start, but I never felt I had the time… or the extra money to invest in a sewing machine and all the many tools and gadgets you need to get started….

My mother in law is the BEST!She hosted my baby shower, and it was absolutely wonderful. It was held at The Oakwood, aka McGarrey’s – my favorite restaurant here in Erie. I have a hard time with attention on me. I don’t like it. So, having this shower …

My older sister Eva came out the weekend of my shower – how sweet is that?!It was so nice to finally have someone from my family come visit me here in Erie. This May we will have been here for 3 years. Can you believe it? Because I can’t. It was awesom…

Things are starting to look up.  I just got hired at Victoria’s Secret.  As I mentioned in my previous post, this job is a great fit for me.  I love sales, working with customers, and I look thin in black-which is the required uniform fo…

Off for a 2 week business trip that will take us to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Istanbul to visit offices, customers and friends.

Gallery night is coming up on Friday!

Despite the snowy roads in western Pennsylvania, the second new ride for Waldameer’s North End arrived safe and on time this sunny morning. The teacup ride was unloaded and unpacked under the direction of Wendy Bear, whom the ride is named after. At th…

I’m not sure what is going with me these days, but I am discovering that I have turned into a passive-aggressive bitch from hell. Walking on my side of the sidewalk? Better change course, buster, or I will run you down. Standing 10 feet away from the counter and still believe you’re next in line? [...]

Remember this project from December 2009?  Then I was finally able to reveal what it was all about in August of 2010! And now I am excited to say my piece is featured in the current issue of Bound and Lettered.

If you love art, lettering and han…

I’m always looking for ways to include blueberries into recipes so when this yummy gem came into me email from Vegetarian Times I just had to give it a try. And I am so glad I did. Yummy, yummy, yummy says it all for me.

First you beat the brown…

I almost fell off my chair when the Atlantic Region field was announced just now for the men’s Division II tournament. Check out the bracket:1 West Liberty8 Slippery Rock4 Shaw5 Winston Salem State3 Bowie State6 Mansfield2 IUP7 West Va. WesleyanNotice …

Meet Phoebe… and Inky is still available, too.

Friday Randy and I had our sonogram Friday morning to determine the gender of our baby.  Our doctor’s appointments have always been on time and this appointment, of course, was 45 minutes late.  Go figure!  Saturday afternoon we inv…

Judging from my increasing waistline, I have decided to start exercising.  The problem with that is two-fold.  First I am on a very limited budget.  Not having a regular income coming in, I hesitate to commit myself to a year long gym me…

A longtime Gannon fan made me aware today of an article in the Youngstown Vindicator that isn’t exactly complimentary of Jerry Slocum, the Youngstown State basketball program, and the school in general. The headline is “Like it or not, Slocum will retu…

In many eyes they might not rank in importance with food banks, health clinics and other nonprofits, but symphony orchestras (many free standing nonprofits, others are quasi private/public partnerships) have been hemorrhaging money for decades as audie…

Centralized e-waste and household hazardous waste collections are building on the success of 2009 program.

Announcing our first-ever Intro to Photoshop class. Designed for the hobbyist photographer, taught by photographers, this class will, in five short weeks, introduce you to the wonders of Photoshop. Transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, the mun…

Fingers crossed the big rains miss us this weekend.

As the snow slowly melts, a time and day are set for the arrival of the second ride in Waldameer’s new North End, Wendy’s Tea Party.Wendy’s Tea Party will have a spot to be placed once it arrives!With the tea cups traveling down the highway, planning i…