Mini-Escape


Thanks to everyone who offered kind words–we are almost back to normal here, despite the boys being off school for another whole week! We actually escaped the aftermath a bit this past weekend with a trip up to Little Rock, AR which we’d be planning for a month or so. We squeezed in a trip to Crater of Diamonds State Park, where we dug for diamonds, an apple-picking expedition (we came away with 19 lbs. of apples, so the next several posts are likely to be an Apple-palooza–if you have any recipes, send ’em my way!), and a hike up Pinnacle Mountain just west of L.R. It was nice to be away from home for a bit.

I couldn’t quite justify the purchase of this Jane Austen action figure though…

Posted in Uncategorized on 09/22/2008 11:09 pm
 

11 Comments

  1. Wow! A Jane Austen figurine? I love it! Though I agree — no need to buy yet another dust-collector. Still, it’s pretty cool.

    Glad you escaped Ike relatively unscathed. It even sounds like you had a good trip.

  2. Pretty cool to have an author as an action figure. Sounds like y’all had a really great trip.

  3. She comes with a quill pen & writing desk. I am bidding on ebay as we speak.

  4. 19 lbs of diamonds would have been nicer, but apples are great too. My mom makes a great apple custard pie (but she doesn’t e-mail so no point in asking her about it). I’ll see if I can find something similar online.

  5. Kelly Krysten
    09/23/2008 at 4:59 pm

    Oh, what a cute figurine! I don’t know if I would buy it, either.
    Glad to hear everything’s good with you.:)

  6. I’ve always wanted to go to Crater of Diamonds National Park.

  7. Angie Ledbetter
    09/23/2008 at 8:10 pm

    Sounds like a much needed and fun trip.

  8. what a fun getaway! trust me, you’re not missing much around this ike-recovering place. :)

  9. Travis Erwin
    09/23/2008 at 8:54 pm

    Mt wife just made some dish with apples, polish sausage, and apple cider. It was quite tasty even for a carnivore like me. I have idea what the recipe is but I know she found it on gooseberry.com if that helps.

  10. Melissa Blue
    09/24/2008 at 5:56 pm

    I’d write it off as inspiration. Have fun with those apples.

  11. I’m not going to laugh at the Jane Austen action figure, because I own a Vincent Van Gogh action figure with interchangable heads. One head, of course, has two ears, while the other has only one. The art of cynicism is clearly not dead.

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