“It’s Spike! The Ultra Dinosaur! He can talk….and he can ROAR!!!” “Light up shoes. By Sketchers.” “Benda-who…benda-what?…It’s bendaroos!” E.B has hit the stage where he is now repeating every commercial that catches his attention on TV. At any given moment he sings to me that our local lumber company “treats you twice as nice” and…

I came across this birdhouse kit when I hit the artsy-fartsy motherlode a few days ago, and I had to laugh, and not just because it was made from quality wood (*cough*$1.99*cough). This little gem was practically vintage because it was purchased at our defunct Eckerd’s drugstore almost 9 years ago. What exactly was I…

Have you ever decided to go through all of the junk you’ve accumulated over the years and hit a minor jackpot to help you keep your sanity intact while your child is out of school for the summer? I finally got around to going through some plastic bins that contained all of my teaching stuff…