Do you see this gal?  I like her quite a lot.…

Last Tuesday was Bring a Parent To School Day at Manteo High School. I attended in the morning and Steve in the afternoon.  The morning’s line up included Advanced Placement English which made me exceedingly happy since as you probably know by now, I’m a big time word gal.  It was fascinating to listen to the teacher talk about all manner of literary devices like…

Our Easter drama is finally over! I’m not sure what we will do with ourselves now that every spare moment is not taken up in preparation and/or performance. I don’t know if I mentioned in previous posts, but we chose this year to have the drama benefit our local school teachers. We took up an offering each night and raised a total of $2400; this…

One of the joys of blogging is that I’ve gotten to “meet” so many cool people from all around the world; namely, my wonderful Smithellaneous readers. Today I would like to turn the tables and give YOU the chance to meet someone new–the Vandenberg Family.…