But I’m having a lot of fun!
My trip to the mountains was good. The conference went well and I had time in the afternoons to head over to Biltmore Estate in Asheville. B-e-a-utiful! I took lots of pictures, but I’ve got this little craft fair thing coming up in six weeks, so I’ve been dedicating [...]
Archive for September, 2008
I might end up with carpal tunnel…
Posted in Artsy, Flickr, Holidays, NC, Travel, fun, photoshop, tagged After, Before, biltmore estate, photoshop, textures on September 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Talk Like a Swashbuckler Tide
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged pirate on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today`s Talk Like a Swashbuckler Tide. Since I first mentioned this tide last voyage an’ th’ “swashbuckler” word, I`ve had 2,500 unique visits t’ me blog from swabbies searchin’ fer swashbucklers. Swashbucklers ben good t’ me. I be good t’ swashbucklers.
Did ye know that th’ WMD be a swashbuckler before he be th’ WMD? He [...]
A Conversation with the WMD
Posted in Family, Rambling, WMD, food on September 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Me: Lunch is ready.
WMD: Smells great. (Looks at his plate.) Um, what is it?
Me: Eggplant Parmesan.
WMD: Really. Where’s the eggplant?
Me: Those breaded circle looking thingys.
WMD: Oo-kay.
Me: It was in season at the produce stand. I’m experimenting with cooking new things. I’m trying to broaden our palate. Expand our minds.
WMD: Hrrmmm…
Me: Pretend it’s chicken.
A little while [...]
On Neutrality and Fraud
Posted in Rambling, tagged batman, date night, mushrooms, neutral feet, night out, ricola, switerland, the dark night, worlde on September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, I didn’t get to make the dolls or learn about HTML this weekend and I played around very little on Photoshop. But I did learn about PayPal fraud and how to launch an investigation when someone breaks into your account. And I learned that the hard way. But, after spending three hours dealing with [...]
Hanna’s Here
Posted in Home Sweet Home, NC, Rambling, tagged cottage, drought, fire, hanna, Home, html, learn, North Carolina, rain, storm, trees, tropical storm, water, weather, wind on September 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So Hanna’s just showed up at the door. As you can see, it’s a good thing we don’t live in Wilmington anymore. Although, I don’t think it’s really going to be that bad for them. Not this time around.
We’re just starting to get some rain. It will pick up tonight along with the wind. Apparently, [...]
A Hypothetical for You
Posted in Budget, Family, Home Sweet Home, Rambling, WMD, tagged broken, death, ghost, Home, home ownership, husband, hypothetical, lawnmower, lazy, marriage, mistakes, yardwork on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, um, hypothetically speaking, what would you do if the lawnmower spewed what appeared to be oil from what appeared to be the carburetor shortly before emitting what appeared to be blue smoke with a definite strong odor?
a) Immediately turn the lawnmower off and wait for your husband to get home from work so that [...]


