Fridge Salad
Dave recently “celebrated” a birthday, and while we are well past buying each other gifts, I did decide to make a nice dinner. Spinach & Kale Bites (Trader Joe’s) for appetizers, Orange-Glazed Salmon with...
College Visits
I’m experiencing another last. This time it is looking at colleges. Since each of the girls have their own unique interests and personalities, each round of visits has involved going to new colleges. Between the...
Time Savers
I still glance through the obituaries in the Globe, and I came across one for Peggy Freydberg, 107. She was a poet, and this poem of hers resonated with me: Blizzard It takes courage to...
The Younger Generation
You have probably gotten the sense that I am proud of my three daughters. But I am also proud of my nieces and nephews. The two third graders have personalities that make them predestined...
Layers, Part I
Wearing easily removable layers is extremely important for a woman of my age. There are only a few times when this doesn’t do the trick: When I’m driving. When I’m sleeping. When there is...
A Home Improvement
While working at the condo, I got the itch to go beyond the constant home maintenance and DIY phases in our own house and venture into the major home improvement category. I couldn’t take the...
Winter Damage, Part 2
Nicole had soccer practice last night. In Holliston. Which is an hour’s drive away from us down 495, a highway that scares me. (The insanity of the fact that she has practice an hour...
Winter Damage
The snow has melted enough in the corner of the deck (and nowhere else) to determine that the deck was not damaged by the falling ice dam. However, the frame of the table was...
Easter Weekend
The weekend started Friday morning when Nicole made breakfast for her boyfriend, Connor. When the two of them went out to eat that night, Dave and I had the leftovers from the last time they had...