November 27th, 2009
My heavy workload did not let up until late Wednesday afternoon, which didn’t leave me a lot of time to prepare and cook for thirteen on Thanksgiving. I did manage to run out at lunchtime on Tuesday to get the grocery shopping done, but would have liked to have more prep time.
Thankfully, I have [...]
December 30th, 2008
I thought I better get these Christmas photos up before 2008 is over! I’ve been around, but just either too busy or too lazy to post lately. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday — we certainly did.
Thankfully, despite nasty weather on Tuesday, my stepdaughter and her husband managed to fly in from the East [...]
November 28th, 2008
I’ve had my coffee. I can’t put it off any longer.
Time to attack the kitchen. For Round Two.
Ugh.
Love the cooking part. Hate the cleanup.
While this task usually falls on my wonderful husband, who does it without complaining (he does get a fabulous meal out of the deal, after all), he has to work today. So [...]
July 8th, 2008
Pete and I enjoyed a well-deserved four-day 4th of July weekend.
On a very chilly Thursday night we strolled over to the Morton Grove Days Festival, an annual event complete with carnival, live bands and the all-important beer tent. Although one of my good high school friends only lives a few blocks away from us, [...]
November 26th, 2007
My sister is one of “those people” who gets up at the crack of dawn on Black Friday to get their Christmas shopping done. I’m sure they get some great deals, but a) I can’t stand crowds; b) I hate shopping; and c) I haven’t even thought about Christmas at this point. So you won’t [...]
November 1st, 2007
Total number of Trick-or-Treaters: 3
Total number of princess/fairy costumes: 3
Can you understand why I don’t like to bother with Halloween (see previous post)??
October 31st, 2007
Nope. Not from me. I don’t hate Halloween, but it really doesn’t do anything for me. I dread going to a Halloween party, because I really get no joy out of dressing in costume. I see it as more of a hassle and waste of time and money to come up with a creative costume [...]