The Current Connection

09/08/2026

Trending...in my car.

Wheel of Fortune kept Rowan engaged in guessing and spelling words for three hours on Saturday. Yes, really. Then she grabbed it Saturday night to play with my parents and her teenage cousin. I almost told her she couldn't play it anymore because...reverse psychology. 😁

And the Lifelines coloring books are still going strong. All the styles, all of the ages. I just restocked (new Fall designs!)

08/21/2026

Friday, August 21
Closing at 4:30pm

Monday, August 24
Opening at 2:30pm

Thank you!

08/19/2026

In this honeymoon phase of back to school, when we're awake and ready ahead of schedule our youngest has pulled out the watercolor workbook for a quick session.

I restocked the watercolor books with new designs and more options.

When I told her it looked great she said, "it's probably because I'm actually following the instructions."

08/17/2026

Restocked and ready!

Let's do this! 🎒 ✏️ 🖍️ 🎉

08/13/2026

Hello! There comes a point during school supplies season where I turn around and everything has disappeared, in spite of my best efforts to keep the shelves stocked.

The good news is I reordered glue sticks, notebooks and pencils earlier this week and expect more tomorrow and Monday.

We will be closed Friday 12-1pm but OPEN on Saturday 9am-1pm.

If we're out of something when you come shopping, have no fear. We'll fill your order, label it for you and drop it at the school if we need to.

08/10/2026

Can you believe I've sold out of this cookbook twice??

I finally got back into the kitchen briefly this week and made a batch of the Chocolate Revel Bars from this cookbook for the county fair. It was a donation bake for their concession stand and I bought back 2 of the bars I donated because they're that good. 👩🏼‍🍳

I restocked another dozen books on the shelf last week. Read the stories, bake the recipes and share with those you love.

I'm popping one of these in the mail today as a Mother's Day gift. The recipes are delicious but the stories have me sold. I love how Katie shares pieces of her world and her family in the intros. She does a beautiful job of celebrating her people on these pages. Sweet from start to finish.

08/06/2026

We're on the short side of summer break here and helping more kids (and their parents!) get ready for the new school year every day.

MEANWHILE, I unpacked these things and set them aside because I didn't even have time to shelve them. I poked my head in the box tonight and they'll be ready tomorrow.

Piles! is going to be the game of the year as soon as I tell you more about it (we demo'd a copy over the weekend and the girls laughed so hard they couldn't breathe). And this Wheel of Fortune game is my dad's birthday present.

I'm not going to tell you about the dumpling game because it'll sell out before it even gets tagged.

Selfishly, I just want to make stickers all day. Peak craft kit.

08/01/2026

New on the toy shelf.

Ultimate waiting toy.

They're $2.56 and I have them in pink, purple and orange.

08/01/2026

We'll carry a full stock of school supplies through August so no worries if you don't make it this week.

Not interested in shopping? Call or send me a message and I'll put a bundle together for you. You don't even have to think about it for a couple of weeks yet.

08/01/2026

Round ✌🏼 tomorrow.

Open this Saturday, August 1st from 10am until 3pm.

Today's observation: how did we do this in 3 hours before? Extended back to school bash is here to stay.

Best customers ever. ✏️