Is it true, even with the traffic, the road closures and no seating available at your favorite coffee shop, that everyone loves a parade? The marching band, the Boy and Girl Scouts, the fire trucks and proud firemen, the mummers Read More …
Holiday weekends work best with a simple plan. Play it by ear. Let it happen. Go with the flow. Don’t make promises. Finish what you have to do. Then, just relax. Doesn’t that sound perfect? A simple plan for happiness, Read More …
Just one more week until Memorial Day, I know you are counting down the days and soon it will be the hours. We are happy to be home this year for our annual borough parade. It is local, small and Read More …
Probably the most difficult thing for moms to do on a regular basis is to just relax. Sit back, put your feet up and don’t worry about dinner, dishes, laundry, lunches, homework, work-work, bill paying, house cleaning, garden sprucing up. Read More …
The perfect…mom – forget about it, she doesn’t exist. We think about it though, don’t we? We think about all of the things moms actually are this week. We buy cards and read sappy sentiments that we may or may Read More …
He asked me, “Do you know what the TSA Agent looked like?” Honestly, they were all the same to me this morning. So, rather than say that… “No. I don’t,” I said. Why not? Well, one of you had “randomly Read More …
I am traveling soon and the thing that I worry about is the unknown. There are a few things that I am fully prepared to do. Pack. Get up earlier (4th day in a row) than I prefer to wake. Read More …
It sounded good when I said… “Yes.” “Let me book it.” “I’ll host dinner.” “I’ll cook it from scratch, it will taste better.” “Sure, all 20 of us in a 7 bedroom house – it sleeps 24 – there will Read More …
Do you save or savor things? Wait to enjoy them or just keep them safe for a rainy day? Our kids are lucky enough to receive countless gift cards for holidays, special events and birthdays. We just emptied out a Read More …
We don’t dress up for the theater anymore. We go shopping to Lowes on Valentine’s Day. We stay in on Friday nights. My question is: what has become of us? I don’t mean my husband and I, even though we Read More …