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More LEGO Americana Roadshow!

Monday, October 24th, 2016

Rerun really wanted to see the LEGO show, too. So, while Ane was out at a birthday party on Sunday afternoon, the Webmaster and the boys and I all went to the mall.  The Webmaster had a return to make at REI, so we made a full trip out of it. Rerun did not want […]



LEGO Americana Roadshow!

Monday, October 17th, 2016

Completely by chance, via a community Facebook group, I learned that a LEGO exhibit had come to our local mall.  I had no idea the size or scope of it, but I thought Tad might enjoy seeing the one thing I had seen online – a LEGO scale model of the US Capitol building. And […]



My Shopping Buddies

Monday, October 10th, 2016

They like to tag along for the lollipops and coffee. Rerun asked me for his weekly “coffee” (which is really mostly cream and some sugar, with some coffee added to dissolve the sugar), and I was reaching for a cup when the woman next to me gasped and said, “I thought he was kidding!” We […]



Cashing in the Pig

Thursday, April 28th, 2016

Sometimes, I really really really hate LEGO.  They are the masters at separating me from my money. And then there’s the moment where I go, “I am not buying that, EVER.” That was the first thing I thought when I saw the new LEGO Angry Birds sets.  Angry Birds are getting their own movie, and […]