Early snowstorm here in the Northeast, and the trees and flowers in my neighborhood are NOT happy.  We’ve lost power briefly a couple of times, so I’m posting this while I can.  As I’m typing, I can hear loud “CRACK” sounds coming from outside…the trees on my street are dropping, one by one.  My nextRead more about October Snow[…]

I saw Anne Burrell make this last week on The Food Network and knew I had to try it.  Finding the wild boar meat wasn’t too difficult…one of my local grocery stores just got in shipment of wild boar roasts, so I lucked out.  It took a long time to make–over 4 hours including prepRead more about Food: Wild Boar Ragu with homemade Pappardelle Pasta[…]

Yesterday, we attended the annual DogFest event, hosted by a local animal rescue organization.  Our dog, Scooter, had a great time meeting and greeting dozens of fellow canines who turned out with their owners to support this great festival.We adopted Scooter from an animal rescue group three years ago this month. We don’t know exactlyRead more about Dog Day Afternoon[…]

If we need to changeand we do not do it on our ownoftentimes the world steps inand does whatever it mustto make the change happen.One way invites grace,the other does not.Choose the way of graceful change.Do what needs to be done.–Daniel Levin From his book “Zen Life” ©2009 by Daniel Levin I bought Mr. Levin’sRead more about The Way of Grace[…]

Today marks six years since Randy Pausch took the stage at Carnegie Mellon University and delivered “The Last Lecture.”  He was an extraordinary man and served as an inspiration to millions of people, including me. I have a copy of the lecture in book form, but there’s no substitute for seeing Pausch deliver the lecture himself:

Watched the GOP debate on MSNBC. Am I the only sap who cried when they showed Reagan’s funeral? I don’t care what your political leanings are: watching Nancy Reagan press her cheek to Ronnie’s coffin was heart wrenching. Makes me want to wrap my husband in bubble-wrap for the forseeable future.

We took a day trip in to NYC with the girls today. We stopped at the Pokemon Center store in midtown (10 Rockefeller Plaza), which is filled with every type of Pokemon plush toy you can imagine. Pikachu is still my favorite. On the upper level of the store, you’ll find all things Nintendo, includingRead more about Pokemon Center – NYC[…]

There was an earthquake at around 2pm today in Virginia, a 5.8 on the Richter scale. It was felt as far away as Massachusetts. Here in the NY/NJ area, friends reported seeing shaking computer screens, desk items falling over, etc. I was in a store at the time. I thought my cell phone was vibratingRead more about Earthquake along the East Coast[…]

“Think of the haters in your life as sandpaper: they’ll scratch you up time and again, but in the end, you’re polished and spotless, while they end up useless. -Unknown

Nothing like a trip to the “Forever 21” store to realize I most certainly am not. It made me think of this spot-on commercial spoof from “So Random” for “Your Daughter’s Closet”: