Anyone that knows me, knows how I feel about dogs. I don’t have anything against them personally, but seeing one usually causes me to fly into a panic attack. This is not something I can control.Last week my world was full of dogs.First at work of al…

Catch some sun and a ton of fun under the bright orange tent this weekend at Discover Presque Isle (July 29-31, 2011). This event is worth checking out. There is so much to do and see!For an event schedule, click here.

Timing. It’s key in any relationship. Good timing allows us to, perhaps, be in the right place at the right time to meet that special person. Timing. Again, key when determining when it’s the right time to get engaged to that special person, and eventu…

 The other day I was starting to feel as if my work did not belong in the art group I belong to where I live. Most of the members are focused on the abstract, and work large. I mentioned this to my husband and as my biggest supporter he made me …

Wylder Davis Ackley7/20/2011*All those pictures were done by the company in the hospital. His hair looks red in them (just like Rivers hair was when he was born) but Wylder’s hair is actually brown. I think its just how they edited them.We’re home from…

In a new burst of African homophobia, a government minister in Ghana has drawn support after calling on the country’s intelligence services to track down and arrest all gays and lesbians.Does such brazen evil foreshadow the “Christian” nation that many…

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites in existence today. Practically everyone is on Facebook. Your friends, co-workers, even your parents have an account! With over 600 million users, Facebook is now a force to reckon with.
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Hello everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  My weekend was filled with birthday parties for little ones.  I also had a birthday party last weekend and now I am officially “Caked Out!”  They were a lot of fun, but as you well…

Things have been, well crazy here but, I had the opportunity to head up to Montana for the week of July 4th.  Water has been incredibly high due to massive amounts of snow and almost all the rivers in Northwestern Montana were more than blown out so&#…

And, back to the real world where people are good.Speaking of good people, let’s talk about my friends Ruth and Jeff from New York! They have been my friends for more years than I want to admit. I don’t think I’m old enough to have friends for that l…

7 years ago I married my best friendIn front of our bestest friends:It’s been an amazing 7 years….A lot has happened.Honeymooned in Mexico.Lived in a pretty great apartment for a few years.Moved to Erie, PA from Murrieta, CA.Bought a house.Had a baby…

With Harborcreek’s 11-year-old Little League team still alive at the Section 1 tournament, Wesleyville Mayor’s Cup tournament director Tom Roberts announced changes to this year’s schedule:   ATTENTION:   CHANGES FOR THE MAYOR’S CUP. HARBORCREEK 11 HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT THE SECTION TOURNAMENT AND HAS TO PULL OUT. THAT MEANS THAT ERIE WILL PLAY FLAG [...]

Should Venango County worry about the Right Wing Hate Group in its midst: the American Family Association of Pennsylvania?Norway Attacks Put Spotlight on Rise of Right-Wing Sentiment in Europefrom The New York Times:BERLIN — The attacks in Oslo on Fr…

A gentlewoman from the South would have rated Thursday night “a bit wahm”. Though we didn’t have any fans to bat our faces with, we did have a mission: to capture some great lakeside and sports images for Tyler, and to face the 90+ degrees with dignity…

from The New York Times:OSLO — The Norwegian police on Saturday charged a 32-year-old man, whom they identified as a Christian fundamentalist with right-wing connections, over the bombing of a government center here and a shooting attack on a nearby …

I’ve been keeping a big-fat secret.Let me explain…So back in February 2011 (only 5 months ago!) I met with a friend who had gone through the same type of adoption (adoption through the foster care system) to glean some insight. At the …

Amid the crises of the last month, accomplishments have also been made.  I’ve finished the third volume in  the Clan Elves series, and copies are circulating among a few lucky readers for comments. I’ve received an offer for my science fiction novel TRIAD, a story of three women on the edge of space who are enemies, [...]

Actually it’s been hotter than Satan’s taint.I don’t know where I found that line, but I love it, and have been using it where ever possible. It has been oppressively hot in this part of the world as well. Certainly it has had an effect on many peoples…

Hey there, how’s your day going?Its been a busy week, but I’m finally able to post some pics from Waterford Heritage Days. The event was a major success! I drew around 120 people and had a lot of great feedback. I especially enjoyed pushing some of the…

Gyms provide people with all the equipment they need to get in shape, not to mention a place to hide from dangerous knives and pies.

I was born in the mid-70s, grew up in the 80s.  We all thought we’d be astronauts.  We all thought we’d be able to go to space whenever we wanted some day. I was up yesterday when the space shuttle landed. It was hot. I couldn’t sleep. I want…

Amazing, the weather in May was cold with historic rainfall amounts. Now, it is a near drought situation and searing heat. Wish there was a

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Last week my parents, Shane, and I took the pups with us to the Beach 1 Concert Series @ Presque Isle!It was a beautiful night!We kept our distance because we weren’t really sure if dogs were allowed there or not. We thought it was busy when we went la…

Hello Friends!  Happy Friday to you all!  Just wanted to share with you an elegant card.  The stamp I used was from an Anna Griffin stamp set my mother purchased a couple of years ago.  I don’t know what the name of the set was so I…

July 9, 2011, my Mommy & I did our 2nd annual QUAD 12 Mile Bike Ride on the beautiful country roads of Edinboro! We were lucky and got to start in the morning before it got too hot outside! Mom got to start 4 minutes before I did, and it took me ab…

This article highlights many of the same tactics used by the Venango County-based Hate Group, the American Family Association of Pennsylvania, to demonize, marginalize and exclude lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. from Holy Bullies:The big…

During July 20th Senate DOMA hearings, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) destroyed Focus on the Family’s Tom Minnery’s argument that children are better off with opposite-sex parents by demonstrating how Minnery misrepresented an HHS study. The study — whic…

Last Monday, July 11, my husband and I welcomed our sweet little girl into the world.  Gianna Mary-Lynne was born at 5:27 p.m., 5 pounds 7 ounces and 18.5 inches long.She was born early.  We had our 36 week sonogram which revealed that s…

Finally you say! Yes I’m done with Letters to Chloe Series. Finished number 4 last week and they are all framed and waiting to be hung in a show opening the end of July. The NPAA Bienniel Exhibit opens July 28th.

For this last piece in this series I…

Perfect love…it’s something we all strive for, even at a young age. You know you’ve met your soul mate when you can recall the first time you met, and knew at that exact moment, they were ‘the one.’ For Karen and Joe, they pinpoint their first meetin…