Published on Sunday, January 8, 2012 by Katherine While sitting on the shores of Crane Lake at Suffolk’s Lone Star Lakes, it is hard to believe the ocean’s salty water once covered the area.  The story is almost unbelievable. Thirty-five million years ago, a two-mile-wide asteroid plummeted to the earth.  Its impact caused a series of tsunamis that carried the ocean’s water to inland areas that were once dry...

Published on Monday, January 2, 2012 by Katherine Mine, hands down, came from my brother.  It was unique.  It was personal.  It was well thought out.  It was COOL. Imagine pulling one of these things at a time out of a box.  Above?  Catnip, lemon balm and chamomile for infusions.  I also got two tea dippers, one for me and one for my daughter.  But even better?  A HAND WRITTEN page explaining each.  The ...

Published on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 by Katherine Have you ever looked over one of your receipts and thought, “HUH?!” I sometimes wonder who creates receipt abbreviations.  Imagine the power.  You have the license to be creative in a format that most won’t read.  The world is your abbreviated oyster. The writer of this particular abbreviation now holds my utmost respect.  One can only guess what was happe...

Published on Sunday, December 18, 2011 by Katherine And a knife.  For real. I’m not sure how we got back in to fishing.  It’s probably due to my older son’s love for the sport.  Towards the end of the summer, we began to surf fish in Corolla, and it has done nothing but escalate from there. Would I begin a fishing spree in the spring though?  No, that is too easy.  Typical me, it all starts to happ...

Published on Saturday, December 10, 2011 by Katherine I got it.  I actually GOT IT!  I got a picture of the Reindeer Truck! For two weeks, I have seen this truck driving through our area.  But I’ve never been near enough to take a picture.  I see him ahead and he turns.  He closes in behind me and stops at a light.  Indeed, this mystery reindeer truck is harder to photograph than Big Foot! Until yesterday. Jus...

Published on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Katherine You have spent so much on your Itocuh, it only makes sense to give it the proper protection! ...

Published on Saturday, December 3, 2011 by Katherine It all started innocently enough.  I woke up and began my birthday by driving the kids to school and going to work.  After work, I got the kids back home and decided to do something completely crazy for myself on my special day.  I decided to go to the gym. Perhaps this is where I made my fatal mistake.  By leaving the house.  Or perhaps not.  Maybe it was my s...

Published on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 by Katherine I was the type that would never step on an ant.  I still won’t.  I rescue any critter that flies or crawls in to my house, and attempt to save neighborhood animals I find in need.  As a child, fishing with my parents always led to me whining, “Ohhhhhh… poor fishie!”  And rescue animals?  Let’s just say I can’t count them on two hands, much less four. ...

Published on Monday, November 21, 2011 by Katherine First of all, I miss everyone!  School, BAH.  I have no time at night to get things done, much less enjoy my favorite blogs.  I’m hoping this long weekend will let me indulge.  I can’t wait to see what you are writing about! Speaking of indulgence, I was blessed to have some beach time this weekend in nearly 70 degree weather.  HEAVEN.  While walking I fo...

Published on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 by Katherine For some, saying the F-Word means nothing more than saying, “Darn!” “Dang” or “Holy Cow!”  What the EFF!?  Holy EFF!  I’m EFFING hungry!  What they EFF are you DOING HERE!?  As a matter of fact, some of my very favorite bloggers use the word on a regular basis.  For them, it sounds perfectly normal.  In fact, a good smattering of the F-Word often ...

Published on Monday, November 7, 2011 by Katherine While packing up the car this weekend, I noticed a little feedback had been left on my back windshield regarding my parenting skills: Funny thing about feedback?  Sometimes the person giving it thinks twice and decides to soften the blow just a tiny bit.  This was apparently the case, as noted by the additions I later found on the glass: Indeed, I am so glad I...

Published on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 by Katherine Video fails.  How is it that people have a camera at the ready when something is about to go seriously wrong?  Crotch hits, trampoline falls and cats slamming in to walls.  What is the secret to shooting these so effortlessly? Now.  Imagine my anguish when I found myself behind a moving truck jammed with boxes, doors actively flying in the wind.  If only I had...