My first post

Thanks to the wonderful blog of Meghan Buffkin (soon to be Matticola) http://thematticolas.blogspot.com/, I have been inspired to start my own blog. So, brace yourself. Who knows what random musings I might feel the need to impart?

For starters, I ran across this earlier today:
http://troy43.com/2011/05/13/troy-polamalu%e2%80%99s-student-of-the-year-2/
Seems Troy Polamalu took advantage of the NFL lockout to go back to school and complete his degree. Now, he wants to give signed jerseys to deserving students. You have to be a teacher/administrator to nominate a student, and the deadline is May 17 at 9pm. Please forward this link to your child's teacher/principal; the nomination process is short and easy! And it couldn't hurt to add a nice note of congratulations to Troy's website while you're at it.

This afternoon, my family and I stopped by the Purcellville Heritage Days celebration. It was a nice event, but the highlights for me were:

1. Chatting with one of the wonderful ladies from Purcellville's newest bookstore, Around the Block Books (http://www.aroundtheblockbooks.com/). Their grand opening is scheduled for June 24-26. Exciting!

2. Talking with the lovely Sarah Shabi, Virginia's only Biltmore Inspirations consultant. If you've ever thought about getting into the direct sales/party business, now is the time to check out this new opportunity. Hopefully, it will work out for Sarah to be a vendor at My Child's Closet's fall sale. In the meantime, if you're interested, you can find her at: www.facebook.com/inspwithsarahshabi. Tell her I sent you!