Monthly Archives: November 2009

     We had weather in the mid-50s over the weekend.  What a teaser that turned out to be.  It looks very frosty out there right now, and I have a feeling my yard work is over for the year.   I … Continue reading →

     First…a huge thank you to Lois, my dear friend back home, who has been running all over the place helping me locate and obtain documents for Christina.  Since I can’t be in two places at once,  Lois has jumped … Continue reading →

     Our girl is four today!   We chat often in Skype, which I love.   So much better to be able to see each other while we talk. Her present from her parents is tickets to the new Disney movie, "The Princess … Continue reading →

     I am still working on the process of helping Christina document her lineage back to my grandfather.  It is slow going, as I have to send away for everything, and let me tell you, some Town/City clerks are easier … Continue reading →

     Can we still say that?   The folklore surrounding the story of Indian summer….all those campfires making it warm again….is charming, even if the term itself is no longer politically correct.   Whatever you call it, these unusually warm days so … Continue reading →

    Gilda Radnor, in her alter-ego state of Rosanna-danna, so famously said, "It’s always something!"   And she was so, so right.   Anyone with children and grandchildren knows just what I mean.  Is this the real reason we retire?  Nothing to … Continue reading →

Trick or treat, smell my feet; Give me something good to eat!   Thus ran our favorite ditty from childhood.  Not one of the goblins at my door last night uttered this rudeness….and every single one of them said "thank … Continue reading →