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Nancy

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About Me

I am a comic store owner, professional cook, wife,and step-mom of two adult children.I grew up in a small college town in beautiful eastern Connecticut. At age 15 my parents required me to move with them to east Tennessee. Ten days after graduating high school I got on a plane and moved to California with $181, a suitcase full of clothes, and a warehouse job that paid $4 an hour.After a few years of struggle I married, bought a house and later purchased my place of employment. My marriage ended after sixteen years and I got the business, while he got the house. In late 2003 I married my best friend, Jesse, who is a wonderfully funny writer.

My Blog

Father’s Day

Today was a pleasant day overall, with occasional moments of sadness.  The family gathered together on my front lawn for a picnic dinner, which lasted about an hour or so.  Amanda and Jesse ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:50:00 GMT

Back from Baltimore

We had a great trip to Baltimore! First stop Saturday was the Baltimore Comic Con. Right as we were registering some evildoer pulled the fire alarm and everyone had to exit the con floor! Still, it wa...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:41:00 GMT

Travel plans

I'm in the process of planning three trips this fall.  The first will be to Baltimore (Inner Harbor area) in September to attend the Baltimore Comic-Con and The Diamond Summit. During the conven...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:38:00 GMT

Crazy Graduation Week part 5

We bought a screen house tent and a canopy tent for the graduation party.  My Mom and I went out front to put up the tents and hilarity ensued.  It was very, very windy.  We assembled t...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:23:00 GMT

Graduation Crazy Week part 4

Last summer my Dad saw the hot dog stand Pinks featured on the Food Network channel countdown of the best hot dog stands in the US.  It was named the #1 spot in the nation for hot dogs.  Bei...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:54:00 GMT

Graduation Week Crazy part 3

Amanda and I took my Mom & Dad to NBC studios to visit the set of soap opera Days of Our Lives.  Amanda worked in the producer's office of the show as an intern last summer, so she got a frie...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:41:00 GMT

Graduation week crazy part 2

The day after graduation I took my parents to Disneyland and CA Adventure.  It was their first visit to a Disney park.  My mother was impressed with all the beautiful flowers and landscaping...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:22:00 GMT

Graduation Week Crazy

Graduation was last Wednesday and I haven't recovered. It was a wonderful ceremony.  The President of the school changed her mind at the last minute and decided to let me speak at the ceremo...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:39:00 GMT

Graduation

Graduation Day is this Wednesday.  I have so much to do before then that I can barely keep it together! I spent today writing a couple final papers.  I still have one more paper to writ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 May 2006 23:48:00 GMT

Graduation Essay & Celeb Cooking Showdown

I finished my essay for the Outstanding Graduate of the Year.  I asked my English professor to give it the once over before I send it off.  Miss Rathert was very kind to agree to read i...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:24:00 GMT