My husband turned 63 last month. I'm a financial planner doing retirement plans for people. I keep having fat wheezing guys in front of me talking about their "planning age", i.e., life expectancy, and we all agree that seizing the day is a good idea ( Read more... )

I am pleased with how much progress I've gotten on getting our house ready for the Bouncy House Party. It's a ton of work and I think I skipped it last year. But this year we're on track for an extra big version of it because Small Boy is graduating from high school and we'll have family visiting ( Read more... )

I hate ice. I heartily and fairly loudly dislike leaving the house in the 7 am winter gloom to be dragged on icy slushy walks by the dog. The dog isn't that into it either - she has already gone out with B for a quick pee and poop while he does her morning ball romp before he leaves for the bus at 6:50. She really just gets this walk because her ( Read more... )

As I start this entry, I am on a boat. I love being on boats. In this case I am on my way to the cottage, which I also love ( Read more... )

Everything is so hard ( Read more... )

I got on my bike trainer yesterday, did a solid twenty minutes at a rapid pace while listening to a Marketplace podcast on 1.3x so I could finish it while on the bike. I feel doubly proud of myself: working out, working at a face pace, and getting a podcast consumed ( Read more... )

Last Sunday my husband and I were driving back from the cottage and decided to stop and have dinner someplace.  I used my android smartphone to find us a place and navigate us there.  It was perfect: a canal-side restaurant with fresh seafood.  Boats were tied up to the dock, including a lobster boat.  Prices were high but reasonable.  All in all, ( Read more... )

I washed and hung out to dry all the pillow case liners except for the ones in the shams ( Read more... )

I really liked this book.  In fact, the sub-title was right, it did surprise me. The author is kind, smart, articulate and experienced.  The blurb bio says he's got twenty-five years of experience and works as an instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical.  Yeah, that rings true.I thought it would be a sermon on the virtues of marriage, perhaps ( Read more... )

"Internationally Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Marries Actor Who Played A Handyman On ‘Facts of Life.'"

http://www.thebusinesswomanmedia.com/amal-alamuddin-marries-actor/