http://shannonyarbrough.com author, poet, and painter Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:58:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a pic of those nutcrackers I was talking about, including the ones we picked up at World Market over the weekend.  I'd love to collect the larger ones but they are so damn expensive.  That, and a strange war between them and the Old World Santas I already have ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/12/03/the-book-army/ It just goes to show we really do only have 15 minutes of fame...or 3 minutes if you are on YouTube. Fat guy lip syncing to Numa Numa was much funnier the first time.  His special effects, pretty backgrounds, and bad choreography make his New Numa a total bore... Here's his first ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/12/02/new-numa/ Like many, it's become quite the tradition for J and I to put up the Christmas tree on Thanksgiving night.  This year was no exception.  For the past 2 years, it's been a Santa theme because I'm obsessed with those Mercury glass Santa ornaments they have every year at Tuesday ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/12/02/oh-christmas-tree-oh-christmas-tree/ What a perfect way to say good-bye to November and hello to December!  St. Louis got about 3 to 4 inches of pretty snow yesterday.  I say "pretty snow" because there was no freezing ice involved which covers the street, causes me to fall on the pavement, and causes everyone ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/12/01/snow-day-2/ Apparently, squirrels aren't too worried about carbs, or don't have to worry.  Last week, we put some extra biscuits out for the birds and one of the local squirrels helped himself.  He also helped himself to two of my pumpkins that were leftover from Halloween; one of them almost completely ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/12/01/does-this-biscuit-make-my-hips-look-big/ So J and I made our annually outing yesterday to do a bit of shopping.  Unlike those camped out in RVs in front of stores since Tuesday, we waited and went out around noon. Our first stop was World Market to purchase a traditional tin of german cookies we've bought the ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/11/29/on-target-and-other-shopping-on-black-friday/ I seem to recall a conversation amongst coworkers many weeks ago about the slow decrease in gas prices.  I told everyone the closer we got to election, the more we'd see the prices drop.  About two weeks before the election we were at $1.89 to $1.99.  This morning the news ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/11/25/whos-got-gas/ Wow!  I'm so thrilled about all this traffic that's been coming to my website everyday.  I wonder what's bringing people here?  Could it be my bestselling books?  Could it be my photography or paintings or award winning poetry?  What could it be?! It's that darn article I wrote about Michael Phelps ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/11/24/googling-phelps/ Yesterday, I braved Saturday shopping traffic to buy groceries for Thanksgiving.  Tight on funds to buy stuff for Thanksgiving and regular groceries to get us through to the holiday, I decided to clip a few coupons and do some "multiple location" shopping to try to save money.  This consisted of ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/11/23/thanksgiving-with-j/ It's been a while since I wrote here, so I thought I would start today with those Calvary Cemetery pics I promised in my last post.  Calvary is the neighboring cemetery to Bellefontaine.  With an hour left that day before the gates closed, J and I drove through Calvary and ... http://shannonyarbrough.com/2008/11/16/in-search-of-tennessee-part-2/