by Heather Hambel Curley | Apr 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Previously, 2011 was known as “The Year of the Wedding.” Everyone in The Hubs’ family decided to get married that year and I decided, yes. This will be the time I lose my last ten pounds of baby weight and look awesome. My brother-in-law was...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Apr 9, 2013 | history
After I graduated college and The Hubs came home from deployment, we volunteered with the living history department at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. We did living history, we did archaeology. We ate delicious barbecue at Red...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Apr 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
I know, right? Call the morning papers. I’m writing about Gettysburg again. A tiny, nondescript little Pennsylvania town (albeit the seat of Adams County) where in July of 1863 the Union and Confederate armies met and decimated each other over the course of...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Apr 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
And now for something completely different. I had a plethora of Civil War related F topics to choose from: Frederick (the setting of my novel). Fredericksburg. Franklin. Top Five Feisty Females of Civil War Fame. But it’s almost, almost warm out today....
by Heather Hambel Curley | Apr 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
As the A to Z Challenge continues, my initial thought for E was editing. Since, you know, that’s pretty much my life these days once my kids go to bed. And in the quick five or ten minutes in-between finishing my breakfast and running out the door in the...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Apr 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s day…what, four of the A to Z Challenge? We’re up to the letter D and let me tell you. Randomly hard for me to come up with a topic. My first thought was donut, but I didn’t really want to post a recipe review or an actual reciple. I mean,...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Apr 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Corsets. I’m a fan. I’m not, however, a fan of the line in Pirates of the Caribbean where Elizabeth Swan makes some crack about “try wearing a corset.” Yes, corsetry was taken to the extreme in the turn of the 20th Century, with ridiculous wasp...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Apr 2, 2013 | Writing
Blueberry cheesecake. So, it’s day two of the A to Z Challenge and, coincidentally, today is apparently my one year blog anniversary. Yes, I would have eaten a slice of blueberry cheesecake tonight anyway. But tonight I’ll have it in celebration! Year One...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Apr 1, 2013 | Civil War
Day One of the A to Z Challenge! I’m so proud of myself for following through with Day One and not epically failing in between yesterday’s declaration of taking part in the challenge and then actually…you know, taking part in the challenge. So. Day...
by Heather Hambel Curley | Mar 31, 2013 | Food, Writing
Mother of God. I ate so freaking much today, it’s not even funny. So, I’ve been doing Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred. I’m doing this for two reasons: 1. I make delicious donuts and always eating approximately one more than I should, and 2. I...
