Salty Mommy

so i decided i had to change my blog from pink to fall. i am so excited for fall...or autumn what ever you prefer...so here's to autumn!! the leaves are all changing colors and soon the trees will be naked and i will run through the piles of leaves after david rakes them!! i can't wait.

i love new york city. we took my sister up to NY on tuesday and it was so much fun. i cant even begin to tell you how awesome the beautiful city is. when we went down in the subway which we did a lot because the rain was pouring down all day...this time we saw a subway rat and w few subway mice....ewwwwww!! that was pretty gross. but i still love NY! Posted by Hello

my other fav england pic Posted by Hello

my favorite england pictures Posted by Hello

ok so i have always thought i would love to travel to europe and other places far from sunny ca...and yes i did move to a far away place in the US ...cape may, NJ. but when i got off the plane in england i couldnt believe i had traveled in a plane for 6 hours and i was in another country...not mexico (which is just a short drive from my home town) so anyway i loved it..the quaint cozy villages, the rolling hills, the stone walls and the sheep and the little brooks and streams. i love the feeling of being in a new place wheter it is in the us or not...from driving cross country i have a love for adventure and travel...but i really cant believe how much i want to go back to England and just immerse myself in the culture and really try to figure out how it all works. the people seem so different from americans but still very similar...and the accents. i love the scottish accent most of all. well anyway...i hope to go back someday and travel more and work less. on the other hand i am glad ...

So we are in England..Manchester to be exact Didsbury. I love it here despite the rain. It is cold but still nice. The college is beautiful and all of the surrounding area did i mention it is so cool. So we have been wokring very hard here, tearing apart offices and moving books and all sorts of other stuff. Tonight we went to the "mall" and there was a h&m there so i bought a sweatshirt and it was cute. i have always wanted to shop at h&m but never made it there when we go up to New York. so all in all i have had an amazing time so far and i am looking forward to the rest of the week. the team is doing great and really enjoying the time here. talk to you soon. love, melissa

So we are getting ready to leave for Manchester England. We are all packed and ready to go and now it is time to write a qucik note...hope all is well while we are away. Keep checking our iblog at www.homepage.mac.com/themacombers we will be posting as much as possible. I am so excited about our trip...i havent slept in days so the late night flight should be great to finally catch some zzzz's or maybe i will read one of the 5 books that i bought...3 are for me and 2 are for david but i can read the ones i got for him too. I actually bough 4 books for me but i already finished one...Shopaholic Takes Manhattan...it is very good and the best part is it is a paper back so it cost less then a hard cover. i just recently figured that whole system out...how much cheaper it is if you just wait for the paperback edition. (i understand sometimes you cant wait) so any way i am going to miss art & soul and family and daily contact with friends but i am so exicted to go to England. I will ...

This is Me & MY DAD...I miss him a lot. Posted by Hello

so yesterday and today i have been plagued by these little flying bugs...i have killed a lot of them with my bare hands or a towel or a piece of paper but they are still lurking about and every once in a while they come flying around and always seem to dive bomb my head. well i noticed that there was one earlier that seemed bigger then the others, and when i tried to kill it i found out it was 2 bugs and they must have been mating. HOW DISGUTING!! not only are the dive bombing my head but they are mating at the same time. i hate little flying mating bugs!!!!!!

So I have been kicking around what to do for the fall for Art & Soul and I figured i would post my ideas and see if anyone has any feedback about what I should do about the hours of operation. In case you don't already know, Cape May is a "Summer" town so there are a lot more people around in the summer...but i want to see what i can do in the fall while not sitting in the studio all alone for hours. So here is plan 1: Closed Sun-Tue, 10-6pm Wed&Thur, 12-10pm Fri & 11-8pm Sat. Plan 2 Closed Sun-Tue, 11-7pm wed-Fri, 12-10pm Sat. Plan 3 Closed Sun - Wed, 10-10 Thur - Sat. So that is what i have come up with...let me know what you think.Plan 1, 2 or 3. Or if you have a different idea i am open to suggestions. (also thought my friends and family might be interested in the inner thought process of a store owner (thats me) in cape may, nj) I can't wait for the leaves to turn colors and pile up all over the yard. Yippee its almost fall. Melissa

So today I opened a few minutes after 1pm (which is when my posted hours are) and we had 2 people waiting to come in...oh well. We went to visit Grandmom on our way to the store and got her lunch so its ok that we were a little late. Earlier in the summer I was 15 minutes late because I ran out of gas in the rain and had to wait for David & Cousin Jimmy to rescue me. So it looks pretty gross out today but the beach is still covered in umbrella's supposedly it is going to clear up later so i guess everyone wanted to get the best spot on the beach. Hopefully we will get busy later. Only time will tell. And if not is ok because we always have stuff we can do around the store. Off to dip the pieces from yesterday in the beautiful blue dipping glaze. Melissa

oh my goodness...so i made the mistake of going to the Acme (grocery store) this morning, I had prepared myself for craziness..but it was worse then i could have ever imagined. (even worse the Staterbrothers on Thanksgiving) so i made it out alive and got a few things so when david gets home from cutting grass he can have something to eat. (other then cheese and a tortilla, which is what he had last night) so today is the start of a long weekend...the last one of the summer and it is supposed to be nice. Hopefully we will be busy at Art & Soul any way. i will keep you updated. talk to you later. love, Melissa