Max has night writing every evening, and according to his teacher we’re not supposed to help him with his spelling, etc., for the first few weeks so she can get a handle on where the kids need help. I didn’t read this note until a few days ago, so she’s probably thinking that Max has…
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Fish Eyes
The Amazing Race is back on the air, and life is good! Our family LOVES this show – although they’re a little heavy on the beauty queens, models and cheerleaders this time around (if that bandana chick claps her hands one more time – oy~!) I told Gerry that what they really need is a…
Aching Hands
It doesn’t happen to me very often, but every now and then when I do a killer amount of knitting I get aching hands. Actually, all of my muscles have been aching, which is probably the rain, the coming Autumn, the work on the house – just life and getting older – but the piece…
A New Toy
This dopey youtube obsession and imovie are time eaters. I knit all day, I knit all evening and I’ll be knitting tomorrow all day. I took a break (2 hours) and whipped up this very odd thing. Enjoy. Appetizing, Older House for Sale Yesterday at the Realtor Open House there were 27 folks – our…
To The Brim
The past few days have been so full of emotion – contemplating a move from a home and community we love, dealing with the 911 memories, dealing with the memories of all of my relatives who have passed since 911 (somehow I just lump all of that together in my mind (probably not a good…
How We Make Work Fun
We are in the final round of cleaup (last night Gerry and I were up late tossing all kinds of things into the dumpster – the neighbors LOVE us!) and one of our last tasks is to get rid of the foggy, awful back porch doors. So, in an effort to make this a little…
Crock-umentary
Can you believe that ABC is going to run a partisan lie of a “docu-drama” on the events leading up to 911 on Sunday – an exploitation to get ratings and to raise a certain political agenda? I’m stunned. They allude that this is based on the 911 report, but it contains dialogue and scenes…
Physical Labor
The past few days have been a whirl of physical labor, with not much time for my brain work (stop snickering) and my needlework. So today – at least until Gerry or the kids get home – is devoted to sitting on my bottom and finishing some samples, finessing an intarsia chart, all that other…
Fugediboudit!
We have achieved Dumpster. It’s a rite of passage here in NJ (I think it’s in the state constitution that everone has to have a dumpster on their property once every 15 years…) and we have a lovely Mauriello Bros Dumpster in our backyard. Now we start tossing things into it with wild abandon (and…
Vacation from Vacation
They say that after a vacation you need a vacation, and that’s the case for us! We spent our time running, running, running – checking under sinks and looking for damp spots in basements. When we arrived home we hit the ground running – Gerry’s just about painted the finished room in the basement (it…