Just thought I’d mention that today is my 500th post since transferring my blog from over to WordPress in January of 2012.  Five hundred posts and 10,002 comments! (That includes your comments and my replies.) We’ve been busy around here and I’ve loved every minute of it. Thanks so much for being part of the fabulous Smithellaneous family! I’m headed out to the Greenville today…

We’ve probably all heard the saying that bad things happen in bunches; well, that has been the case for us this year in the financial arena. We started things off by finding that for the first time in 32 years of marriage, we would not get our usual hefty tax rebate. In fact, not only would we not get a rebate, we would actually have…

Summer has donned her Easter finery to wish you a happiest, joyfullest Easter.  (She doesn’t realize that joyfullest is not a word, so please don’t tell her.)…

For the past three days, Sarah’s dear friend, Hope, has been staying with us.  You may remember Hope from when she was here for Sarah’s 16th birthday along with Victoria (Sarah’s childhood friend, standing to her right) and Taylor. (Sarah’s Manteo bestie.)…