When I tell people that the boys are at sleep away camp for four weeks this summer their response (in the form of a question, Alec) is inevitably the same: Wow. Do you miss them? And this year my answer is invariably the same: No. I don’t. At all. It is the God’s honest truth [...]
Its 5:45 p.m. on a Friday evening in the Spring. Or perhaps it’s a Wednesday evening in the Fall. I stand alone in the middle of Willow Lane with an open bottle of Pinot Noir and wait. Most of the cars belonging to the neighbors are in the driveways so I know it won’t be [...]
I know I am taking a huge risk by writing this post about a “moment of magic” I have yet to experience. I’m tempting the fates for sure but let’s just say I’m feeling lucky. Here is what is happening: Last week I went to make hotel reservations for my mom, sister and me for [...]
On Saturday Dave took me on the Schuylkill River bike trail for the first time. (Mine, not his.) We jumped on in Conshohocken, road through Valley Forge out to Phoenixville and returned, putting about 25 miles on the odometer and making it the longest ride I have done to date. For Dave, who is training [...]
Yesterday as I was taking my daily rare mid-afternoon Facebook break, a Wall post caught me eye. A friend had commented on a page entitled “You Know You are From Broomall when….” Curious, I linked over and there went the rest of my afternoon. You could hear the giant sucking sound miles away. The page [...]
Last week Mom and I upgraded our semi-annual spa get-a-way by forgoing a car ride and instead jumping on a plane to Bermuda for a few days. We had both been feeling a little chewed up and spit out by the early summer months so we convinced ourselves we deserved a little more than a [...]
Have you ever come into a little bit of money and, rather than appreciating it for the blessing that it is, you throw yourself into a complete tizzy about what to do with it? Because for those of us who are not rolling in dough, there are always choices, right? You could save it, spend [...]
Back in May we had the unique opportunity to visit King’s Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati. The rainy day was brightened by the non-existent lines and the brothers’ ability to ride every roller coaster in the park as many times as they wanted. To mark the occasion, Dave and I departed from our No Souvenirs [...]
Those MoB readers following me on Twitter or friends of mine on Facebook know that this past Sunday kicked off a second season of Delco Idol Jr. for us. This local singing contest has Noah is competing alongside 40 other kids for the right to drive their mothers to drink perform over a five week [...]
I am keenly aware that the amount of blog material I have amassed in the last 48 hours could fill these posts for weeks. From the artwork on the walls at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence to the rapid climb and descent on the parental anxiety ladder, I could create top ten lists, how to’s, [...]
