The winner of Max Lucado’s book Max on Life is Cathy Strasser!Another Freebie on Friday!

Abstract thinking, glasses clinking, free admission, artist demos, tasty bites and live music combine for Gallery Night, Friday, August 26, 2011, 7-10 p.m.

Life is tough. I hear that all of the time. And sometimes it is. But most times it is not life that is so tough, it that we have become so weak. And why is that?  From what I observe, it is because most of us do not really like ourselves that much…

Thanks again to all participants, sponsors, and crowd at our 2nd Annual Cardboard Board Regatta! We had a total of 32 boats, about 1000 spectators and a whole lot of fun! Click to see the list of which teams won which prizes.

Things I’m digging this month:cooler temps
weekend getaways with my hubby Josh
celebrating our 1 year anniversary!
taking our cars in to the shop to get fixed (Just kidding, I’m hating this actually. It seems to be happening a lot this month and I don’…

Tonight was a great summer-fall transition evening – cool, breezy and pleasant. The fluffy clouds appeared, but the skies were bright and blue.Kaela started with some images of bridges and waterfalls near her home.  Here is a great early image:We …

As you can tell, I’m a fan of blogs. I have my core blogs that I read all the time and on occasion, I like to surf the blog world. That’s how I find new core blogs that I want to read. I really don’t remember how I found Helene’s blog as her world …

It’s been a funny week…

Good things and bad things but, as I’ve come to discover, it’s all about balance.
Honestly though, it could be much worse.

Left to my own devices, worse can be the case.

Really.

I did, indeed, take up The Dude on some smal…

One donor this week will win a new, loaded Toshiba Satellite notebook computer just for saving someone’s life.

The Crawford County Fair runs all this week; it will be followed by the Erie County Fair at Wattsburg and then the Spartansburg Fair. Some

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This weekend was wonderful, mostly relaxing and awesome celebrating with Josh our 1 year anniversary! Again, I can’t believe it’s been a year already!!

Breakfast on Friday – Overnight French Toast Casserole + real maple syrup! (recipe coming this week…

Three out of four ain’t bad. I made it to CE every night except Friday, when I got out of work too late and was just dang tired to deal with masses of people. 25 or 64 played while I woofed down a good burger from Sluggers on Thursday night. Their horn-powered salute to bands [...]

I’ve been neglecting my blogs recently, but if you want to see what I’ve been up to, check out my post at LifesSpices.Blogspot.com.
Have a great day!

Well, you can all see how I’ve been treating this “August Break” – as exactly that, a break. I haven’t even managed to post any pictures in recent days. But here is a bit of an update on what’s going on in my world. 1. Countdown to Vacation – It’s still a couple weeks away, [...]

Looks like several months of praying for a beautiful wedding day paid off, as the clouds and rain disappeared with beautiful sunshine through the Erie area on Sunday for Heather and Chad’s bayside ceremony and reception inside the beautiful Erie Yacht…

Saturday was a beautiful summer day in a beautiful area of Chautauqua County, NY. Chautauqua Suites in Mayville was the location chosen for the reception of Corie and Jason. The evening began with the cocktail hour, including butlered hors d’ oevres …

Happy Monday everyone!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  It was pretty busy around here.  My husband installed a fence along the front of our house this weekend.  It looks great!  It is the perfect backdrop for all of my …

The Miss Crawford County Fair Queen Pageant, now in its third year, crowned Kelly Thayer as it’s newest queen Sunday night at the grandstand stage at the Crawford County Fair. “Honestly, I thought I didn’t have it,” said Thayer, the newly crowned queen. “I had to do a double take when they called my name.” [...]

Dogs. ME. With dogs. For the records, I still have 10 fingers and toes!

My friend Lisa and her husband Chuck have three adult dogs and they just added two puppies to their family. Lisa had asked me if I wanted to come meet her puppies and for some…

Sooo… Derek has been up North fishing. I get a text the other day to call if I wanted to hear a crazy story. I did, so I did. After the “Readers Digest” version of the story he texted me a picture of picture on the LCD of his camera (I’ll draw …

AMERICAN COURAGE arrived in Erie this morning at 0230 and docked at the Mountfort Terminal to unload part of a cargo, before shifting over and finishing at the Old Ore Dock. COURAGE departed at 1000.

CALUMET arrived in Erie this afternoon at 1600, wit…

This past Wednesday, I contacted my friend Kevin about reviewing some movies for the Great Lakes Film Festival. He mentioned that he was going to Jones Pond Campground with the upstairs neighbors, Marty and Josh. Josh is the current Miss Erie, who performed in the Pride benefit last week, and who will be performing . . . → Read More: The OTHER drag performer Josh going to a gay campground this weekend

Below is the 2011 MYAA youth football game schedule. Aug. 27 at McKean Community Park MYAA Lions vs. MYAA Jaguars, noon Union City vs. McKean, 1:30 p.m. Wattsburg vs. Edinboro, 3 p.m. MYAA Crush vs. MYAA Eagles, 4:30 p.m. Sept. 3 at McDowell High School (Gus Anderson Field) MYAA Jaguars vs. MYAA Eagles, noon Edinboro [...]

Featured on GoErie.com’s Street ViewWellsville will be featured in Celebrate Erie’s Kid Zone again this year. Expect bigger and better! Wellsville and the gang (including yours truly) will be there Fri-Sat-Sun (August 18-20), 12noon-4pm! As usual all a…

Discount Web site Groupon is offering a limited-time only deal on Train tickets for the Tullio Arena show on Aug. 27. Fans can buy a ticket for $20 through midnight Sunday. The $20 ticket is for a reserved seat somewhere in sections 8 through 18. The regular price for tickets is $47.50 and $35. As [...]

AMERICAN COURAGE, with stone from Calcite, is expected in Erie at 0230 on Saturday morning.
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Ok, 360° photos have been around forever. I remember making a few way back in the way using QuickTime VR. You needed a fancy camera mount and lots of patience to use the software. Are they overused in higher ed? Not so much anymore, but there was a time where the 360&deg tour was a [...]

Now I’m willing to bet that I’m a pretty progressive person.  A progressive parent.  I guess.  I’m not sure what the benchmark of progression is or anything, but I’m pretty sure that I’m above it.But when I was reviewing Jacob’s summer r…

Pretty cool quick video of some footage of fabrics being made at a KnollTextiles mill!

Mark DeMoss’s book The LIttle Red Book of Wisdom was a pleasant surprise when it arrived from Thomas Nelson publishing’s Booksneeze program.DeMoss draws on his work experiences and his spiritual life to give us a book that is truly full …