Today would have been my 20th wedding anniversary. BvP texted me shortly after Max’s passing last summer and he’s doing very well. Even though we’re apart longer than we were together, I can’t ignore the date. Twenty years was a…
Archives for 2017
Candle centerpieces
Two years ago, a friend of mine shared a Christmas centerpiece on Facebook. It was comprised of a battery-operated pillar candle in a glass jar surrounded by peppermint candies. I pinned it here. While I couldn’t find green peppermints, I…
Return of the Mac
Early last week, the lovely Kristen sent me a link to an event on Facebook – Return of the Mac. Joey McIntyre from NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WAS COMING TO MY TOWN FOR A MEET AND GREET! He’s promoting…
Friday 5: Quarters
I’m so new to the blogging return that I almost forgot to post the Friday 5! This week’s theme is Quarters. 1. The first quarter of 2017 is now behind us. How has it been? Much better than I thought….
When I am an old woman I shall wear pink.
As of today, my presidential voting record is: Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Kerry (ugh), McCain, Obama, Clinton. And on the NJ side, I voted for Jon Corzine and then Chris Christie. Twice. Yep. So trust and believe that I am truly…
Florida travels
Longtime readers know that Dad retired to Florida about 10 years ago. I went down last September after Fall Business Trip #1, and decided to take a quick 4-day spring break trip this year. I mean, how could I pass…
Work from home Mondays
TNP (which isn’t new anymore but I’m too lazy to change pseudonyms) instituted a new policy where we are able to pick one day a week to work from home. We could pick Monday, Thursday, or Friday, which allows us…
Will this tweet?
(resetting my Twitter auto-tweet thingamaroo, pay no attention)
Friday 5: Food Me Once; Food Me Twice
Hello, refreshed blog! Let’s do a Friday 5! Remember those? I do! This week’s topic is “Food Me Once; Food Me Twice.” Speaking of which, I’m going back and cleaning up categories and tags. So far I have 55 posts…
Reading catchup
Thanks to my 30-minute train commute each way and my lazy, lazy ass, I read 48 books in 2016. The longest book I read was Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton. It was a nice cherry on top of my Hamilton-fixation sundae…
Date Night: Raiders of the Lost Ark Concert
WM is a huge fan of Indiana Jones. Submitted as evidence: Our costumes for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party last October: I’ve dressed up often for Halloween, but I have never received such favorable reactions as I did with…
Welcome to the new digs!
New look, new domain name, new host (thanks to a dear friend!) and same boring content and ZERO ads* — who could ask for anything more? I have been slowly moving from ladygypsy to kimberussell as my online presence for…