Happy Memorial Day weekend. For those of you traveling, good luck! It took me decades to figure this out, but the three-day weekend was NOT created for short vacations requiring highway or air travel. Rather, the long holiday weekend emerged as the perfect time to catch up. Life is hectic, or as I like to phrase [...]

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Added to my list of things not to take for granted: Hubby making the morning coffee. He had to travel out of town this past week. It was only for one night and, more importantly, one morning. Even though I woke up earlier so I could let the dogs out, cats in and wake my [...]

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It’s so easy for the rational part of my brain to say no. We see photos of homeless pets with captions urging someone to please give the poor wretched beast a home. Most are pathetically adorable. I always share their photos and stories in hopes someone will be able to adopt them. Then, last night, [...]

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After somehow gaining over 20 pounds from October to March (boo me), I decided to begin April dedicated to reclaiming my body. I’ve been working out 4-6 times a week. Some workouts are cardio, some are strength/toning. I’ve added milk back into my diet and I’ve reduce the amount of junk I consume. As a [...]

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There is a new fragrance that supposedly smells just like the scent that hits your nostrils as you open a new Macbook computer box. Like new car smell, I suppose it could be marketed similarly to the green, cardboard trees. Although, you’d probably want to hang the fragrance emitter in your office rather than from [...]

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Happy Good Friday. As a matter of fact, happy Easter weekend. I love holiday weekends. My house is full, noisy and chaotic, because during holiday weekends, all my boys are home. Twenty years of raising boys gets one accustomed to chaos. I miss it when the house is quiet. But I do have more time [...]

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Tomorrow is St. Patty’s Day. I have enough Irish in me to feel comfortable wearing green on my mostly Italian body and be able to make an amazingly delicious, melt-in-your-mouth Irish soda bread. I learned the craft from my dear grandmother, affectionately known as Mom Mom.She has a bit more [...]

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My youngest has been playing badminton in his gym class at school. He absolutely loves the game. He and his friends bat around a shuttlecock after school in any open grassy area they can find. They’ve been making due without a net. He has been begging me each evening—negotiating with offers to complete chores—to purchase [...]

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Today is Dr. Seuss’ birthday, so in tribute, let me just say: I love to read, day and night. I also love to write and write. Words are fun to mull and chew. Dr. Seuss, we greatly miss you. Not the best, I know. But a sincere attempt to pay tribute to a genius. Meanwhile, today I was completely out of [...]

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Roller skating is not as easy to pick back up after letting decades drift by without heading to the rink. That said, I was appalled at the number of young children, ages infant through pre-teen, allowed to stay up past 9 p.m.—probably later, but my friends and I left at 9:15—out and about on a [...]

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