is this thing on?

tap tap tap…is anyone out there?

file this under ush

I mean can you deal with those baby pictures?  Too cute.

Arts in the Park- free giveaway

If you are in Richmond this weekend, please head out to Arts in the Park to support our good friend Erica Erikdotter and her amazing artwork.

Arts in the Park (nationally rated and juried show)
May 1-2, 11 am – 6 pm (5 pm Sunday)
Byrd Park, Richmond, VA
http://www.richmondartsinthepark.com

To get everyone excited for the event, Erica has generously donated 2 sets of her stationary as a free giveaway to all you loyal Spark! readers.  To enter the giveaway, please go check out her work at Studio Eriksdotter and leave a comment telling Spark! your favorite painting. 

Studio Erikdotter's beautiful stationary!

handi-quacks

The other night while Rommie was playing his nerd game in the family room, I was in the bedroom watching Family Guy.  This episode came on and I laughed so hard Rommie actually stopped trying to beat the Shiva Sisters (whatever that means) to see what I was laughing at.  Luckily we have DVR in the bedroom so he could enjoy this little gem:

And they never got their soda.

a carpet cleaning PSA

Since picking up young Frank three years ago, we have done our fair share of carpet cleaning. This morning I woke up to the sound of Frank eating in our bedroom. Knowing that there is no food in our room we sprung out of bed to find him noshing his own barf (sorry, La!) Anyway, we quickly grabbed some paper towels and I opened this new carpet cleaning tool, the Woolite POD, that I got on sale at Wegmans last week.

After a few minutes of scrubbing the spot with this tool it was gone! We (well, I) was so excited about how well it worked that I proceeded to remove 3 other spots we had on our apartment carpet at 6:00 this morning.
If you have a dog or any carpet stains, I recommend you keep this tool handy. It worked great for us!

frank is no lassie

This morning on the Today Show we watched an amazing video of a German Shepard leading police troopers to his owner’s burning house.   We both got a big laugh about how our beloved Frank would never do this:

We also began to discuss everything else Frank would do in this crisis situation besides rescue us. The verdict looked something like this:

our house is burning down?

happy cotton…

…anniversary to our good friends Sara and Belinga!   Cheers to many more!

do you remember…

No, this is not a post about Phil Collins. 

I remember when I was younger my Mom telling me she remembers exactly where she was and what she was doing when JKF was assassinated.   At the time I couldn’t conceptualize something so traumatic/powerful happening in my life that I would actually remember a single moment in time.   Unfortunately, I have now have a number of life experiences where I know exactly what that feels like.   I even visualize myself telling my children where I was when the moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Today is one of those days.  Today is the day that the legacy of my alma mater, Virginia Tech, was changed forever.   I will never forget the moment I heard there was a shooting, and then multiple shootings, and then 10 people were killed. Then 11, then 12, then 13…..and finally the day of hell ending with a total of 32 people dead.  I was sad.  I was sad for the people who lost their lives, I was sad for their families, I was sad for the administration, I was sad for the entire Virginia Tech community, and I was sad that my happy place will from now on have the same connotation as Columbine High School.

I will never forget this speech that Nikki Giovanni gave to not only the Virginia Tech community, but to the whole nation.   It’s a very poignant speech that will resonate with me for a lifetime. 

Today I am still sad.  Today I am proud.  Proud of the way my fellow Hokies didn’t let this tragedy ruin our community.  I am proud to say that I went to Virginia Tech.   I am proud to be a Hokie, today and always.

bye bye katie

 I know the fan base of American Idol is dwindling, however, I still tune in every Tuesday and Wednesday to watch this train wreck.   Between Ellen’s worthless feedback and the constant crowd boo’ing of Simon, it’s almost unbearable.  However, last night I found myself near tears as one of my favorites Katie Stevens’was sent packing.   I still think that Aaron Kelly should have been out!  I demand a recount.

However, I am very glad that my hotties (Tim Urban, Casey James and Lee Dewyze) are still contestants.  At least they help make the show bearable.  Now, if they could just do something about Crystal Sourbox’s teeth….

flippin pizza deal!

I love my twitter widget. Especially when various websites tweet deals!   Today, Washingtonian tweeted this great pizza deal from Flippin.   

Note: The coupon will be online until April 22, 2010, but it’s good until the 28th.  So go flippin crazy and print as many as you want!   Enjoy <3, Chrommie

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