All posts by Nichole

Reading

On snacks and spooky stories

BlogHer Book Club @ Butterscotchsundae.comI wrote another review for the BlogHer Book Club, and it’s very ramblesome. The book in question: “A Discovery of Witches.” The snack in question: Cheetos. And yes, there’s a connection. Be it ever-so tenuous. Here’s a bit of it (the review, that is. Not the connection):

I found myself missing the really menacing monsters. And so I stopped reading about the supernatural again. No more monsters for me. (Always more Cheetos for me, sadly.)

Then Deborah Harkness starting hanging around my corner of the internet. And rather than pulling my collar up tightly and picking up my pace, I decided I could handle it. Just one book can’t hurt, right?

Click here to read the whole review. Here’s a spoiler: I liked the book a lot.

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17. PopFest

Gathering with 40 other people to celebrate Rockford’s grandfather. He’s turning 90 this year, and people came from far and wide to wish him a happy birthday. It was a fun weekend, and it was so wonderful to hear everyone’s stories about how much Pop has meant to them.

Scrapbooking

Scrapbooking on a deadline

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After a five-month hiatus, I finally started working on the 2009-2010 scrapbook again. I’m pretty close to finishing it. I’m hoping to wrap it up in time to use a Blurb.com coupon that expires in a few weeks.

Here are the last few layouts I’ve done.

An apple a day
Journaling: We went to our friendly local orchard to pick up a few apples for an apple pie. And we came home with a whole bushel! Pete enjoyed sampling the apples from their storage bins - although I don't think they're intended to function as a toddler buffet. Once we brought our haul home, we made caramel apple pies, apple butter and apple sauce.
Journaling: We went to our friendly local orchard to pick up a few apples for an apple pie. And we came home with a whole bushel! Pete enjoyed sampling the apples from their storage bins - although I don't think they're intended to function as a toddler buffet. Once we brought our haul home, we made caramel apple pies, apple butter and apple sauce.

Leaves
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Charleston
Journaling: Rockford had a meeting in Charleston SC, and he thought it would be fun if Nichole joined him. She agreed, so they packed the kids off to Grandma & Grandpa's and headed for the coast! They went straight to Mount Pleasant for a great dinner at The Wreck, and the next day Nichole and her camera wandered the city - and stopped for some carrot cake - while Rockford took care of business.
Journaling: Rockford had a meeting in Charleston SC, and he thought it would be fun if Nichole joined him. She agreed, so they packed the kids off to Grandma & Grandpa's and headed for the coast! They went straight to Mount Pleasant for a great dinner at The Wreck, and the next day Nichole and her camera wandered the city - and stopped for some carrot cake - while Rockford took care of business.

Trick or Treat
Journaling: Poppy decided pretty early in the year that she wanted to be The Man in the Yellow Hat for Halloween. Naturally, that meant that Pete had to be Curious George. We joined [small pal & her father] for a bit of trick-or-treating around their neighborhood.
Journaling: Poppy decided pretty early in the year that she wanted to be The Man in the Yellow Hat for Halloween. Naturally, that meant that Pete had to be Curious George. We joined (small pal & her father) for a bit of trick-or-treating around their neighborhood.