• The Shacker

    Last week an old friend from high school sent me a message through Facebook telling me that he was coming up to New Haven for a job interview and asking how Chris and…

  • Driving Along in My Automobile…

    We’re having car trouble.   Big car trouble.   It started two weeks ago and I complained and complained to Chris that something was wrong with my car and finally this weekend I…

  • Party Planning with Your Partner

    If you’re thinking about getting married anytime soon, I have some important advice for you. Throw any party you plan on giving at any point in your life right now. Aunt Millie’s 80th…

  • Approving the Latest Catch

    As you know, my sister brought her new boy toy down to Florida to meet my parents this past weekend.   I went home to visit, too.   My sister told me that…

  • The Selfless Wife

    Oh the things I do for my husband… For the past few weeks we have had crazy rain in Connecticut.   There’s been rain, hail, power outages, lightning, and now, mushrooms.   Apparently…

  • Little Things

    This weekend Chris worked on our basement.   He painted and cleaned and built stuff.   I left him alone for most of the time because he seemed to have it under control.…

  • Hello World!

    After 5 days of moving, packing, unpacking, painting, decorating, redecorating, cleaning, complaining, and wallowing in the happiness that is my very first house – I’m baaaack!   As I write this, I am…

  • Happy Father’s Day, Dad

    There are many things that I love about my Dad – his sense of humor, his laugh, his golf tan, his relationship with my Mom, his passion for golf and a good glass…