Where do I fit exercising into my day? I am not a runner, although I will run if I am being chased.
I actually don’t need to lose weight, I just want to tone up a little and be healthy. I’ve changed the way I cook over the past year for the better, making [...]

It’s Spring,
and my husband in his ongoing quest to get a nice lawn put down grass seed and hay a few weeks ago.
When he raked up the hay last week we were all surprised that a mother bunny picked a mound of hay IN THE MIDDLE of our yard to build a nest.

My husband saw [...]

“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts.  A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child”.
~Sophia Loren

On the History Channel last night I caught the tail end of a discussion about the physics of gravity and the earth. It was on a show called The Universe.
If you could dig a hole between any two points in a straight line (the straight line was emphasized) in the world:
DC to NYC,
DC to [...]

The weather is FINALLY, consistently, pleasant and warm!
Although it’s been raining in DC for 24 hours- look at how beautiful these flowers still are?
Our family went out to dinner on Saturday night and I noticed it was still light out at 6:30 (I know, it takes me a minute). No matter how many seasons [...]

So we’ve just celebrated our 5-year anniversary in our house.
I vacuum regularly and generally keep our home pretty neat. I got the name of a good, professional, local carpet cleaning business. The price was right- $20 for stairs, $40 per room. So I decided to complete my ‘Spring cleaning’ with this company’s [...]

My son and his friend were racing matchbox cars and playing with playdough and doing other 4-year-old boy things at our home, like making up rules to pretend games as they go-
“Let’s drive to vacation.”
“Okay… let’s stop for gas.”
“We don’t need to.”
“Why not?”
“Because it’s pretend.”
“Ohhh… yeah, okay.”
Makes since, doesn’t it? And I have learned [...]

“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today.
It’s already tomorrow in Australia.”
-Charles Schulz
Where would we be without the sanity and love of ‘Peanuts’ ?

I’m re-posting this because it is quoted on Blogtations right now. I also will never, ever forget it.
Note to self: make sure your child is really excited about something before you travel 2 hours for it.
Last summer I learned that Thomas the Tank Engine was coming to Cumberland, Maryland. [...]

From time to time I help out my former boss as a consultant.
We usually meet for business dinners because that works with my schedule and her schedule and it’s fun to catch up, and there is food involved, which is nice.
I told my son that Daddy was taking him to McDonald’s and I was going [...]