Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving! Today is only the second time in 32 years that John and I have spent Thanksgiving by ourselves. The first was in 1995. He had moved to Richmond earlier that month and I came to spend the holiday weekend with him (it was supposed to be a house-hunting trip but no one was [...]

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Where I have been

I know that I haven’t been posting much of late, the reason being that I’ve been sick for 5 weeks. It started innocently enough with a tickle in my throat, then progressed to a pretty nasty cough that didn’t want to go away. I don’t get sick very often; all of the over-the-counter medicines I [...]

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What a nice idea

One of my vendors, Mediaspace Solutions, sent me a box last week:

While we get a lot of goodies around here at the holidays, this food was not meant for me. Mediaspace asked that I give it to my local food bank, which I did. I dropped it off at Central Virginia Food Bank on my [...]

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There’s an app for that

I just downloaded the WordPress 2 iPhone app and I’m testing it as I wait for my food to arrive.
Somehow I’m supposed to be able to add photos. I’ve got one selected, but I don’t see how to get it into this post.
Oh well, I don’t think I’ll use this method much. It’s better suited [...]

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A Big Big Big Announcement!

We’re going to be first-time grandparents!
And we couldn’t be more thrilled (until the baby comes, that is)!
Kevin and Erin set up a video chat on our computers with us and his parents. As soon as I saw Pat and Tommy, I knew something was up. This will be #3 for them and as they have [...]

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Another one

And while I’m at it, here’s another Walmart spot we did this season. The song was written by the same guy (Dave Muhlenfeld, one of our copywriters) who does the freecreditreport.com jingles.

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Watch this

You may be aware that I work for an ad agency, one that produces national work, I know you’ve seen our stuff.
Here is just one example of why I am so proud of who we are, what we do (well, not me directly) and why I brag on us so much.

You [...]

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Mountain getaway

John and I are on staycation this week and we started it out with a weekend trip to the mountains with our friends Larry and Laurel:

We drove to a small town on the Virginia side of the West Virginia state line. This is the main drag:

We stayed at a house owned by a family at [...]

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Happy Halloween!

Can you believe this is the first pumpkin I’ve ever carved? John always “helped” the kids (ie they got to watch him do it) and my dad probably did ours when we were young. I’m willing to bet my mother has never carved a pumpkin, unless she did it before I knew her.

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Someone else is having a giveaway

Pumpkin Patch Primitives Quilt Shoppe is giving away a fat quarter bundle of Red Rooster’s Pumpkins and Spice fabrics.
Check it out! And please, post a link on your blog to be entered.

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