Yep, it's 2012

And it has been for a whole month already!

I can't believe a whole month of the new year has already passed.  

Last year I jumped  on the new year like a crazy lady, I've decided this year that I would just sneak up on it.

This is how my work space looks right now.  Actually that's only part of it but I assure you the rest of it looks the same.  I'm working on getting my shop stocked back up after taking a long break from stitching over the holidays (and most of January).

See the skinny little newspaper in the top right corner of the photo?  That's our tiny local paper and on the cover of the last edition was a photo of a bunch of people sledding.  The city closes this one steep street in town every time we get a good amount of snow for "safety reasons" but really it's just so we can all go sledding.  Anyhoo, my husband, son and I are in the group, my son thought it was really cool that we were on the front page. 

I hope you are all having a great beginning to 2012!

Gnome Missing!!!

Was it theft, or maybe he just decided to do some world traveling?

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Did you lose an Emu?

There is always at least one thing in our local weekly paper that makes me giggle.

Please Don't Flip Children The Bird

Small town life can be entertaining, depending on the small town of course. We have lived in a variety of places, large cities, small cities, and now a small town.
My husband was corrected by one of the 3 ladies that work at the town hall building when he referred to where we live as a small a city...no it's a town.

There is a newspaper here that comes out once a week on Wednesdays, It's a lot of fluff, but usually an entertaining read. The police blotter is always fun.

This week on the front page was an article about the White Trash Food Festival and Cooking Contest at a local market+ .There is a large photo of the three food judges, including local author Tom Robbins, doing shots of whiskey...apparently bribes from some of the contestants. The whole thing is meant to be tongue in cheek, but a prime example of the weirdness here.


An oldie but a goodie is a letter to the editor that was in the paper last year.


It obviously is different from the kind of entertainment you find in a big city, but certainly has it's own appeal.