all the way to Lynn, Watch out Little Girl Don’t fall in! we are going to see  ELLIE!!!!! The kids have one cousin on my husbands side of the family,  and she is six cousins wrapped into one little package and… She is ELLIE! Soon to be 2… going on 12,  full of smiles and… Read More all the way to Boston…

I got a minivan…I wore Birkenstocks…I did the human “tunnel” with other grown ups after a soccer game…and these are just a FEW of the many things I have done…things that I swore I would NEVER do…oh, and now you can add to this ever growing list: I went to the “TODAY” show and got… Read More MONDAY on "TODAY"

We are visiting the Grandparents in Upstate New York. an annual tradition… We have a killer Bocce Tournament in full swing,  and I have been enjoying Mimi’s meatballs and brownies  and have happily already had to pull out my stretchy pants. oh well. Tomorrow we go to Saratoga  for our annual day at the track.… Read More Summer Traditions

In all her Glory… The New Colossus By Emma Lazarus, 1883 Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild… Read More Lady Liberty

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We are in NYC. and it is my Birthday!  I have spent many birthdays in NYC  and I call “Hot and hazy “my birthday weather” because that is how it usually is…. but today… we pulled the black-out shades over and  HALLELUJAH!!! crystal blue skies, not a cloud in sight. must have been the torrential downpour… Read More You’ve come a LONG way Baby!

…and speaking of “My HapPy Place!”

we have the BIG KID Cousins…  ..summer is synonymous with cousins … and we have the little kids cousins… …and tonight, speaking with MY cousins, Amy and Amanda, I had a very sobering thought… …. as we listened to our combined 8 children play happily as if they see each other everyday… and we pondered… Read More breathe

…Time Traveling… we are now arriving at 2008.are you still with me? SO…eventually I tired of the yellow.  But what color should I paint the Living Room / Dining Room? I stumbled upon this home in the Now Defunct my old most favoriteDOMINO magazine  and knew that our home would welcome this same feeling with open arms. The… Read More Transformation Part 2

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