The tour was given by Oompa Loompa #1

Recently JQ, G-tot, and I were given a tour of the Firelilly Chocolates factory in Toledo, Ohio. Right now Firelilly makes just one item—the Firelilly Truffle Cone. If you have never had the pleasure of eating a FTC you need to order some immediately. It is this amazing little crunchy waffle cone that is filled [...] [...]

One of our favorite things to do

Playing with Photo Booth can be so much fun. [...]

It’s Captain Featherhands

Wait…no, it’s just a little turkey G-tot and I made this afternoon. Isn’t he cute? Want to know how we made it? Supplies: 3 or 4 sheets of construction paper for the feathers (we used 1 each of red, orange, and yellow) & 1 sheet for the body (I had a tan sheet laying around [...] [...]

You won’t be in my prayers

I’m not the kind of person that prays much. Religion—of any sort—was never pushed growing up in my house. I’ve only been to church for service a handful of times. So when someone is suffering or has a family member ill, I always feel a little awkward saying “I’ll keep you in my prayers.” What [...] [...]

I think I’ll stick with the crudites

So, yesterday I went to this function that was held by the Toledo chapter of the AIGA. It was the second in a series of what they are calling a Design Hood. Basically it is an opportunity to go check out the work space of various design firms around town. They open their doors to [...] [...]

We would totally be friends with Jemaine and Bret

Yesterday JQ and I finished disc one of the first season of Flight of the Conchords. I had seen a few clips online and thanks to Karl, I listen to Ladies all the time but had never actually seen an episode until a couple of days ago. So funny. Not a real laugh-out-loud funny for [...] [...]

Wordless Wednesday—The Crap That Amuses Me

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Why my library card is my favorite piece of plastic

This morning I got to cross another item off of my 101 in 1001 list. This was one of those goals that couldn’t be done in an instant and actually took me 11 months to complete. It was also a goal that I couldn’t start until January of this year—read 15 books in 2009. Now, [...] [...]

Facebook is like a black hole

I have had the house completely to myself since noon and will for the next few hours and I’m wasting my time. Playing stupid shit on Facebook like Bejeweled and sitting here staring at the computer when I have so many other things I could be doing. It’s kind of depressing. I don’t get much [...] [...]

Weekly Winners—The Westcott Home

On Friday I had the opportunity to take a tour of the Westcott home in Springfield, Ohio. The home was built by Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1900s and just opened for tours in 2005 after a $5.8 million dollar renovation. We couldn’t take photos inside but the house was beautiful. Lots of Japanese [...] [...]