I love to shop!

My favorite place is this small town called Volant in Pennsylvania about an hour north of Pittsburgh on 79. It's nestled in the country with rolling hills and I recommend going in the fall to catch the changing of the leaves. During some of the fall festivals you can watch them make homemade apple butter outside in huge kettles. Be sure to pick up a walking map and the houses are numbered so you'll know which ones are stores and private homes. Start off at Volant Mills and you'll enjoy 3 floors of crafts galore! They have a converted schoolhouse and a train for your shopping pleasure filled with crafts & goodies to buy. Your senses will be tempted with homemade baked goods, chocolate, spices, & jam. Drive a bit down the road and you'll come across an Amish family selling homemade bread and cookies by the roadside. If your interested they'll even take you inside their barn to sell you quilts and crafts. Since your in the area your shopping experience will not be complete until you stop by at Sugar Creek also and shop, shop, shop!!! You must dedicate a whole day for this excursion, and believe me you won't be disappointed!!! Here is a sample of whats in store!
1906 Mercantile & Doll Company
211 Main Street, Volant, PA 16165,
Located in a quaint century-old home, this unique store is filled with a wide variety of unique gifts and accessories including Victorian accents, primitives, candles, reproduction lighting, rugs, quilts,
tinware, and much more to decorate your home.
shop volant!
volantshops.com

A good read.

I'm not very good at writing reviews but I was so angry with the film maker. I had to stop watching it and vent. I would encourage everyone to read the book The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri and invite no one to watch the film by Mira Nair. I mean, hey, most of the time the book is better right? You can almost expect the film to not be as good. But this one truly truly sucked. It was hard to follow. You literally didn't know what was going on and only because I read the book did I finally start to figure out what was happening. The introduction to the characters were totally non existent, and the film just seemed too rushed to even get a grasp. I pity those folks who watched it first and never read the book. Maybe I should pity Mira Nair and the casting. tsk tsk. I just couldn't get Kumar out of my head wanting to go get Whitecastles. What a poor obvious(?) choice of main character. And Mira, next time you decide to do an ethnic film, leave rap out of it. Unless your head bangin with the homie's in the hood.

Mommy stay home!

Can someone please tell me why a woman would join the army on her own free will, and later complain that she's not at home watching her children grow up? Just what was she thinking?
Or why people want to get out of the military because they can't/don't want to kill?
The military isn't a vacation. What do you think you're getting trained for?
Yeah you can get an education, make rank and some money, but the bottom line is: your constantly training for war.
People, before you sign up, make sure it's what you really want to do. Women, stay home and take care of your babies.
The rest of ya, if your first thoughts aren't about maybe being killed in a war, stay out of it.

Just a few of my favorites.

SPANISH
Mana - Mariposa Traicionera & Rayando El Sol
Elefante - De La Noche A La Manana & Milagro De Amor

AFRICAN
Habib Koite & Bamada - Bitile & Cigarette Abana 
Magic System - Premier Gaou
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shosholoza

FOLK
Joan Baez - Hello In There & Sweet Sir Galahad
Indigo Girls - Strange Fire & Jonas & Ezekiel
Carpenters - Reason To Believe

OLDIES
The Paris Sisters - I Love How You Love Me
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Temptations - Just My Imagination

COUNTRY
Dwight Yoakum - Turn It On,Turn It Up,Turn Me Loose
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
Dolly, Linda & Emmylou - Telling Me Lies

CLASSIC ROCK
David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul & Big Brother 
Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks At Forty & Havana Daydreamin'
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

JAZZ
Magic Rings - Again and Again

HIP HOP
Tupac - Runnin' & Where Do We Go From Here
Timbaland- Scream
Bizzy Bones - Nobody Can Stop Me

GYPSY
Ando Drom - Zsa Mo
Goran Bregovic - Ederlezi
Romano Drom - Szatele Szav

Agitated!

Today agitation got the best of me. So much in fact I decided to pen it.
I didn't wake up agitated, it kind of grew on me like a festering wound. As the day wore on my patience wore thin.
...I got agitated when...
.....my pants didn't fit right, my hair didn't lay right, my skin didn't feel right.
.....I had to work late for my sick employee.
.....I couldn't work out.
.....work issues, well, just work issues.
.....finding out there's meds in our water system.
.....my boyfriend didn't read my mind and already have 'that chore' done when I got home late.
.....I got home late.
.....I napped way too long and have to go to bed in an hour.
..... I won't be able to sleep in an hour.
.....my pc ran slow and I wanted to smash it.

*ding *ding
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