Or until Blogshare, or possibly until something happens that makes a hiatus liar out of me. Sorry for a little confusion I caused with the last post, my intent was to bow out gracefully by first ranting about comments, and then responding to any last questions you might have. So for those of you who [...]
Archive for the ‘family matters’ Category
5 Jan
Curious cases
For starters, thank you all so much for your kind words on the last post. It meant a lot to me and my family. (They all read the blog, you know.) Going up to Rochester was as I expected. The drive was long, but the family time in the van was fun. We played word [...]
1 Jan
Happy / Sad
It’s true what they say, once you turn away from the blogosphere for a few days, it’s like being gone for a year. There’s no way I could possibly sum up the holidays other to say that they were festive, fun, and full of family and friends. I may just leave it at that, because [...]
1 Dec
December!
I’m thankful for the weekend in a big way. It was pretty great Ellen special on Saturday night. It was just a huge reminder of how much I hate sitting home alone watching TV. But there was so much else going on with my four-day weekend, I now have the issue that blog hiatuses create. [...]
24 Nov
Who needs turkey?
As I get older, I’m liking Thanksgiving more than Christmas. First of all, it’s all about the food, and I love food. Secondly, there’s no need to go broke on getting presents for everyone, or having that awkward moment of I didn’t know we were exchanging gifts… / I thought we were exchanging gifts? I [...]
22 Oct
Happy birthday Dad!
Since I’ve never met every dad in the world, I can’t truthfully make the claim that my father is “the best Dad in the world,” but he’s my favorite dad ever, and today’s his birthday! This is us in Nappa Valley earlier this year: So what makes him so great? For one thing, I’m a [...]
18 Aug
The top 10 things I learned this weekend
Two days is not enough time to be considered “time off.” If you’re planning on going out of town for a weekend in the month of August, just take Friday off. Everyone else is doing it, so it’s not like you can reach anyone you need to anyway. SisterAlyson has definite ideas about music that [...]
23 Jul
You know, I worked on an Ashton Kutcher movie once…
Mom, I love you, but I have to share this phone conversation from the other night. “Hi honey, how’s everything?” “Stuff’s good. I went on a date the other night!” “That’s great! Tell me something about him.” “Well, he seems like a good guy. I think he’s younger, but I’m not sure what his age [...]
11 Jul
And a 1/2!
Today I’m officially 30 and a half. In my family, we always celebrated half birthdays with the same aplomb as regular birthdays. Part of the reason was for the milestone, and part was because what other better reason is there to have a cake in July? (Or March and April for my all fall-born family.) [...]
3 Jul
Scattershot
My brain’s halfway on vacation already, and I’m assuming that it’s the same for many of you, even though for most of us, “vacation” just means having off on Friday. So why not a little randomness? A. I just started reading a book called “Wrack and Ruin,” because a friend of mine at Norton told [...]
