Amidst all the frenzy about the Church/Schneider for Milledge trade, yesterday was Little Chatter's 10th birthday. (Cue awwwws!) Little Chatter is also very good friends with Wildfire's head chef's son, who is close in age. Not that he had a choice -- us being friends with the parents forced him to and they've known each other since little chef was born! In all seriousness, the boys get along famously and are having a great time for the year their ... Continue Reading

Shameless ploy for help with the lighthouse :-) If you enjoy this blog and would like to see it continue, then how about helping make sure I don't kill myself out at the lighthouse by helping donate money toward the boat lift? It won't hurt - you can even do it without knowing if you purchase gifts from this site. It even looks like they have pretty cool stuff! Here's a bonus... As the holidays approach, Giveline is working harder than ever ... Continue Reading

I stumbled upon Alexa today and for giggles, decided to look up my own site. Because I'm funny and self-indulgent like that. Oooh look, I can order t-shirts to thank the .000015% of world-wide-web readers who visit this site. I feel so popular! I'm so glad they offered me such a deal on those shirts. I ordered .000015 of them. Now, I do have to say I'm pleased my traffic rank has improved by over 5 million over the last ... Continue Reading

I was thrilled to see Muse in concert tonight at the Patriot Center at GMU. Even more thrilling was when the second song in their set was the one I use as theme music for That's Chat's Nats (video). No Nats stuff in there and the sound quality from my little Canon PowerShot sucks, but still, I'm a happy girl! That was an awesome concert! Not so tangentially related - Ross Detwiler, the 6th pick in ... Continue Reading

Wow, that was the coolest ride to a game and tailgating experience ever! My cell phone rang right at noon and it was our Reston Limo driver *chauffer*, John, letting me know he was arriving in our driveway, so I got to yell "our limo is here!" Hee! I haven't been in a limo since I was a kid and my family took one to the airport, and once I saw the inside of the shiny long white limo in ... Continue Reading