Archive for December, 2008

Hanukkah..and Holiday Time


We celebrate Hanukkah, and Seth is obsessed with the fact that it's eight nights.Now that he is learning numbers and counting in school, he can keep track, and each day after school asks if he's getting another present.We did buy a few for him...not big ones....but it's the idea that ...

Snow Day


I was totally unprepared for today. I live in New York and had heard the forecasts re: the impending snow storm.I ran all over town yesterday doing errands....the drug store...bank....supermarket, etc., so we'd be well stocked with necessities, mostly for Seth. Then the phone rang at 6AM this ...

Vacation Reflection


Amazing how much I love my bed when I return from vacation.We recently got new mattresses, and it's been a bigger adjustment than I anticipated. But, now that I'm getting used to it, I hate to leave it.The older I get, the more I crave my beloved creature comforts. ...

40 Something Mom Memory


How is yours?Your memory...that is.This morning, I received a copy of an email newsletter I subscribe to, and they featured an article on this very subject. It came across my computer screen at a timely moment, as I prepare to go out of town and am hustling to remember/tackle all ...