There is a local group working to help those suffering from mental illness. That includes everything from something as common as depression to things which aren’t so common such as schizophrenia. If you or someone you care about is battling mental illness, NAMI can help. This group works with families and communities to make a [...]
I can’t believe all the response I’m getting from the hummingbirds. It’s great! Our meteorologist Erin Kienzle is trying to attract them to her house… and I bought two feeders for my house and just hung them up yesterday. So far…. nothing. I have no idea how my mom got so many at her house. [...]
Thanks so much for all of you suggestions on attracting hummingbirds. Our meteorologist Erin Kienzle and I were talking about how to get them to come to Erin’s new feeder. Erin is promising me pictures soon…. in the meantime here’s one of your how-to emails which we really appreciate. The above picture I at my [...]
Remember the lemonade stand my kids and their friends, Hannah and Meghan, held during our neighborhood yard sale?
The kids worked so hard and decided (without prompting from the moms) to donate the money to a charity that helps needy children their age. Project Bundle Up was the perfect choice.
This is Melissa Fereday [...]
Thanks for all of your advice on the hummingbirds. I’m going to send them to Erin and she’s promising to give me some pictures of her set-up. I am also going to post some of your suggestions when I get a chance to copy and paste them.
I’m also sending Wendy your well [...]
First let me say, I have passed along all of your emails to Wendy on the birth of her twin boys… and her coming back to work to hold off on her leave until the babies come home. Everyone is healthy and I’ll keep you posted!
Now, here are the hummingbird pictures I snapped from my [...]
If you’re wondering… you weren’t seeing things. Wendy is back already…. at least for a couple of weeks.
I go on vacation for a week… and in that time she gives birth to twins and beats me back to work! : )
She gave birth [...]
I’m back from vacation.
We had a wonderful time with family. My parents spoil my children… but I can’t complain because they spoil me, too.
I took a lot of pictures and will share some of them (I’ll try not to be too boring). There was the big surprise all-yellow birthday for my daughter…. My Dad’s 70th [...]
We ordered this during my vacation. It’s from Edible Arrangements. We invited the whole family over and dug in.
I first saw this when one of the fruit arrangements was delivered to the newsroom for some reason. Isn’t it beautiful? The fruit is perfect, too.
The chocolate covered [...]
She was due in mid-August, but of course it had to happen the very first time I went out of town all year.
Wendy had two precious baby boys at the beginning of my vacation. I am glad to hear everyone is doing well and I can’t wait to meet them when I get [...]
If you’re into stars… here’s something you may love.
A local company can replicate the night sky from any day and any location to create your own Star Story. You can send in your special day and location…. and the company called Starologie will use crystals to form a snapshot of the sky at [...]
Do you remember the t.v. show Home Improvement? Our graphics artist guy reminds me of the neighbor whose face was always hidden behind a fence.
You can call him Weebs. He’s very talented!
I took this picture to give him props for all the cool photoshopping he did for my blogs with those Penguins pictures.
I should [...]
Here is the latest email from Shane the soldier. Looks like he appreciates all of your emails which I’ve been forwarding to him…. so please send along any thoughts. You can send him an email through me by using the box on the right. Looks like we’ve turned Shane into a Pens fan!
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It seems not everyone thinks I did the right thing by catching a raccoon. I got this email response from a Wildlife Refuge.
”Your raccoon story is of great concern to us as many times a mother raccoon is removed and/or killed and 6 or 7 babies ALSO die because their mother has been taken away. The [...]
Yep. This is a little side-show we had going on with our lemonade stand Saturday morning.
For those of you who’ve been reading my blog for a while, you remember all the trouble I had with these little evil critters. They tear into my garbage and drag my trash all through the neighborhood. I’ve taken pictures [...]
