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Got an owie

So I had (ow) big plans (ow) to fill the (ow) polka dot suitcase (ow) with (ow) fun (ow, ow) stuff (ow) this (ow) week. BUT (ow) over the (ow) weekend (ow) one of my fingers got infected by something jammed under the fingernail. Can you tell which finger, based on which letters hurt to [...]

Kiss Your Watering Can Goodbye

Kiss Your Watering Can Goodbye

To continue our Earth Day/Week “cross-pollination” celebration, here’s guest blogger Jodi Torpey, from over at Western Gardeners. Yesterday, we tackled water gardens. Today, Jodi’s got the scoop on how to make a water-free garden. Thanks, Jodi! I grew up in part of Colorado that’s known for its prairie plants like cacti and yucca. But when [...]

Need a little “yum” with your candy?

Head on over to the best candy site on the Internet (I’ve got no bias, truly, I haven’t): Candy Yum Yum. Oh, and totally coincidentally, I share my own Polka Dotted thoughts on candy in today’s post!  ‘Course, my answers kinda make me look a little hyped up on sugar, but is that such a [...]

Did I hear that right?

This morning, I was looking through a list of vocabulary for sixth graders. I was bouncing a couple off Sir, to see if he knew them. And then came the word, “haughty.” The definition of which Sir says is “a good-looking woman.” No, that would be hottie, and I blame Big Fish for even letting [...]

Winner of the Planet Earth book is…

Jack Palmer! Congratulations, Jack! And thanks again to everyone who took the time to enter. Again, I truly wish that we had enough to give everyone — I had such a fantastic time reading everyone’s responses. I’ve got more to say about those, but right now we’re running out the door and Sir and Mister [...]