Yesterday morning, I stopped in at Audrey’s house before heading to visit my Mom at her rehab center.  (She is supposed to come home today… fingers crossed!)
What I didn’t expect, though, was… if all bets are on grandparents, the Comment Trifecta of Grandmotherhood.
First, while I helped 2-year old Benjamin spread cream cheese on his bagel, [...]

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So OK.  I waz by myself at home alotta the time ovah the pazt few dayz… and nightz.  So OK.  I don’t now howta change channelz on my t.v.  Thatz Barry’s job.  So OK.  On one such night I foun’ myself watchin’ Jersey Shore cuz I cou-n’t change the channel and I got ta meet [...]

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I guess it was in 2009 that I began to live the words that I had so often taught during my 30 years as an English/Reading teacher. The words? Written by one of my favorite authors, Henry David Thoreau… We live but a fraction of our life. Why do we not let [...]

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I’m a grandma. And I tweet. Not as much as some, but more than some others. Yeah. Yeah. I’m familiar with the arguments of information vs opinion, the social/business perceptions of followers vs followees, the “too connected” society, and yes, the narcissistic piece of it all.
But still I tweet. And [...]

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So I’m working my friendly purple pole in the subdued darkness to the beat of Hit Me Baby One More Time of my 2nd pole dancing class feeling pretty darned confident that I have some of the dance steps and spins memorized… well, kind of, when the music stops.
Stops.
What the?
And that’s when Jennifer, our pole [...]

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Okay. I skydived, or sky-dove… (what is the past tense of skydive, anyway?)… last week, on my 57th birthday, and checked skydiving off my list.  And for the next 51 weeks, I’ll be checking off 56 more things that I want to accomplish.
57 things in 52 weeks. 57 in 52.
#2 is just as outside [...]

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Pressing question: How many times is too many to return to the Salad Bar in a very nice restaurant with a very nice Salad Bar?
This question came up yesterday as Jane and I were having an early dinner on our drive back from New York City. We didn’t plan to be among the [...]

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Jane recently got the news from her real estate agent that her house is officially under contract.  SOLD is just around the corner.
Problem.
The closing date was moved from September 30th to some time next week.
Yes, I said NEXT WEEK. This means that Jane and I sprung into action and have been busy… very, very busy… [...]

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I like beer.
I like cupcakes.
I just didn’t know they were interchangeable.  Until last night.
I didn’t get to go to BlogHer this year, but I learned something important about beer and cupcakes by staying home and hanging out with Audrey’s boys.  Late yesterday afternoon, Barry and I took William and Alexander to the beach and then [...]

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Squirrels are kind of cute.  Like when they’re 30+ feet away from me, gnawing on nuts and minding their own business.
A squirrel in my house?  Not so cute.
I woke up Wednesday morning at around 4:30 am to odd little scratching sounds.  At first, I thought our little Lab granddog, Ryder, was grooming herself.  She sleeps [...]

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