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Hubby chose Lock Haven as our destination, planning that we'd take the scenic route up and back.

We didn't have any big plans - just a nice, pretty drive, and a chance to walk around and have lunch in a small town.

We ate here:

It's a place famous for - guess what? - its hot dogs! Hubby had the "Texas Growler," which featured onions, mustard and a chili sauce. I just had a plain dog with ketchup and mustard.

After lunch and a stroll around town (which included a chance to see the home of small-town newspaper the Lock Haven Express, and a pet shop featuring the cutest-ever chinchilla), we headed back home (the long way) on an ultra-scenic drive that included five deer, a flock of wild turkeys and a very slow-moving pheasant.

All in all, it was a great way to spend the day. (And, shameless plug, if you're interested in day trips you can make from York County, you can check out Bil Bowden's Excursions series, which features dozens of them.)

Now I got invited to one of those Premier Designs jewelry parties by my neighbor and friend Chris. And I have a huge weakness for jewelry!

Guess I'll fit that in!

Would the newspaper company building (below) be a good place to hole up during a zombie uprising?

Pluses: Most of the building has few accessible windows. There are vending machines, running water and bathrooms. Various parts of the building are able to be shut off and are only accesible through fairly heavy doors, using a keycard.

Minuses: The mailroom, where the paper is assembled and put onto trucks. Think about it. Any room designed for easy access by tractor-trailers is also easy access for the undead. Also, the lunchroom, where the vending machines are, has a glass door and a wall of windows to the outside. And, in general, there's not a place of "higher ground" where we could go as a last resort.

Hubby maintains our house would be safer. I don't know... too many windows. Plus, it's just not that big. I'm afraid I'd get claustrophobic. I ended up voting to stay at the ol' newspaper company.

You wonder that we get a newspaper and news Web site produced, don't you?

So it's kind of a surprise that I've got three different things going on during a coming Saturday, the 27th, all of which I really want to fit in.

First, my friend (and former employee!) Megan invited me to her Pampered Chef party starting at 1 p.m.

Then, my best friend (and Creative Memories consultant) invited me to a scrapbooking workshop, which will run 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (I plan to do this after the Pampered Chef party.)

Finally, we placed our first grocery order through Angel Food (more on this in a future post), and that needs to be picked up between 9 a.m. and noon (so I'll be going there first, then taking my low-cost, high-quality groceries home and putting them away before the other two events.)

Chances I will forget and go the wrong place, or in the wrong order? About 75 percent!

Kreutz Creek Presbyterian Church in Hellam Township will host a local food potluck supper 6 to 8 p.m. a week from today, on Sept. 24.

All dishes are to be prepared with at least 75 percent local ingredients. Grow it yourself or buy it at a farm stand, but at least 75 percent of what is in the dish needs to be from your York County.

Speakers Steve Prescott and Debbie Krout-Althoff will address the community, economic, environmental and health benefits of buying locally grown foods.

Steve Prescott is owner of a local Community Supported Agriculture farm, and Debbie Krout-Althoff is with the Horn Farm.

All guests are invited to bring a dish to share. Everyone is encouraged to write the ingredients and where you purchased them (or grew them yourself) on a 3-by-5 card. There is no admission charge, but monetary donations will be accepted for the Wrightsville food pantry.

The church is also accepting donations of wildflower seeds for their bee habitat.

The church is at 85 Old Church Road, between Routes 30 and 462 just west of Frysville Road ( behind the Tourist Inn). For details, call 840 0955, e-mail kcpc@nfdc.net or visit www.kreutzcreekpc.org.

Sounds neat! I attend a regular Wednesday-night program at my own church, or I'd head up and try it out!

Don't think about it....just eat it! Louise (another sister) is right about thin and crisp. Some diners serve it much too thick, and that is where most non-lovers most likely try it.

I'll leave you to it. Happy eating!

I ended up going up to Pinchot Park in a steady drizzle, sitting in my car overlooking the lake and reading a book for a while, then getting out and going wandering around, both in silence and listening to my iPod, for about an hour.

It really wasn't a bad way to spend a morning. Because of the weather, the park was almost empty. And I've been in a kind of blue mood lately, and it helped to take the time to be "alone with my thoughts," as it were.

See, don't I look pensive and introspective? :-)

Go to this page. Refresh until you find a total of five quotes that apply to you, then post them on your blog.

Here are my five.

1. "There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

2. "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~Douglas Adams

3. "I dwell in possibility." ~Emily Dickinson

4. "Do or do not. There is no try." ~Yoda

5. "Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. " ~Raymond Lindquist

Even if you don't have a blog, try to find at least one you like and post it as a comment for me. I am really interested to see what other people come up with.

Not only is it a cool photo... but check out the great web site promotion for the newspaper...

But - while Monty Python and the Holy Grail IS the best movie ever, and while I'd love to talk about it ad nauseum - what I really want to do is draw your attention to my continued running (OK, jogging) exploits, in which (a) I can now run a mile straight without stopping, which I honestly had NEVER done before and (b) I've decided I need a concrete goal.

So what's the big-picture goal, now that it's not "get a mile without keeling over?"

Glad you asked.

Well, I ended up NOT going Tuesday to have my top two wisdom teeth out.

I spent the money to build an ark instead.

Why, you ask?

Our project: Helping with the gardens and trails at Nixon Park. Our small group was me; my boss, Randy; and our office's executive assistant, Donna.

Now, Donna thought she'd signed up for mulching. Unfortunately, we got "trail maintenance" instead. The good news? It meant I got to use a scythe. The bad news? Pretty hard work. Lots of bugs. Many things with thorns. Did I mention the bugs?

It was all going well until Donna thought she got bit or stung by something as she lifted her head through some leafy branches.

Well, guess what we found on the underside of one leaf?

The picture above was taken in late July or early August, by Hubby, when Sarah, he and I found the 20th in our letterbox quest. I believe this was at Kain Park, near Lake Redman.

And this one was from our very last letterbox, in Rocky Ridge out in Springettsbury Township. This one was a HIKE AND A HALF. But we did it - and the girl was so proud!

All in all, I can't say enough about this way-fun summer activity. I hope the libraries and the parks get together to do it again next year.

Do you see how the sun shines on this glorious cone of frozen milk with delightful hints of candy-bar pieces? Isn't it a thing of beauty?

I'm just wondering how long after the wisdom-teeth-removal until I can go back to Bruster's for a Toffee Bar Crunch/Oreo Cookie triple scoop cone. Not that my waistline needs it!