Ah, the family vacation. You know you’ve been taking these for a while when you measure success not by what went right, but what didn’t go wrong. I am not a pessimistic person but we have faced some unfortunate circumstances in the past (think cancelled flights, sibling smackdowns in the back of a mini-cooper and [...]
If I didn’t know that today was Jennifer’s 51st birthday, I would never have guessed it. That is why, among a few other reasons, I never joined the traveling carnival as the age guesser. The carnival would have lost big time. But seriously, if I saw Jennifer on the street and was asked how [...]
Please don’t ever accuse me of treating my dog like one of my children because I often treat my dog better than my children. I have become one of those crazy women who obsess over the happiness of an animal. We are DogMa’s. And you know who you are. My kids could mope around the [...]
For years, we owned the coolest coffee maker in town. It was the Bodum Santos. Isn’t she beautiful? But just looking at her doesn’t do the appliance justice. Brewing was a religious experience. During this 10 minute process, the water in the pot was heated to a boil and sucked up into the top container [...]
I was trolling the Internet for celebrity gossip ways to save the planet when I came across this little gem. A Swedish couple refuses to publicly identify the gender of their 2 ½ year old child. No one (except those close enough to change the diaper) know whether “Pop” is a boy or a girl. [...]
This past weekend Dave raced in the Philly Sprint Triathlon. My oldest friend Lisa also competed as part of relay in which she had the hardest part (IMHO) – the half mile swim in Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River. I was a cheerleader and very thankful to watch as the course was identical to the SheRox Tri [...]
I have very little sympathy for the girl who recently had 56 stars tattooed on her face only to regret it after the fact. But I cry crocodile tears for her mother. To say that I make assumptions about people with excessive tattoos would be a fair statement. I’m not suggesting that my stereotyping is [...]
There were more than a few moments this past weekend when we questioned the sanity of our actions. It all revolved around the rain, which has been pervasive in the Northeast U.S. for the last several weeks. Still, we had planned this camping trip a few months ago with our friends, Doug, Mo and their kiddos and [...]
I broke the news to Dave early on Friday as we were packing to go camping over the weekend. “Uhhhhh, just so you know, I didn’t get you squat for Father’s Day.” This time I meant it. Other times I have asked him gently to expect nothing on his birthday, our anniversary, or Father’s Day [...]
I didn’t cry when Noah graduated from 5th grade on Tuesday. Like my comrade Kim who was there for her son, I just wasn’t feeling it. And I’m a crier so I had to ask “Where were my tears of _____________?” (insert favorite emotion here). I was happy to be there to see his [...]
