I’m a virtual farmer. Not really, but recently I’ve been spending a lot of time researching farms, farmer markets and various farm animals. And no, I’m not playing Farmville. This past week or so I’ve been busy with some fun design work. You see, a little over a year ago my brother, sister-in-law and their…
Are you considering adopting a cat? If so, June might be a great month to adopt a cat or kitten from the SPCA of Wake County. June is National Cat Adoption Month and Scotties Facial Tissues is sponsoring select cat and kitten adoptions at three rescue organizations along the east coast. Our local SPCA, SPCA…
You may be familiar with Joy Williams’ previous work with the four-time Grammy-winning folk-rock duo The Civil Wars. Since the bands haitus in 2012 Williams has been working on her first solo album, Venus (out June 29th). Venus is a beautiful honest look into the journey Joy has taken over the past two and a…
I’m watching from a distance as he jumps up and down with excitement awaiting his turn to dive. He’s completely focused on expressing his excitement, he doesn’t realize he’s disturbing the kids around him and he doesn’t hear the coach right away when she asks him to stop. On occasion I try to intervene and…
Joe’s work has a “health” incentive program. Basically, if you’re active and healthy you get money. One of the program options is to wear a “fitness band” to track your steps and reach a certain number of steps each month. Joe thought this would be the easiest option so he bought us the JAWBONE Up…
Today Jude finished his final math worksheet. Our first year of homeschooling has come to an end. As I look back over the past school year I realize that this was the best decision we’ve made for Jude. He has completely blown my ideas and expectations about homeschooling out of the water. Given the fact…
My boys love any type of vehicle including tractors. We were very excited to check out the new Casey & Friends book series centered around the iconic red CASE IH tractors and other farm equipment. There are four “Casey & Friends” books set to be released in 2015:A Year on the Farm with Casey &…
My boys love to dress up as their favorite characters and right now my boys are obsessed with super heroes, specifically the Avengers. In fact, we have an entire bin of just dress up outfits and about 80% of the costumes are super hero related. Thor was the final costume we needed to round out…
