they aren't even trying anymore

Does the anti wrinkle miricle also change the shape of your nose?

My heart and wishes to the people in Fargo

My heart goes out to those people dealing with the flooding AND the ice & snow in Fargo. A flood is disastrous enough without all the cold and ice.

smoking in public

I don't smoke. I've never smoked and never will. Got that out of the way. Now let me say that I think it sucks that so many cities are banning smoking. Not that I want to be surrounded by smokers -got enough of that growing up. I just think that since it's a legal substance it's wrong for cities to ban it in adult only areas. Anyone old enough to visit a bar is old enough to decide if they want to be in a smoke filled environment.

Got this link off of The Grumbling Old Fart

E-Cigarette

I've seen electronic cigarettes marketed to people who want to smoke in public without breaking the law. Seems like it should be legal - they don't produce any smoke. Seems like it should be as legal as a nicotine patch or nicotine gum. I would be interested in hearing from anyone with actual experience with these things.

New Stuff

The bags are new, but I also have prints from David Remley. David is also known as Hyperblogal to people who follow local blogs. I love his work and am happy he's agreed to let me carry it at the shop.

He brought in a number of prints and several contact sheets of available works. Lots of amazing photos to choose from - and he has the cutest picture of a raccoon I have ever seen!

This is my favorite of the ones he brought in



See it on his website and check out his other very very cool photos of the KC area!

Recycled bags

Here are some of the results from my recycled bags project.

Coin purse made from 3 left over Valentine's Day balloons





A large project tote



A coupon clutch



A large market bag in progress



A started ball of plarn made from old balloon bags.

My inspiration comes from myrecycledbags.com 50% of the sale from each bag will go to Cancer Action They help out people in the area and have a pretty good record of spending donations on programs, not overhead.

If you have any plastic bags of ANY type let me know. If you can't bring them by the store I may be able to arrange to pick them up. I can use shopping bags, bread bags, packaging bags - any plastic bag really.

I don't know if I hate this or kinda like it. First I laughed so hard I almost choked. I kept waiting for Johnny Cash's zombie to claw his way out of the grave and go for Adam Lambert and hopefully the rest of American Idol. And don't forget Randy Travis who looked a bit creepy himself on the show. The Cash Zombie should have gotten him too.

I've always loved Johnny Cash's version of this song, so this version was hard to take at first. A couple of listens and I find I can appreciate it for a different take. Beer would probably push me over the top into "I like this" A few beers anyway. Quite a few beers.

It's different - I'll give Adam Lambert that.

yeah, sure

trying to reach me for days? Came by several times? yeah, sure you did. I was at the freaking shop for 48 hours non-stop during that time. I had to actually camp here to get the work done. The other days I was here until 7:30 pm. And I checked - your phone number wasn't on my caller id. I don't buy this trying to reach me but couldn't bs.