You finish a whole book in less than 24 hours. You find yourself making things like apple pie on your BBQ grill. Your kids are thrilled to have their own tree house... in the tree that is now laying perpendicular to the other trees in the backyard, thanks to Hurricane Irene. You go … [Read more...]
Front Row Only, Please
August 26, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
I spent the last day of summer vacation with my girls, my niece and nephew, and my sister in a popular East Coast amusement park (which shall go nameless at this point). The weather was gorgeous and everyone had a fabulous time. I even got my girls to ride their very first looping roller coaster … [Read more...]
Let the great clean out begin
August 22, 2011 by · 3 Comments
I don't know about anyone else, but all this talk of "back-to-school shopping" makes me a bit nauseous. My kids have more clothes in their possession than I have ever had in my entire life. Why must we keep this ritual of spend-spend-spend, even when most of us know we have more at home than we … [Read more...]
Come on ya’ll! Now what?
August 18, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Sometime in June, I saw a few friends posting on Facebook about a TV show they couldn't imagine ending (even though it had recently been cancelled after five seasons). Usually when I read comments like that, I'm not interested. I am one of those people who rarely gets caught up in the latest and … [Read more...]
Lessons Learned
August 15, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
I haven't posted to this blog in almost two months. It's not that I haven't had anything to write about, but just that I've been so engrossed in projects I haven't had time to devote to writing. [Sigh] I love writing and really want to make a point to put my thoughts to [electronic] paper more … [Read more...]
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