by Gregory Smallwood | Nov 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
It is the day before Thanksgiving . . . and I have been given a lengthy baking/preparing to-do list (cheeseball, chocolate mint cookies, gluten/dairy-free brownies, pumpkin cheesecake lasagna) that I need to accomplish between now and 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. But...
by Gregory Smallwood | Nov 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s a big weekend at our retail store in Dayton – they’re calling it the “Holly Jolly Holiday Affair” – the beginning of a week full of sale items, Make & Takes, and more. And it begins tomorrow with two full days featuring Anthony Gilbert from Anthony’s...
by Gregory Smallwood | Nov 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
During the day, I usually listen to sports talk radio – I became an old fogey on the music scene a long time ago, and most days “regular” talk radio is too controversial for my tastes. Sports talk is like the toy store of life. But the sports squawkers...
by Gregory Smallwood | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today is Karen’s birthday – and at the store any occasion such as that is a good excuse for a carry-in. Today, it was a cake carry-in – there were three of them. And I got a text this morning inviting me to come up and partake – so I did. Karen wanted to...
by Gregory Smallwood | Nov 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
If it’s the first Friday of the month, it must be time for another Distress Ink Color of the Month. Is anyone else besides me wondering if this will continue into 2016? As popular as it has been, wouldn’t it be nuts if it doesn’t? That said, here it...
