Three Days, Two Tanks of Gas

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Did you ever have one of those weekends just crammed full of activities?  For those with children, that’s probably a rhetorical question. On Friday, I headed out to Kutztown, PA to Renningers Antique Extravaganza–think acres of tents, tables, and fields, piled with all types of vintage treasures.  I scored some great stuff for my Etsy [...]

‘Cache’ Me If You Can

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A few years ago I read about Geocaching, an outdoor treasure hunt that goes on around the world.  The caches are hidden literally all around us and we need only log onto the website and create a free account to start the adventure. Over the weekend, I took my 5-year-old nephew hunting with me up [...]

Living with a Horror Junkie: The Ghoul, The Bad, and The Undead

This is what my nightmares are made of! The first four (l to r) are Ant's favorites. Thanks to Tlokireviews for this lovely collage.

I am married to a horror junkie.  Anthony loves scary movies, true crime novels and shows, ghost and haunting stories, eerie music, and haunted house rides at theme parks. While he grew up feasting on slasher flicks, Dracula’s Castle on the Wildwood boardwalk, and creepy Addams family cartoons, I was all Strawberry Shortcake dolls, Sweet [...]

Repurposing the Guest Room

My work in progress...I still need art, lighting, and window treatments.

For our first seven years in this house, one of the bedrooms was designated as a ‘guest bedroom’.  During those years, the room featured electric blue carpeting (came with the house), and a white wicker bedroom set with two twin beds.  We never had guests, and the room slowly morphed into a catch-all. In 2007, [...]

It’s In the Mail!

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Recently, I read about some fellow book bloggers taking up month-long (or longer) letter writing campaigns and was inspired to find my own pen pals.  I didn’t need to look much further than my own family! As a kid, I had a pen pal from another grammar school in our district and it was the [...]