This one's for Beau

This week I am housesitting for a wonderful woman that has a sweet little dog and the cutest cat in the world. I've decided that this post will be dedicated to the cutie kitty named Beau.

did you know...

there are 32 muscles in one cat ear

This is Beau. He reminds me of Crookshanks. <3

Dad's native home ;)

As some of you may know, my father is from Maine. Although he no longer has the sweet accent, he can imitate it like nobody's business. I figured that I should dedicate this extremely long coming post to his "homeland" because I love him so much! <3


I'm sure some of you have realized this over the years, but have you ever thought about how cool it is that...


Maine is the only state with a one-syllable name

Chess Anyone?

Last night, while watching White Collar, I was reminded of a game that I had not thought of in a while. Inspiration hit. I had to find a blog worthy fact to post about this game.
So here you go...

The word checkmate in chess comes from the Persian phrase Shah-Mat, which means "the king is helpless."

The Twenty-second Day of the Second Month of 2011

My first official facts post. This is something that is rather special to me. Not because of the actual fact, but because of the love I have for the place mentioned in this fun fact.

It is believed by many Biographers that Marco Polo was born on the island on Korčula, in today's Croatia.

...in case you were wondering, I LOVE Croatians! ;)

Plitvica, Croatia